Tag: knots

Knotty

On By CarynIn Craft

After making one bracelet with the neon rainbow hued satin cord, I decided to give another a try. The inspiration for this one was a knot I found on the internet (which happens to me often, I liked one rope tying group, now my feed is filled with knottiness and ships).

Photo description: satin neon rainbow cord with a loop at one end, and two strand knots with the last knot shown loose to see the construction

I’m not terribly happy with this knot. It is fiddly getting the new knot tightened against the old knot. The finished cord tends to skew slightly and is also slightly springy (which was at least tactility interesting). I do like the way the two colors from the two strands interact.

Photo description: knotted bracelet with loop and button knot

I finished the bracelet with a Celtic button knot, which is one of my favorite knots.

Kazoo catch

On By CarynIn Craft, Life Hack

My chorus is using kazoos as a training device to learn to increase resonance. To keep the kazoo close, I made a lanyard with sliding knots and a Lucet cord.

Photo description: kazoo secured to a sliding knot loop with the rest of the cord braided with a Lucet fork. Antler Lucet fork in the background.

It took me a couple hours to braid and knot the cord, and it is rather fiddly to work. When I stepped away, my brain came up with a much simpler way. Here is a video on how to do a simple, removable wrap on a kazoo using a string necklace (large loop of string).

Sometimes it is good to take a step back, or go do something else for a while, or go for a walk, to let ideas coalesce.