Lanyard Tricks

Here’s a great website that teaches eight or nine different stitches – Lanyards.com. The videos are easy to follow, clearly filmed, with good verbal instructions.

M-ito learned the box stitch in about an hour then taught a friend two days later. The box stitch is a good one to start with. I remember lanyard from camp when I was a kid. It’s still the same thing and still pretty cool to do – very focusing, very zen. Over, under, over under. Wash on, wash off. Keep the lanyards in line. That and some finger dexterity is all you need. It sounds simple but does take practice. We bought some lanyard out in Greenport so city folks will have to look at Michaels Craft Store to get theirs. That’s where I’m getting my next batch. It’s been added to my bag of tricks and especially uyseful when waiting for dinner to be served.

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