Now comes the fun part. Start by placing two of your boards next to one another. Now lace the paracord through them just as you would a pair of shoes. Once you reach the end cut the paracord, making sure you leave enough slack to tie a strong knot at the end. Now you can pull the paracord out and use it to measure the rest of the pieces you will need. When you cut the rest make sure you leave a little room for error. It's better to have too much then to have too little and have to start over.

Once you have cut your paracord to size it is a good idea to melt the ends so that it is easy to get the cord through the holes.

Now you can start lacing boards together.



Things to watch as you're lacing:



-Make sure you are paying attention to what side of the board is up and what side is down so that you end up with all the good looking sides facing up.



-It looks best to have all the knots on the bottom.



-Once you have finished a lace go back and pull each "X" to get the slack out







