All the cool paracord kids call it the cobra stitch. Ashley calls it the Solomon Bar (ABOK 2496). In any case, it’s simple & fast to tie and makes a great sized lanyard or bracelet.
But it’s boring AF. So I had to see about making it fancy.
The zag is on the other side.
The above image is a single strand of pink. It goes diagonally across two stitches in the front and straight across in the back. The top three diagonals are crossing over three stitches instead of two. I wanted to see how the angle would change.
This one is two strands, one on each side. They go through the half knots in parallel.
Also two strands, but instead of parallel through the half knots they are moving opposite directions.
Crossing over two in the middle.
Crossing over three at the top.
These X stitches look like the first pop of color variant on the other side as they just go around a single half knots and come back out to the working side.
I like this one the best. The pink is an accent, it doesn’t overpower the primary color. It’s also symmetrical on both faces of the lanyard.
The single pop of color was me thinking about adding a Morse code message to the lanyard. Single X is a dot. Triple X is a dash. A pop goes between characters and two pops between words.
I feel like there are lots of other ways to add interest to the Solomon bar, these are just what I worked out in a single afternoon. Please comment with photos or links to your favorite upgrades to the cobra stitch.
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