Hi, I’m Violet.
I was in the 4th grade when an after-school counselor started a a box stitch for me. The entire after school program was fascinated by them, and I remember begging my mom to buy me more string.
Then… one transformational afternoon, we looked across the playground and there was a girl with strings down to her ankles weaving something bigger than the box stitch. It was wizardry. She was kind enough to show me how to start a 2x1 twisty, and from there, I was hooked.
I scoured the internet for more tutorials, and unfortunately there weren’t very many. Yet I remember seeing this video of the Scoubitunel. It was not a tutorial, but just a video showing how cool the creation was. I grabbed my string and attempted to recreate it, then I posted a video to Youtube showing what I had done.
The video ultimately gained a few thousand views in just the first couple of months which was huge considering I was barely 13 years old and Youtube was only just beginning to boom.
Needless to say, I was hooked and really inspired by all of the comments asking me to do more. I continued to post tutorials and grow off of feedback as I went. I wasn’t a natural teacher, and so I had a lot to learn about camera angles, lighting, and editing. As I made little tweaks, I was able to help more and more people learn the art of lanyard making, and through this, I found the small but mighty lanyard community that was already online.
The small assembly and thinking in 3-D skills that comes along with lanyard making inspired me to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering at ASU. I am now in my junior year and have been able to learn about carbon fiber/composite weaves through work. I am always looking for ways to elevate the world of lanyard making such that I can keep the nostalgia and passion for craftlace alive.
Let’s keep blooming, fellow flowers! <3
Original Stitches & Inventions
twisted scoubitunel
Date Invented: May 9th, 2011
Number of Strings: 12
Link to Youtube Tutorial coming soon.
the guitar
the zebra stitch
Date Invented: October 4th, 2013
Number of Strings: 4
Variations:
Tiger Stitch
Double Zebra
pentagon scoubitunel
the sandworm stitch
the airplane
the checkerboard
Date Invented: August 7, 2024
Number of Strings: 5