Red alox pioneer and Stormdrane-inspired lanyard

[parmenides]

My wife is a knitter and she thought I did a good job on the lanyard 

[Sidhartha]

very nice lanyard! where did you get the metal beads?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Nice

[u99]

Good job. You need a lot of patience 

[Threeme2189]

Very nice

[Neil]

Neat knots

very nice lanyard! where did you get the metal beads?

Rotokid normally has a selection of suitable beads.  If you don't see anything you fancy send him a message as he often has extra stuff not in the store.

[parmenides]

very nice lanyard! where did you get the metal beads?

Thank you.  It was fun to make.

I've been looking for beads for a while.  I had some idea of what I wanted, but I couldn't find it anywhere.  I wanted something cylindrical in metal or wood.  No skull designs.  Most of what you find online for lanyard beads is in the skull design.

I sent my wife to the local craft store to see what she could find - nothing met the requirement.  She did report, however, a bead product for more "masculine" applications which resembled stock hardware washers and nuts.  This got me thinking about what I might find at a hardware store...

Quick trip to the store and aha!  Just what I was looking for.

This particular product is a steel spacer, 1/4 x 3/8 x 1/2 inch.  Manufacturer is Hillman.  I believe this is the one: http://wedo.hillmangroup.com/item/products-19/steel-spacers-1-4-5-16-3-8-/59358-a?&bc=100|2375|3763|3701|3720|3387.  Local cost to me was $.90 each.

My guess is that you should be able to find something similar at any well-stocked hardware store.

[Neil]

Sneaky "out the box" thinking there

[Sidhartha]

oh! i see thats very clever, thanks for the info! 

[Turnstone]

That's a very nice lanyard