That is a good question:
1. The Scout ties the knot loosely around two fingers with nylon rope (string).
2. Once they have got back to the start on the first colour, a leader heats the end of that colour and the end of the new colour and then melts the two end together (only burning his fingers a little bit)
3. The scout then continues to follow the line of the first colour, until he/she reaches the end again.
4. The leader (or responsible adult) then cuts this to size, heats the end of the second colour and the start of the first and welds them together (possibly burning his fingers a little more)
5. The woggle is then slid up the necker and the welds (including parts of the leaders fingers) are positions around the back of the necker, out of sight.
* No Scouts are harmed in the making of these Woggles (well, very few).
Love the explanation of the 'woggle' and its painful manufacturing process. I never made it to the scouts, so my yellow six cubs woggle was only ever plastic, and we were never allowed near naked flames!!
Plus, using naked flames means that you might be able to get rid of some - always a good thing! (A joke, of course, but sometimes it feels you need to lose some of the buggers). All our scouts have dull woggles now - maybe you should come over and sort it out?
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1. The Scout ties the knot loosely around two fingers with nylon rope (string).
2. Once they have got back to the start on the first colour, a leader heats the end of that colour and the end of the new colour and then melts the two end together (only burning his fingers a little bit)
3. The scout then continues to follow the line of the first colour, until he/she reaches the end again.
4. The leader (or responsible adult) then cuts this to size, heats the end of the second colour and the start of the first and welds them together (possibly burning his fingers a little more)
5. The woggle is then slid up the necker and the welds (including parts of the leaders fingers) are positions around the back of the necker, out of sight.
* No Scouts are harmed in the making of these Woggles (well, very few).
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