How to Make Lucet Cords (three and a half ways!): A CosTutorial [CC]

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  • Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024

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  • @katherinemorelle7115
    @katherinemorelle7115 3 года назад +40

    I rewound to hear the little squeak five times.
    No shame. I love little kitty noises. My own is super quiet most of the time, and generally communicates in little squeaks and trills. Adorable.
    Okay, I’ll watch the rest of the video now.

  • @PeregrinMorningStar
    @PeregrinMorningStar 3 года назад +12

    Well, now I need to get a lucet.

    • @johannageisel5390
      @johannageisel5390 3 года назад +1

      I think you can make a simple version from a forked branch.

  • @angiepaulson6591
    @angiepaulson6591 3 года назад +15

    Very nice tutorial! Do I need this knowledge? Probably not. Was I raptly engrossed in the video? Definitely. I now have wildly misplaced confidence in my abilities before ever picking up a lucet! ;-)

    • @deborahboykin5900
      @deborahboykin5900 2 года назад

      of course u need the knowledge, winter is coming, boredom wont be😀

  • @rachelboersma-plug9482
    @rachelboersma-plug9482 3 года назад +19

    Booze boxes are the preferred modular storage option in our house. They're not plastic, they're recycled, and the kids can cut them up and make crafty things out of them.

  • @veroniqueleboucherestcarre5709

    Du café bien noir... Mais dans ma tasse, il y a vraiment du liquide, contrairement à celle de la vidéo qui est totalement vide. ;-) Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo très claire. 🙂

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  Год назад +1

      Sometimes shots need more than one take and there’s only a little tea left in the cup; thanks for pointing it out I guess

  • @deborahboykin5900
    @deborahboykin5900 2 года назад +1

    today was the first time i have ever seen a lucet or the technique, but i wanted try it so i made one from and over-sized bobby pin...mother necessity is the mother of invention (schoolhouse rocks circa late 70's/early 80's abc network)

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  2 года назад

      I’ve made them from plastic forks with the middle two times broken off, to teach people!

    • @deborahboykin5900
      @deborahboykin5900 2 года назад

      @@OpusElenae i made better one from recycled eyeglass arms😁

    • @RoseStoller-xq7sh
      @RoseStoller-xq7sh 5 месяцев назад

      Was it a Hair Pin or Bobby Pin, there is a difference. I remembering my Grandmother making lace edging for hankerchiefs on one of her hairpins. Too hairpiece was reinvented in the 70/80s for making afghans and other items.

  • @mariawhitehorse9535
    @mariawhitehorse9535 3 года назад

    Love your kitty , why is it that all kitties love boxes lol

  • @amiwalton9645
    @amiwalton9645 3 года назад +6

    As a leftie mirror knitter thank you for pointing out that it works just fine in mirror/left hand dominant. I seem to answer that sbout knitting often and I've been told by many I'd be doing it "wrong"
    Thanks for poiting our done is the goal no matter which way it happens.

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +4

      Exactly! If you get the effect you’re going for, it’s not “wrong.”

  • @bookfanatic
    @bookfanatic 3 года назад +2

    It makes sense now! I bought a cheap lucet a while ago, but the tutorial I watched didn’t show the tightening process and I couldn’t figure it out. I need to practice, but I got it to work (basic cord, slipknot). Thank you!

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад

      That’s awesome! I’m so glad it was helpful

  • @deborahboykin5900
    @deborahboykin5900 2 года назад

    lol was gonna comment on the beam...but like you said reduce recycle, re-use🤣

  • @rachelfields9248
    @rachelfields9248 3 года назад +8

    Yay, the luceting video's here! This was extremely helpful and informative. Thank you!

  • @canucknancy4257
    @canucknancy4257 3 года назад +5

    Darling kitten squeaks is an excellent way to start any video. This is such a cool technique. I love seeing how new(old) tools were used. I'm currently drinking water (boring, I know, but feeling a bit dry today). This was a lovely technique to watch while I am making corded bookmarks. I am using beads, however I am using #10 crochet cotton and a 0.5mm crochet hook instead of a lovely wooden lucet. Thank you so much for sharing this skill with us. Take care.

  • @davidsteinfeld9123
    @davidsteinfeld9123 3 года назад

    I have found many other types of viking knit weaves then I stumbled upon this post I have seen many types of looms if you will from mideval time periods
    in ancient times there were many things like this to pass time they did not have tv or radios or anything like that on long trips and so on this is simular to another type of loom of Japanese origins
    and thats kumihimo weaves the loom is also a bit more complicated but simular that it is hand held and portable about the same time periods and cultures were sea fareing nations interesting stuff it is indeed I like working with wire heavy in to the chain mail thing and on a quest to find fresh ideas
    this is only a pleasant step in the process of finding a new destination in my quest for quiet time crafting zen time
    thank you for shareing

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад

      I've done some kumihimo too! You can get some really beautiful cording that way!

  • @leisongivangomo5656
    @leisongivangomo5656 3 года назад +1

    What a great tutorial! Thank You! Today’s tea is tropical green tea. Yum!

  • @blktauna
    @blktauna 3 года назад +3

    SO COOT KITTEN!!! ;-) I lucet all the time. ITs stupidly useful. I use your figure 8 start but I flip the lucet each time so im only pulling the loop on one side.

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +3

      If it gets you the cord you want, there's no wrong way to do it! I do find turning the lucet gives me a more even tension.

    • @blktauna
      @blktauna 3 года назад +2

      @@OpusElenae agreed. I like to try all ways, one never knows :)

    • @rachelboersma-plug9482
      @rachelboersma-plug9482 3 года назад +1

      @@OpusElenae I've got a lucet, as my kids went to a Steiner/Waldorf playgroup and they're very big on handcrafts. We only made really loose soft ropes, which are used in play and dressing up, so I never knew you could make a firm dense cord. If you make a loose cord in sparkly yarn, it makes a great streamer for holiday decorating purposes.

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +2

      @@rachelboersma-plug9482 what a wonderful idea!

  • @MrsBifflechips
    @MrsBifflechips 3 года назад +2

    I am drinking unadulterated Lapsang Souchong, as I do. Every. Day. :)
    Thanks for this video. I will have to bookmark it for when I need some cord.
    This kind of reminds me of the ropes I would make as a kid out of yarn on 4 popsicle sticks glued around a tp tube. Usually added a snake head and then coiled it into a trivet.

  • @helenawestby
    @helenawestby 3 года назад +1

    I've been looking for a booklet on this topic for decades! Thank you! This is even better!

  • @makemywayman
    @makemywayman 2 месяца назад

    very useful ! thankx a lot ^^

  • @drgrandma1
    @drgrandma1 2 года назад

    I’m drinking Darjeeling 😊

  • @grammyd.3127
    @grammyd.3127 Год назад

    Your videos are so well done! Thank you for sharing your craft and music. I'd like to know where to find a tiny lucet like yours.

  • @charischannah
    @charischannah 3 года назад +2

    Thanks for showing the two different ways to get started with the lucet! I've been fiddling with it and had a bit of a hassle with the one where you just wrap and start looping. Think I need to start with a slipknot so I can get used to using the tool first.
    I am drinking spice tea, a mixture of Tang, instant tea, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. My mom would make it when I was a kid so I make it now in the winter and it feels cozy.

  • @CaptainStitchyPants
    @CaptainStitchyPants Год назад

    This was super clear and helpful, thank you! I dug my lucet out and was looking for instructions, and there you were! Learning to lucet is going to be my festive travel craft, to keep my fingers busy (and my inside thoughts firmly on the inside when Family gets a bit much 😂)

  • @deborahboykin5900
    @deborahboykin5900 2 года назад

    love the beaded technique super thanx!

  • @mnels5214
    @mnels5214 3 года назад

    black coffee. so much coffee. And, thank you for this video! So clearly explained.

  • @TheLballou
    @TheLballou 2 года назад

    Thank you! I just bought a beautiful lucet at a thrift store. The instructions that came with it are totally confusing, however, your instructions make perfect sense, so now I know that I can use it. I make jewelry, and no idea that I could make beaded lucet cord. Again thanks for keeping it slow so that the directions can be followed easily!

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  2 года назад

      I’m so glad it was helpful!

  • @johannageisel5390
    @johannageisel5390 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for this video.
    It has made me decide to buy the lucet that my local supermarket has (a wooden one and not too pricey) to make lacing.

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад

      I’m so excited for you!

  • @amelinabellemont2722
    @amelinabellemont2722 Год назад +1

    Tonight, I'm drinking vodka with soda water - it's been a day.

  • @karenmoody7011
    @karenmoody7011 3 года назад +2

    Another fantastic well explained video , I really do enjoy them, thank you

  • @thecourtlyalchemist
    @thecourtlyalchemist 6 месяцев назад

    I'm drinking ice cold homegrown yaupon holly tea, the only source of caffeine native to North America. That's what I drink most days because for me it is free and plentiful year-round in my back garden. Thank you for the video. I have never seen the chevron and beading techniques before. What did cats even do before cardboard came along?

  • @tazbop1
    @tazbop1 3 года назад +1

    Hello thank you.

  • @Jenrocket
    @Jenrocket 3 года назад

    I am more relaxed than before this video, and I learned a lot! Thx

  • @clarencejacobowitz640
    @clarencejacobowitz640 3 года назад

    This looks so useful! I have been doing a round 4-braid in cotton crochet thread (stolen from my tablet weaving materials) to make cording, but this looks easier and more portable.

  • @JezabelleAsa
    @JezabelleAsa 3 года назад +2

    I really like the music. It sounds like something that would be playing when a Victorian mother finally finds out that her daughter's imaginary friend is actually the ghost of a little girl who was killed by her husband and is buried in the crawlspace under the house

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +1

      That is INCREDIBLY on brand for me!

  • @nowherewarm242
    @nowherewarm242 2 года назад +1

    Great explanation. Feedback though, I actually found it difficult to see the bead when yoy were doing the beaded one. Maybe use a contrasting colour?

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  2 года назад

      Thank you, that’s a good note

  • @habituscraeftig
    @habituscraeftig 3 года назад

    Very nice!! I'm more familiar with kumihimo, but this looks more like the knitting looms I was sent from Germany as a child (but with only two prongs, instead of a ring or line of hooks). I shall have to try my hand at this.

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +1

      It’s the same mechanism as cord looms, pulling loops over wrapped string; you’re right!

  • @HeraldHealer
    @HeraldHealer 2 года назад

    Liquor boxes are very useful. And Liquor stores will give them for free if you ask. Very useful when you are broke and moving.

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  2 года назад +1

      Liquor stores and book stores are my go-to for moving boxes!

  • @DAYBROK3
    @DAYBROK3 2 года назад

    i learned to do this with just my fingers

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  2 года назад +1

      Neat! You totally can do this on any implement or tool that allows you to have 2 prongs!

  • @paloma_hill
    @paloma_hill 2 года назад

    oh this is sorcery.

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  2 года назад

      Complete with bifurcated magic wand! 😉

  • @PsychoKat90
    @PsychoKat90 3 года назад +1

    Ahmad Kalami Assam black tea in my cup, delicious :)

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +2

      I do love a good Assam!

  • @ladyjusticesusan
    @ladyjusticesusan 2 года назад

    Box kitty meow ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @rachelboersma-plug9482
    @rachelboersma-plug9482 3 года назад +5

    I am drinking gin with home-made strawberry and elderflower syrup and sparkling mineral water.

    • @laurenlaker
      @laurenlaker 3 года назад +3

      I dont drink alcohol but that sounds delicious

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +4

      That sounds amazing and right up my alley

    • @deannastevens1217
      @deannastevens1217 3 года назад

      Sounds Delicoious!! I am Jealous!!

  • @KP-nx8lo
    @KP-nx8lo 2 года назад

    I absolutely love the clover bobbin that you have! Where did you get it plz? And the kitty in the intro is so adorable! Makes me miss my old man, he just past after 18 too short years

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  2 года назад +1

      I made them, as part of a laser cutting project day at our local makerspace.

  • @breeinatree4811
    @breeinatree4811 3 года назад

    I'm drinking lady grey tea. Its gentler than earil grey with citrus notes.

  • @deborahboykin5900
    @deborahboykin5900 2 года назад

    this idea popped into head...using a very large lucet with chunky or recycled fabric strips to made cording for braided rugs, have you tried that before? Agape Love Opus.🥰

  • @carmenita7583
    @carmenita7583 2 года назад

    Thank you you are amazing instructor. Your teaching will continue with me.🤲🏽🪷🌷

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  2 года назад

      I’m so glad you found it helpful!

  • @agypsycircle
    @agypsycircle 3 года назад

    Where did you get that particular style of lucet? It’s lovely and I think I may want one! Hugs! As for tea, I had some chai tea from Loves Travel stop!

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +3

      I bought it on Etsy about 15 years ago, so I don’t have a particular merchant to recommend, but I’d check Etsy: there’s many of similar shape.

  • @RoseStoller-xq7sh
    @RoseStoller-xq7sh 5 месяцев назад

    Have never seen beads attached to corded yarn, what would you use this for?

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  5 месяцев назад +1

      I’ve used it for trim! It makes a really delicate neckline treatment

  • @polkadot8788
    @polkadot8788 3 года назад +1

    It's kind of like crochet, but on two prongs then?

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +1

      Sort of? Like a two-loop crochet chain, or a two-loop knitted I-cord.

  • @violetx9668
    @violetx9668 3 года назад +1

    Where did you get your flower bobbin?

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +1

      I laser cut a bunch of them a few years ago!

  • @leisongivangomo5656
    @leisongivangomo5656 3 года назад +1

    Please consider showing better close-ups of the cord when complete.

  • @albertagerlt9055
    @albertagerlt9055 Год назад

    What is the name of the little flower like tool that you have the thread wrapped around?

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  Год назад +1

      A thread winder! They come in all kinds of shapes; I cut these with a laser cutter years and years ago.

    • @albertagerlt9055
      @albertagerlt9055 Год назад

      It’s beautiful..nice work!

  • @beatriceandersson7810
    @beatriceandersson7810 3 года назад

    Where did you buy your lucet ? Is it something you can find in a general craft store? (I’ve never seen one before 😲)

    • @rachelboersma-plug9482
      @rachelboersma-plug9482 3 года назад +2

      I've seen them in big box craft/fabric places. Shops selling Steiner/Waldorf supplies should have them. Sometimes they're called knitting forks.

    • @beatriceandersson7810
      @beatriceandersson7810 3 года назад

      @@rachelboersma-plug9482 thanks for the info!

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +2

      You might also try searching etsy, there's lots of small creators that make them

  • @lesliehyde
    @lesliehyde 3 года назад +1

    When I make I-cords I prefer to only do two loop I-cords.

  • @ragnkja
    @ragnkja 3 года назад +1

    Why aren’t you threading the cord through the hole in the fork? I believe it’s there to make it easier to centre the work.

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +2

      I personally don't find it to be particularly helpful in centering or maintaining tension, but some other people do.

  • @deannastevens1217
    @deannastevens1217 3 года назад

    I am drinking Vodka and lemon/lime soda. at 1am. and I wish I had some Pepperoncini juice. for a bit of a dirty martini in a larger libation.

  • @discodiscordia
    @discodiscordia 3 года назад +1

    Ow, that background music is very loud, which makes this video hard to follow for us neurodivergent folks. On a positive note: what are those gorgeous wooden thread spool things? I've never seen anything like it. Did you make them yourself?

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 3 года назад

      The closed captions help, but unfortunately they’re not always synchronised with the speech.

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +2

      I'm sorry! RUclips sometimes messes with the background music/voice-over levels and when that happens there's not much I can do about it.
      The flower and curves ones are bobbins I had laser cut a few years ago (I'm thinking about making more soon) and the spool is one of several wooden shuttle bobbins I picked up around the same time.

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +1

      I'm working on syncing the captions up better right now! Check back in about 20 minutes or so.

  • @sbutler0305
    @sbutler0305 3 года назад

    What are the hole in the base of the lucet for?

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +1

      The bottom one I use for tying a loop to for hanging from a belt or basket. The top one is for threading the worked cord through, although I don't generally use it.

  • @alethearia
    @alethearia 3 года назад

    How can you even store a black hole in a box?

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад +1

      They’re very compact! And meow adorably.

  • @bgrrrlie
    @bgrrrlie 3 года назад

    I really wish you didn't have the music in the background. On the second basic cord your sound is even turned down so it's really hard to hear what you're saying.

    • @OpusElenae
      @OpusElenae  3 года назад

      There are closed captions available; RUclips is not always kind to my sound levels.