Gimp Bracelet

Woven plastic lacing bracelets and craft kits for camp-style boondoggle designs worn every day.

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Introduction

Gimp bracelets, also called boondoggle or lanyard braid, are woven from flat plastic lacing into box, spiral, and butterfly stitches. Shoppers here either want a finished woven bracelet or the cord and clasps to make a stack of them.

  • Check the lacing width, usually around 2.5mm flat, and the total yardage per color spool.
  • Look at the closure, since a tied knot, a lobster clasp, or a sliding cord changes how adjustable it is.
  • Confirm the material: plastic lacing wipes clean and survives water better than woven cotton thread.

Buying two or three contrasting colors at once gives you enough length to finish a matching set.

FAQs

Flat plastic lacing, the same craft cord sold for camp lanyards, sometimes labeled boondoggle or scoubidou. It is a soft vinyl strip that holds a crease, which is what lets the woven stitches keep their square or round shape.

A wrist-length box stitch typically eats two strands of roughly two to three yards each, because the weave consumes far more cord than the finished length suggests. Buy longer than you think and trim at the end.

Plastic lacing handles pools, showers, and the beach without fraying, which is why these became summer camp staples. Chlorine may dull bright neon colors slowly, but the weave itself stays intact through repeated soaking.

Measure your wrist with a tape or a strip of paper, then add about half an inch for comfort. If you are weaving your own, wrap the work-in-progress around your wrist every few stitches and stop when it closes easily.

They stack well with beaded strands and thin metal bangles, and the plastic will not tarnish anything next to it. Mixing stitch styles and widths in one stack keeps the look layered rather than repetitive!