Scoubidoo laces, scooby strings, scoobies, whatever you want to call them, they are a craze that seems to be sweeping through Schools up and down the country at the moment.

So, if like me, you have a young relative who asks you to find out how to make them, then hopefully I can save you some time surfing.

First you need a starting knot, then you can start "stitching" with either a square stitch or a round stitch.

How to make Scoobies

I found some basic Scoubidou knot instructions for beginners on a scooby strings guide site.

Someone on another website summarised the making of Scooby Strings as follows:

"What you do is take 2 lengths of thin plasic (the cord from inside old telephone wire works if not) and fold them both in half and tie a knot at the folded end to produce a loop. Hold the loop in your left hand (for right handed people - swap if your a leftie) and place the (now 4) stips of plastic at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock. The pattern is then 12 over 3 (pic the 12 o'clock wire and move it over 3 oclock to 4:30), 3, over 6, 6 over 9 and then 9 through the loop you made when you moved 12. Then pull all four strips to tighten the knot and start all over again."

Once you get confident with the basics, you could then try one of the many advanced scoobidou techniques, and even build some scoubidou animals!