Making Troop 1607 Woggles
The woggles are made of craft lace, also known as gimp, scoubidou, or Rexlace. Each woggle uses two colors of lace. Each woggle should have a unique color combination (there should be no woggles made with the same pair of colors).
Prerequisite Skills
Section titled “Prerequisite Skills”You will need to learn how to do these first:
Circle Stitch
Section titled “Circle Stitch”Four Strand Round Braid
Section titled “Four Strand Round Braid”Turk’s Head Knot
Section titled “Turk’s Head Knot”Assembling the Woggle
Section titled “Assembling the Woggle”-
Cut your strands of lace
You need four strands of lace- two of each color.
Ends - 1 ft each
Braid - 8 feet
Total - 10 feet -
Set up the lace for braiding
Tie an overhand knot in the laces, such that one set of ends is 9 feet from end to the knot.
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Braid the lace
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Tie the first end
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Return to the other end and untie the overhand knot
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Tie the second circle stitch
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Tie the turk’s head knot