Cane Lanyard

The dear Wife had surgery on her ankle this spring and is still on the mend. She recently graduated from crutches to cane and tasked me to rig up a lanyard for it.

Snake knot and two Turks Heads form the lanyard.

The lanyard is long enough that she can put her wrist through it, but short enough that it’s not in the way.

Close up of the lanyard.
I had nothing to do with the glitter tape.

Because i didn’t want to keep the cane out of her hands any longer than I had to, I tied the snake knot off the cane.

I left a good sized loop at the beginning of the snake knot so I could just slip it over the handle when that part was done.

When I had a long enough snake knot, I tied each of the ends into a Turks head to secure it to the cane.

I melted the ends of the cord & tucked them under the Turks heads so there are no exposed ends.

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Author: rexplex

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