There’s a great need shipboard for all sorts of marlinspike fancywork. Aboard Temerity, small lanyards like the zipper-pull above are attached to most of the snap shackle releases, which make opening them a lot easier, but some are missing. A chance meeting with a fellow knot enthusiast at Forbidden Island put me on track of the Portuguese Sennit, and I found some very clear instructions for making these types of braided lanyards at Stormdrane’s blog. You can also find good instructions at Instructables and Knot Heads.
After making up some simple lanyards, I got more ambitious and bought some buckles at REI and made up a nice double-layered bracelet for Char. It only took about an hour for even a beginner to make.
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