Synthetic cord materials used in creating turks heads

Here is a collection of synthetic cord materials used in the construction of turks head bracelets. Obviously this is but a small sample of available materials but this shows the size difference between the very lightweight 1 millimeter cords shown on the left and the common 3 mm nylon braid.

All of these are nylon or some blend of synthetic fibers. The 1/8" (3 mm) cord is available in most hardware stores in the US. I use this material to make some of the wider designs. The 2 mm material is a very fine braided cover and I'm just beginning to see how some of the more complex weave designs look in this more delicate cord.

The 1 mm cords were found in a salvage shop and I only have a small amount of each color. I use this for making the square sennit braid grommets. It's pretty dense and stiff when working it up into tight pattern.

grommets made with really small line 131

This collection of grommets are made with 1 mm nylon worked in an eight strand square sennit pattern. The diameter of the smallest is 2 1/2" the largest is about 3 1/4". They are about 1/4" square making these small and delicate but very tough.


The design is an eight stand square sennet weave.

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