DIY Paracord Survival Bracelet

Ok, so this is my very first post...I am super excited!!!

So, my husband brought me back one of these bracelets (a pink one, he knows me lol) from deployment. Since then I have been seeing them around and even saw a pin on Pinterest (yes, I am one of those addicts!), but the link didn't lead to anything but an error :( BUT have no fear I looked at the pictures and taught myself (and documented it just for you!). So here it is......

 

Here is a list of supplies:
1. 7 feet of paracord (or as some know it as 550 cord)
2. A piece of cord that fits the wrist (picture below)
3. Scissors
4. Lighter (to burn the edges)
5. Clipboard and tape (to hold the bracelet in place)


 

 

Now, here comes the hard, confused, twist your brain in a knot part....no, just kidding! well, it is hard to get down and hard to keep straight but that is what pictures are for, right? ;)

after you have attached the wrist piece to the clipboard with tape...like this:

you will do a simple square knot...over and over and over and over and over, until it's done!
the first knot you take the right piece UNDER the wrist part and through the loop and take the left piece OVER the wrist part and through the loop.....and then pull tight! **NOTE: put the first knot to the clip on the clipboard but leave enought to make a loop for it to close over the wrist--you will see a the end)

Now you will do this again but everytime you will alternate. So the next square knot you will be taking the left piece and go UNDER the wrist piece and through the loop and take the right piece and go OVER the wrist piece and through the loop.

 

So, doing this over and over it can get confusing so just keep looking at the pictures and go back and forth (that's what I did!)

The above picture will be what it looks like as you are going. Just keep doing knots until you get super close to the bottom knot. Once you are finished you will simply cut off the strings and melt them down with the lighter. Now all you have to do it wrap it around the wrist and put the knot through the loop you left at the top.

 

 This is the finished product...it took me two times to get it right...meaning, I had to make the loop at the top a little smaller and make the bracelet itself smaller.
NOTE: My husband may or may not have been dead asleep while I grabbed his arm to put it on..hehe ;)

ENJOY :) xoxo Tracy