So, tonight, I'm happily knitting away and pause to have an on-line conversation. The yarn is on my lap but it trails over to the couch. I look over to see one of my kitty-charges (I'm pet sitting) chomping on the yarn. The little brat boy has chomped the strand in half!

Cute, fuzzy, black and MEAN!!!!!

That was me! I decided to try crochet, as I was told it was easier than knitting, and as I sat learning, unbeknownst to me, there was a cat eating my yarn, suddenly, there was nothing there!
Mean kitties.

Sorry I didn't see this earlier.
You can buy pre-made piping at JoAnn's - with the bias tape. You can also buy the cording for the center of the home-made piping there. I'm not sure where JoAnn's keeps it, but it's generally sold by the yard.

I'll see if I can find instructions for doing bias-cut strips very easily. (I have some written out instructions from like 10 years ago somewhere, but the picture is important, and I don't have a scanner.)

Ok, found some decent pages:

Instructions for installing piping:
http://sewing.about.com/library/weekly/blpiping.htm

Some instructions/tips on making piping
http://sewing.about.com/library/weekly/aa090997.htm

And here's how to make the bias cut strips easily:
http://sewing.about.com/gi/dynamic/o...23anchor243291

hey thanks for the info...its helps alot n ill try it out with the next purse i make heh.i keep meaning to put a picture of the purse i made the other day on here but either dont have time or forget lol.

See, a dog would never do something like that.

Yeah, the dog sat there eating my shoe.

But that didn't ruin any creative endeavors, now, did it?

Well, yes, if you consider getting dressed a creative endeavor.

FYI

When I was at Hancock Fabrics last week looking for 60" wide solids (no luck), I noticed some swanky fabrics. They appear to be Shag-inspired, and feature tall, thin ladies with cocktails, cats on futuristic retro chairs, and other swanky patterns (maybe 4 or 5 different prints). They're all color-coordinated (blues and greens/lime) and were with the other cotton prints in the quilting section.

I don't know what anyone would do with them, but surely someone here is dying to go out to buy a yard of each just in case the perfect project presents itself--right?

Oh I wish I knew how to knit.... I do sort of know how to crochet and I actually attepted sewing.... Which gave my son a blanket with crooked edges. :rolleyes: But that was a practice right? I am thinking of trying to take a class at JoAnn's to learn to sew and knit. I did love taking those cake decorating classes though. Maybe I should just stick with the food based classes...... I wish I had taken that silk screening class at LACMA though. My friend made the best shirt when he decided to learn silk screening.