I got the idea to make these from the DIY wrap bracelets I made a little while ago. These headphones were all white before, and since I had the coloured string left over from the bracelet tutorial, I decided to try it!
To start off, take the string and tie a knot with it around one of the wires. You can use one colour, or as many colours as you want. Once you have the knot set, start wrapping. Make sure you have a lot of string because you don’t want to run out halfway down the wire and have to tie another knot and start over again.
If you want, you can add beads along the way to jazz it up a bit. Once you get to the end of that wire, tie another knot to secure, and you’re done.
I thought these turned out pretty good, but I didn’t like the look of the knots all over the headphones. Next time, I’m going to try super gluing the string around the wire. I also was a lot more happy with the look of two different string colours. If you make any mistakes along the way, the two colours hide them better!
Let me know if you are going to try this! And if you do, send me a link to the picture!
Brilliant! I just realized I could do this with the millions of wires and cords all over my house. It would make telling the difference between them (and from friends’ cords as well) much easier.
Was wrapping the thread around the cords all you had to do?
Don’t you have to knot it so it doesn’t come loose?
You tie a knot to begin, like I said in the post. And the once you are done wrapping, you tie another knot to secure.
I love this idea! What kind of string did you use?
Coloured hemp
I just did mine, and used yarn :- )
That is so innovative!
What kind of string did you use?
Oops! sorry didn’t see the comment above. Nevermind thanks
Oh wow this is so creative! I will for sure be trying this out on an old pair of ear buds! I would love to feature this tutorial on my blog sometime, and of course I will link back to your wonderful blog! Do you think this would work with embroidery thread, like the kind used for friendship bracelets?
Oh wow thank you so much! And yes- I was actually going to use that kind of thread to begin with, but didn’t have any in the house and was to lazy to get some haha! It will definitely work!
Awesome thank you so much! I just loved this idea and am doing it on my own headphones haha, awesome for a string addiction! I am actually just starting out blogging for my handmade business and its great to find others crafting such amazing things! I will be making the post tonight and will link back to you 100%!
I used embroidery thread. I worked wonderfully! I love it!
I used embroidery thread too. I used one strand with a red ombre and one strand with a blue ombre, they look really awesome! Thanks!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/hanse1jj/Photoon2011-08-27at20422.jpg
I used your snazzy idea to dress up my headphones but it has unraveled
now I am sad. I guess I didn’t wrap or tie it tight enough. Possibly both.
Just thought I’d share my wrapping woes so you could maybe help others to learn from my mistakes.
-Anna-
Love this! I used to make friendship bracelets all the time and I have a ton of string left over, I’m totally going to try this!!
I did this with Yarn, how did you stop the ends from unraveling?
burn the ends. but make sure you blow them out if they catch on fire.
very nice people should do this more often
why should only very nice people do it?
*very nice. people should do this more often
I think that’s what he meant… -.-
I did the same basic thing with crochet cotton size 10 (rainbow!!) and I single crocheted around the cord. It has a line of knots up the side, but I still really like it. The cotton has a very fast repeat of rainbow, which looks great. The single crochet also will never come unraveled, save for if you don’t weave the ends back through. It helps a great deal with the cord becoming tangled in my pocket. I love this craft!!
I just made these last night using the same embroidery string that I use during the summer to make friendship bracelets- this is SUCH an adorable idea and already on my way to work I’ve gotten compliments on them! I knotted it using the ‘Chinese staircase’ pattern used to make bracelets (http://shifu.people.com.cn/?p=215) which gives the same effect as wrapping but just makes it a bit tighter and reduces the risk of it coming unraveled! Lovely, and I can’t wait to do it to all of my random pairs I have floating around!
I looooooved the idea!
So… i made it (:
and here’s the result
http://yfrog.com/oegicjj
These are mine
They’re almost finished, I used the thread that you use to make friendship bracelets. http://twitter.com/4evyyy/status/128575928002555904/photo/1
So, how do you start it? Just wrap it around and around???? I’m confused..
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Tie a knot! And then start wrapping. Once you get to the end, you can tie another knot which will secure the whole thing!
how do you use multiple colors?!
When you start, instead of tying 1 colour at the beginning, tie 2 or more!
how do you do it with different colors?
When you start, instead of tying 1 colour at the beginning, tie 2!
This is a great idea to help keep the cords untangled. My earbuds are always a tangled mess. I am going to do this for my daughter using her college school colors.
my sister wants headphones like these so imma put a twist on it with the colors its such a great idea but about how long of yarn should i get?
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i was wondering if your string ever started coming apart? do you think i should put clear nail polish to cover the embroidery thread? that way it doesn’t frizzle.
I was alright, but go ahead. It would definitely help!
How do you wrap it?
Tie a know at the top, and use the string to wrap around the cord. Then once to get to a point where the cord stops, tie another knot so the whole thing is secure.
Man, it took me forever but I finally got it done! I could only do the bottom half, where it split off to the two ear buds was too little and wouldn’t stay tight, but I still love the result. I put super glue on the knots for extra hold also.
Hey, I was trying this with my headphone, and it took soooo long to do, is it supposed to take so long? or am I doing it wrong?
Nope! Don’t worry. It took me a while!
This took me forever, but it looks so awesome!!! I’ve got some random knots, but I underestimated how much string I’d need, I still love it though! Such a great idea!
http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h437/sezonca/IMG_2274.jpg
sooooooo trying this it looks so cute. and i have apple earphones and they have a divider but imma try it anyway
I made a pair. They came out so good. Now all my friends want me to do it for them. Feel free to check them out.
i love this especially because I have cats and it protects the cords from them chewing on them.
Having troubles with it…. Do you think you could upload a video? You don’t have to do all I just need to know how to start it off and finish it
Im definitely doing this! And i will pin you
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I liked this so much! I used one color for one of them but I’d like to do two. Is there a different way in making it with two colors? How did you make it look like yours ?
I tied both of them at the same time, and kind of wrapped them as if they were just on piece. Hope that helped!
I did It and i like my headphones 10 times better now. (: This is really cool and really creative.
I’m currently doing a pair and I love it! How did you tie it off to keep it from unraveling?
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Definitely doing this! *finds embroidery thread* Because I have earphones that are like two separate cords stuck together at the bottom, and I always pull those apart, and they get super tangled. Also my cat chews on them ALL THE TIME.
Its supercool !!
What kinda thread you use ? like a jute one cotton one ? which one ?
How long does this take to do?
It took me a solid 2 hours
wow, so interesting! i will definitely try this with my headphones!
i love this !! i’d be so excited if i saw someone with these on the bus or something, i really want to to do this
It definitely took me two hours to do! I used embroidery thread as well but with a dark to light gradient.. turned out amazing I think!
http://instagr.am/p/PcaqLiHBis/