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This instructable is in response to a question made by medicbowling.
http://www.instructables.com/community/paracord-braidweave-collar-i-havent-seen-before/#previewlink
I loved the colors and look of the patern of this dog collar. His question was to ask if anyone knew how to make that pattern.
Well... I didn't, but I love a chalenge and was determined to figure out how it was done.
It took me a couple of nights, and gave me some really wierd dreams last night as I tried to figure this out in my sleep, but here it is!
The colorful picture of the collar is the one supplied by medicbowling, and the one that caught my eye. Unfortunately, I do not have such colorful paracord handy, but I did use three colors so the movement of the colors in the pattern could be seen.
I had no clips, half rings, or buckles to attach this to, but then i was just trying out the pattern. That is why it is being made on a piece of thin dowel.
Below are the blow by blow steps of how to make this lovely pattern.
I hope you find it easy to follow!
http://www.instructables.com/community/paracord-braidweave-collar-i-havent-seen-before/#previewlink
I loved the colors and look of the patern of this dog collar. His question was to ask if anyone knew how to make that pattern.
Well... I didn't, but I love a chalenge and was determined to figure out how it was done.
It took me a couple of nights, and gave me some really wierd dreams last night as I tried to figure this out in my sleep, but here it is!
The colorful picture of the collar is the one supplied by medicbowling, and the one that caught my eye. Unfortunately, I do not have such colorful paracord handy, but I did use three colors so the movement of the colors in the pattern could be seen.
I had no clips, half rings, or buckles to attach this to, but then i was just trying out the pattern. That is why it is being made on a piece of thin dowel.
Below are the blow by blow steps of how to make this lovely pattern.
I hope you find it easy to follow!
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Signing UpStep 1Step 1 - Setting up the cords
This is a 12 cord weave. That is six cords doubled.
Figure about a foot of cord for each inch. So a 7" bracelet would need six 7' cords.
The cord used is 550 para-cord, in three colors. Two doubled cords of each,
or four strands hanging down of each color.
* - 1 - fold each cord in half over your buckle, ring, whatever you are using.
set each cord with the back strand on the side you are going to work from. I
worked from the right, so the back strand of each pair is to the right when I
start.
Figure about a foot of cord for each inch. So a 7" bracelet would need six 7' cords.
The cord used is 550 para-cord, in three colors. Two doubled cords of each,
or four strands hanging down of each color.
* - 1 - fold each cord in half over your buckle, ring, whatever you are using.
set each cord with the back strand on the side you are going to work from. I
worked from the right, so the back strand of each pair is to the right when I
start.
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You try to weave the end of the cord along the itself from the back until it has one or two cross cords holding it. Then you cut and melt the end withg a lighter. I usually pull the cord a little tighter than it has to be so I can let the seared end slip back under the last over cord. That way it sticks to itself out of sight from either side.
He has a lot of how to videos that you can actually follow!
http://www.youtube.com/user/TyingItAllTogether/videos
* - And this is his web site, if you are interested.
http://www.fusionknots.com/index.php