Hy has been working on something to keep the lace in a "cats cradle" formation and thinking of a card or two interlocking foam core pieces to wrap the laces around. He was worried that when people took it apart the card element would become litter. That's when he started to think of an edible core to wrap the lace around. In the supermarket Saturday afternoon Hy saw a bag of pretzels. The lace is knotted together so its ready to be discovered and played with to make string figures, while you eat your pretzel. Obviously, gloves worn while handling the pretzels but are given out by the string end from a box or bag. Making the whole lot is very doable in a one night pizza party. This design is at least a candidate. Let us know what you think. Hy tried bigger pretzels and they make a less effective visual.



Later on in the week he created these shoe lace flower bundles. This design might be harder to make but will have fewer edible parts than the pretzel design. A jig constructed of nails would be needed in order to produce these "flower bundles" of shoe lace quickly and consistently.

Please let us know how you feel about each design.

-The Lace Futures Design Team