Seasonal projects
Shaped pieces made from short lengths. Useful for using up offcuts and for teaching a knot to someone who has never held cord.
What works
- Candy canes and christmas trees from two contrasting colours
- Snowflakes, which are a monkey fist logic flattened out
- Wreaths built around a ring
- Pumpkins and mummies for the autumn
Materials
Almost all of these use less than two metres. Mixed colour packs are the practical way to keep a stock of short lengths: holiday kits (https://www.123paracord.co.uk/diy-kits/holidays/).
With children
Shaped projects hold attention where a plain bracelet does not, because the result looks like something within the first few minutes.