Life's a Stitch

And more recently life’s a creative adventure with some travel thrown in.

I may be late to the party, but I’m pretty sure it’s not just me. On more than one occasion, I’ve been stopped on the street by fellow Pac NWers, asking how did I tie that scarf.

Are you a wrap arounder?

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Or a loop de looper? AKA the CBC tie, as all Canadian Broadcasting Centre reporters in colder climes, sport this as what appears to be the company’s uniform scarf tying method.

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Here’s my favourite alternative, as taught by the clerk in an accessory store at the mall in which my office is located. I once needed to dress up an outfit for our AGM and bought a scarf. As in paid money for it. In a retail store. Blasphemy.

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You can skip the next two pictures if you already know the technique. First, you fold the scarf in half and put it around your neck as in the loop de loop method, but you only pull one end through:

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Then you pull the second end through, only from the other side.

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Tidy it up and you’re done:

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Excuse Gracee’s snow nose, she has a bad case this year. Don’t worry, it will be black again by summer.  I think this is one of my all time favourite posts. Please ignore the dog’s dubious looks as she was most cooperative. How about a hand for our model.

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32 responses to “How do you tie one on?”

  1. Lyndsey-Jane Avatar

    I will have to try that scarf tying method, never seen it before so thank-you.
    ps. Grace is such a sweetie, makes me want to reach into the screen and giver her a big cuddle. lol!

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  2. Jane Avatar

    What a good doggie that Gracie is! She could of won Best in Modeling at the Westminster Dog show this week in NYC for sure! Snow nose and all! Thanks for the scraf tying lesson. I know just the scarf to use….. the one you made me!

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  3. Terri D. Avatar

    Thanks for the tips (and Gracee is stylin’).

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  4. Becca Avatar

    I’m so going to try that way of tying the scarf when I go out today – love it! Gracee is a great model!

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  5. Beth Avatar

    I’m usually a wrap-arounder but I’ll try that new way. 🙂
    And this is why we have dogs! hahahaha Good Girl Gracie!

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  6. Kae Avatar

    Awwww… she did so good 🙂

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  7. Dorothy Avatar

    I can’t believe Gracee sat still for all of that. I hope she got a doggie treat when she was done. I’m definitely going to try that new way. I’m a complete dork when it comes to scarves. I can knit them, but I have trouble carrying them off with panache! Unlike Grace.

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  8. Crazy For Yarn In Alabamac Avatar

    Awwww…..what a PERFECT model for your scarf!!!!

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  9. Norma Avatar

    I’m a loop-de-looper, mostly, but I do love your neato variation, and I’m going to try that!

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  10. Cindy Avatar

    I just love looking at your site especially when your dog is in it. That is the cutest dog I have ever seen. My dashund would never sit still to model a scarf. My pictures of him is always a blurrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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  11. Monika Avatar

    I love her look in the first picture. The way this scarf is wound, is very pretty. Our dogs noses don’t get back to black during summer. Biko has freckles on her nose. Gracee is a very good dog, so patient! Give her a treat for me, please! :o)

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  12. Linda B. Avatar
    Linda B.

    I hadn’t noticed that the loop de looper was the official CBC scarf-tie. I will have to try the more complicated version. Where IS that really long scarf….

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  13. Linda B. Avatar
    Linda B.

    Found that scarf – a much too long Clapotis! Thank you SO much! With that knot, I’ll be able to actually wear it. Now if I can just remember how to do it without turning on the computer!

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  14. Angie Avatar

    Things I didn’t know I needed to know. This will help with my clapotis too.

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  15. Maureen Avatar

    What a very obliging model…I love the expression on the final shot.
    And a “thank you” for the tutorial on a new (to me) scarf tying technique.

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  16. Suzanne V. (Yarnhog) Avatar

    I may have to knit a scarf just so I can try that. (Scarfs are neither necessary nor a fashion accessory around these parts, but that’s such a cool tying technique that I may start a new trend.)

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  17. Jane Avatar

    I love the looks on her face! And that last technique is very nice. Pretty scarf, too.

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  18. Mary Avatar

    It’s 4:30 AM and I’m in my nightie and just had to try the new and improved loop method! It’s perfect! I love how it lies flatter than the regular loop way.

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  19. wendy g Avatar

    Thanks for the scarf tying lesson! Gracee makes a wonderful model too.

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  20. Michele Avatar
    Michele

    The CBC method is quite popular in NYC. I’m loving the more complicated version – maybe I’ll start a new trend here in the Big Apple. Thanks!

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  21. danielle Avatar

    that has got to be one of the best models i’ve ever seen! great work and great instructions, both of you!

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  22. sherry Avatar

    OMG,how much she looks like Bree here..
    and I missed the dog show again this year.. I thinks its my id that made me.. too many channels and knowing that how much I missed Bree on my bday. (it always falls around my bday, the dog show.)
    she is being good also.

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  23. Carrie K Avatar

    Dubious looks maybe but an excellent model! And awesome information on the scarf knot tying which I lack.

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  24. Kristen Avatar

    Oh that Gracee, what a sweetie! Cool way to tie the scarf.

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  25. Rosie Avatar
    Rosie

    What expressions that Gracie is displaying. She looks just like a kid.
    Rosie

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  26. angelarae Avatar

    I love your dog, she’s so pretty! Thanks for the scarf tying lesson…us hicks down here in NC never do more than drape one around our necks!;->
    Ang

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  27. Marianne Avatar

    Thanks for the tying tip !
    And Gracee really is the cutest model ever !

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  28. valeria Avatar
    valeria

    Try giving Ms. Snow Nose dome kelp flakes on her food. It works on Westies.

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  29. Marilyn Avatar
    Marilyn

    Love your model Gracie. Thanks for a new way wear a scarf.

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  30. keri Avatar

    Thanks for the great info – I’m always looking for a fun new way to tie a scarf! =)

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  31. crzjane Avatar

    Thank you for sharing your scarf tying technique.
    You have a very lovely model there.

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  32. xiaoyi Avatar
    xiaoyi

    love that last scarf-tying method. just tried it with an unsatisfactorily short scarf that i knit, and it looks perfect with the fancy knot ^_^. now i can gift the scarf to a friend, along with instructions on how to tie it. thanks for sharing!

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