SO…Here’s the situation. I’m getting married in October, and we need wedding favors. Being a good little knot tyer, I suggested to my fiance we make little knotted key chains and take full advantage of the “tying the knot” pun. 
What I’m looking for help with is:
1 - What are a few good “key chain” knots to tie? I have to make around 400 of them, so I’m trying to stay pretty simple (ie - keeping sennits to a minimum), but pretty/Interesting. I’ve been poking around in ABOK, and things like the sailors knot and chinese good luck knot look promising. Any other suggestions?
2. - I’m looking for a vendor in the Eastern half of the US with the “perfect cordage” for my project. Any ideas?
All suggestions will be appreciated. This may just be what I need to increase my dexterity and repertoire.
Thanks.
Abe.
www.knotstuff.com Congratulations on your forthcoming wedding! Excellent choices of knot also - making 400 - WOW!!! You’ll need something that can be made up quickly for sure and you have selected some great knots for that. Try using a good #96 4-strand cotton cord from Marty Combs at and use a doubled Sailor’s knife lanyard knot with the ends teased out to make a “tassel.” He also carries a #120, I think, also. If you make each cord with about half a fathom of line, or maybe 48" - the keepsake would be long enough to hang around each person’s neck. Alternatively, if you attach a keyring through one of Marty’s thimbles in brass, that would look great and last for a while and not take as much cord or, if a little longer, it could be used to put over the neck of their favorite liquor bottle. The Good Luck Knot would be great if you could match it to some theme color and use the cord from Taiwan known as rat-tail, but it would not last long as a keyfob - probably take a little less time to make though! Good luck!
Lindsey
Go to a jeweller,ask him to make up a true lovers knot ring for bride…most jewellers are good ,suggest you bring ABOK to help
When it comes to the bridal ring I rally love ABOK # 2423.
For the fobs I like # 787, which can be tied in less than 45 seconds. Then it took me another 2 minutes to tassel out the tails. It looks like a thistle (very celtic). If you make the loop right you can slip many keys on before putting the last key on via ABOK # 1860. This was all done in Marties 4 strand as Squarerigger suggested. This is very good cord for this task and will wear far beyond one lifetime. Just think… 400 fobs at 3 minutes each… 1200 minutes 20 hours… but of course it need not be done at one sitting.