I am definitely making a chatelaine!! I have a pair of Gingher snippers about 5" long... comes in a little black case that I hang around my neck with a ribbon. I even wear them to bed, 'cuz I forget to take them off. I couldn't live without those sissors. I use them numerous times a day. Can't wear my thimble like that though, so I'm making a clatelaine. I like the tie idea.