Scoubidou

Scoubidou (Craftlace, scoobies, lanyard, gimp, or boondoggle) is material used in knotting craft.

Another kind of scoubidou thread is supple, round, and hollow plasticized PVC tubes usually about 80 centimetres in length.

They are sold in various colors, sizes, and types, and are used to make items by binding them together with knots.

On account of their elasticity and hollow cross-section—which enables them to collapse and deform when pulled—they form tight and stable knots.

Key chains, friendship bands and other trinkets are most commonly woven, although more complicated shapes and figures can also be created.

Other numbers of strands may be used for the simple woven scoubidou chain, although with more than six the structure becomes difficult to support.

[12] Creations such as dragons, Eiffel Towers, bridges, and birds can be made by putting wires inside the stitch to keep it stable, and to enable bending the stitch and keeping it bent.

A fairly complex box stitch is shown here. Beginning at the left, it begins with quadruple box for 5 stitches, and then splits into single barrel (top) and double barrel (bottom) thus incorporating a window. After 11 stitches, the two independent barrels rejoin for another 13 stitches until the end (right).
Stitching the thin thread requires concentration.
Single square stitch light and dark blue. This particular example starts in box, switches to barrel, and then returns to box.
A three-strand scoubidou, with the first part done in a square knot and the second done in a spiral
A four-strand scoubidou, with three laces
A six-strand scoubidou
A ten-strand scoubidou
A sixteen-strand scoubidou
A dragon made with lanyard (scoubidou). More than 60 different strings were used to make it.