The Oh Joy! Mass + Farmers' Marketplace Put Handbag How-To!

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You volition need:
• Neon cord (shown: Parachute Cord, 550 Cord, inwards neon pink)
• Wire (a thick stringing wire, such equally ix gauge)
• ½-inch copper coupling

1. Make an 8-inch circle amongst the stringing wire (create footling hooks on each destination in addition to clasp them together).

2. The length of the strands of rope you lot run volition decide the size pocketbook you lot get. Cut an 80-inch slice of cord in addition to roll it unopen to the wire circle. Secure the destination past times tying it into a knot. This volition move your drawstring.

3. Cut xv pieces of 60-inch cord.
4. Wrap each slice of rope onto the circle wire, going all the means around. Once all pieces of rope are on the circle wire, get got ii cords in addition to necktie them into a knot. Work unopen to the circle to necktie the residuum of the cords.

5. To secure the end, necktie the unloose strands together past times cutting some other slice of cord in addition to wrapping it unopen to tightly in addition to tying a double knot. Cut whatever longer unloose strands.

6. Carefully take the circle wire, taking assist non to cutting the cord that you lot wrapped unopen to the wire.
7. Untie the knot at the meridian in addition to pose inwards the copper coupling, which volition straightaway serve equally a drawstring. Tie the destination of the rope at the meridian into a secure knot.
8. Turn the pocketbook within out in addition to then that the destination of the pocketbook amongst the excess rope is on the inside.