I love Apple products except for their cables which don't seem to last very long here in Goa- India. It could be our intense hot and humid summers. So I decided to prolong their life my covering the entire length of the cable in soft wool. The reason I chose wool is because it's softer and more flexible than say crochet yarn.
The materials you're gonna need are:
Yarn of your choice
Electrical tape if your cable is opening like mine
And a little drop of clear drying glue (optional)
Take a small piece of your electrical tape and wind it tight around the part that's opening out. If you've decided to cover your cable before it opened out, I applaud you - you can skip this step if you'd like.
Tie a tight double knot close as close to the plastic part of the cable as you can. I cut off a length of wool of about 12mts from the ball of wool. This length will vary depending on the thickness of your wool or yarn. If you do run short just tie on another length with a double knot and carry on.
Hold the short end of the wool flust against your cable. We're gonna work over this end so the knot we started with doesn't have any chance of opening out.
Still holding the end piece with your left hand, keep the ball of wool in your right hand and pass it to the left but behind the cable leaving a small loop on the right hand side.
Bring the ball of wool to the front and pass it through the loop back behind to its original place.
Pull firmly to decrease the loop size.
Keep pulling till the loop completely decreases and it meets the first knot you made at the top.
Using this same method continue to make your knots as you work down the cable.
Continue till you reach the other end of the cable. End by putting a drop of glue onto your last knot so that all your hard work doesn't open out. What you're left with is a funky flexible cable that will definitely last you longer.
Hope you had fun with this.
I'd love to hear from you.
Xoxo
Karen.
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