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SIMPLE LANY ARD
MATERIALS For a neck lanyard: 2m of 5mm 3 strand rope
For a dog lead: 2m of 10mm 3 strand rope and a clip

KNOTS USED Eye splice start: diagram a
Diamond knot/crown and wall doubled: diagram b

METHOD

Put a temporary seizing about making a diamond knot. Double
200mm from the end of the the diamond knot and then
rope, then unlay the 3 strands, treble if you like. Now repeat the
taping the ends so that they do same knot but this time make a
not come undone. Form a loop
of about 70mm and tuck the 3 B
strands as in the start of an eye
splice. Start of Crown knot
Now make a crown knot doubling
round the rope, followed by a
wall beneath the crown, thus

A

Wall knot

big (about 500mm) loop at the
other end. Check the fit of the
lanyard for yourself by holding
the little loop in your
outstretched hand, to get the
perfect length of neck loop
before making the splice start. If
you wish you could make an
The eye splice start extended diamond knot by

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