Sam Z. wrote: > Anyone out there who is craftier than I have an idea of how > to best add velcro (in terms of method and placement) to a > bandanna to do something like this? Rather than sticking or sewing Velcro to things, I've become a fan of Velcro "One-Wrap". It's a strap with hook on one side, and loop on the other. So, you just wrap it around a bundle, and it sticks to itself anywhere along its length. I've found it in office stores and hardware stores. They also make a similar product for use as garden ties which isn't as wide or as sticky, but is way more flexible (and green). Lastly, 3M makes a "Bundling Wrap" intended for cables that is flexible like tape, but about an inch wide. It doesn't stand up to a lot of (ab)use, though. Discount versions of the brand name products are available. I found some at Harbor Freight, even. S Myers wrote: > You might be able to make your own pseudo-skooba wrap. I'm > not just exactly sure how it is constructed, but it appears > to be velcro-hook at the corners, and a fuzzy velcro-loop > covering the outer layer. You could probably get some nice > material and build this yourself, if you didn't happen to > want to pay for the real thing. The fuzzy fabric is called "Velcro Compatible Fabric". One brand name is "Veltex". It's nice because the fuzzy stuff is bonded to padding and fabric much like automotive headliner. It's quite pricy, though, and I haven't seen it in any store for a while, which means mail order, which means minimum orders, which means lots of money. Why yes, I have spent way to much time researching Velcro. > Anyway, I'd be remiss in my duties if I didn't mention that the Japanese use "furoshiki" wrapping cloths to bundle all kinds of strange objects, and have developed various secure strategies for tying up oddly-shaped packages. Do a web search on that for many, many examples. -- Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans eeyore@xxxxxxxx