| Fancy Finished Tassels |
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With most of the scoubidou projects you create, you'll have a series of loose
ends, or tassels, hanging from the bottom of your project, similar to those
shown above...
As I mentioned earlier, in the completion stitch pages, you don't want these
tassels to be very long, as it's the scoubidou stitches themselves you want to
show off, not the loose ends. However, for a lot of projects, you will have these ends on your projects. We can do a bit of additional work to make
these ends truly become tassels by sprucing up what they look like, as shown in
the following examples. You may also be able to come up with some ideas of your
own for making the tassels come alive...
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The easiest end is, in my opinion, also the most boring. You can carefully
cut the tassel end directly across its width creating a straight edge to the
tassel. |

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Here's one of my favorites, and it's pretty easy to do also. Simply cut each
edge at a slight diagonal angle. Try cutting the angles all in the same
direction, or cut one color in one direction, and the other end of the same
color in the opposite direction. |

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This one is similar to the above, but takes a little more time, as you're
having to cut along a longer section of the edge, and if you're not careful,
you'll end up creating the short diagonal shown above. |

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This one also takes a bit of work, but looks really nice when completed. You
cut this one similar to the short diagonal shown two above, however you make
the diagonal cut end at the middle of the width, instead of all the way
across. You then turn the strand over and create the other diagonal half-cut. |

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This is probably the hardest one to cut. It's the opposite of the above,
where you start the cut at one corner of the end, cutting up into the center
of the strand. Turn the strand over and cut from the other corner up into the
center again to meet the first cut. This cut comes in handy when creating the
Cobra Bracelet and/or Necklace, as it makes the loose end look like the
cobra's tongue. |

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This last example is one where I went a bit overboard. Try not to overdo your
fancy tassels, again for the reason that you want people to first notice the
work you put into the actual scoubidou stitches. These fancy ends are just
the whipped cream on top of the dessert! Hehe! |
Finally, you can use a combination of one or more of the above in one
project. Some of the ends look better when used in tandem with their buddy.
For instance, try using the pointed end with the fluted end, especially when
you use one cut on one end and the opposite cut on the other strand of the
same color. This gives the illusion that the two ends go together. |
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