SUMMARY
If you love the outdoors, you'll love parachute cord! Strong, lightweight, and durable, it's the most versatile material ever developed for making outdoor gear and accessories. This book shows you how easy it is to use colorful paracord to create attractive and useful survival bracelets, lanyards, straps, and more. Paracord Outdoor Gear Projects takes you step by step through all the knots and wraps you need to know. Get practical ropecrafting advice on tools and materials, and learn the right way to melt and fuse the cut ends of your cord. Whether you're camping in the wilderness, working outside, or just walking the dog, you're sure to find the ideal DIY project here.
This book gives you the instructions to create simple and fun projects such as a wrist lanyard, water bottle holder, and watch strap. It also teaches you various knots such as the half hitch, square knot, and crown knot square sinnet. The crafting kit includes the following materials to get you started: Outdoor Gear crafting book, 5 12mm split ring keyrings, 5 1/2" side release whistle buckles, 1 3/4" snap hook, 1 5/8" snap hook, 5 3/8" black breakaway buckles, 25 feet of Black, Orange, Olive Drab, and Charcoal Gray 550 paracord.
To get started crafting, you will want to assemble the following tools and supplies: 550 paracord, scissors, yard stick, lighter, marker, glue, fid, lacing needle, splicing tool, pliers, binder clips, winders, c-clamps, bracelet jig, and monkey fist jig.