How to Prevent Earbud Tangles with Old School Friendship Bracelet Knotting

I swear, I put my earbuds in my bag wound up so nice and neat, and in the ten minutes it takes to get from home to school, they somehow get themselves into an intricate pretzel of frustration that I can't even begin to deal with until I've had my first cup of coffee.

One way to prevent earbud tangling is to make the cord thicker, and AT wrote about achieving this through string-knotting à la preteen summer friendship bracelets.

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I did this project today and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the way it came out. This would be appropriate for preteens and up, or that precocious young crafter who's already into friendship bracelets. Also could be used to make a unique, cheap gift for a friend or sibling.

Read the full tutorial on my blog here.