actually, it’s frayed cord, to form a tassel - ?
i like frayed ends, they add a feature look and a softer look at the same time.
on a lanyard knot i like the ends to be lengthy sometimes,
and with that, the finished tassel could get untidy,
so here i’ve sealed the cord cover around the circumference with the light touch of a heat knife, and so short tassels are possible.
up close it looks a bit harsh,
maybe i’ll just use constrictor knot,
only done that once before.
whipping also might look better, come to think of it
I agree, even a simple common whipping might look a bit nicer.
A way to add a contrasting colour too if you wanted.
If you’re ambitious (I didn’t count how many strands there were in the braid), you could take the sub-strands and crown+wall => diamond knot => tassel. Also, if you steam the ends it’ll straighten out the strands and make the end tassels look more finished
interesting idea,
and i probably won’t attempt it!,
i think 16 strands.
good idea with the steam 
if 16 then group into 8, not that bad. 8)
oh, good idea
i hit my head pretty bad a couple months ago so not sure how much is me not thinking and how much is mild brain injury !
Take care of yourself, your random designs and experiments always brighten my day! 8)
good idea
oh, thanks dear KnotMe,
and to you too
take care and i like your ideas and points of view
happy with this effect,
seal a cord end by melting end with lighter flame radiating heat, and pulling through a clothespeg,
cut a piece off it that is the length of the tassel, turn it endwise, and that’s the tassel,
seal the cord end again,
then join the tassel piece on the end with heat, and shape with pliers
easier done than said…
Doing a perfect melt join is a PitA. Since you’re already working with synthetics for the melting, much easier would be to do a small simple whipping or maybe just a constrictor with a nylon thread and then apply cyanacrylic glue to the thread. Superglue cause nylon to harden. I’m not sure if it will shrink slightly as well but it’s easy enough to experiment. 8)
that would just about be perfect, a dot of - is that superglue? - cyanacrylic - but - how do i stop the whole tube from going off?
plus .. fumes .. and me sticking my fingers together ..
circling back to constrictor and good ole whipping ! 
plus, yeh i got a bit of carby on the melted ends, yeh a p.it.a to get it just right
p.s hold the cord end near the blue part of the flame (a lighter) to prevent carbing up
Most of the brands have “single use” packaging. Just look for “superglue single use” for a bunch of options. As for sticking your fingers together, have a bottle of nail polish remover handy. 8)
plus, yeh i got a bit of carby on the melted ends, yeh a p.it.a to get it just rightp.s hold the cord end near the blue part of the flame (a lighter) to prevent carbing up
I think some mini-turksheads would look awesome as a whipping for the tassels. Would be a nice looking challenge!
SS
stop waving catnip under my nose, SS !
Try it, you’ll like it. Grin
with that ridge, just smooth it out lightly with pliers,
so I’ve had success just heating / melting ends,
the quickly picking up pliers to pinch the join,
making pinches while rolling the cord
improved option,
just run a jet lighter flame near the cord,
roll the cord around so a line around its circumference gets a light sealing.
using the side of the flame, not blasting with the pointy end.
jet lighters can have a fair bit of accuracy. and a heap of heat. they don’t seem to use additional fuel. the blue flame seems to melt cord with less than burn and blackening.
actually, come to think of it, i held these ends right through the furnace while running the lighter past it, back and forth really fast!, so in the pic you can see where i’ve put the flame on it too long, it’s singed -.-
p.s added photo shows zone of lightly melted outer
