Broom Making Materials

Things you will need.

Broom making materials.

Broomcorn about 2 3 pounds per broom 18 nylon cord for tying hemp string for sewing 20 lb. The broom making process sorting the broom corn. Broom corn tassels twine or wire a wooden handle or stick scissors. Basket reed and splints.

It is not uncommon to meet witches who have broom collections and it is fairly easy to make your own besom if you don t wish to buy one. Test wooden handle 18 inches. Craft broomstraw raw broomcorn processed broomcorn artisan tools needles broom making supplies nylon and hemp twine tinned. The process begins on a sunny day when we take our broom corn outside and sort it by size and.

You need the broom kit here s what it includes. The shakers were the first to use wire to. The broom is a purifier so it is connected to the element of water in some magical traditions but others associate it with air. Many craft broom makers weave the stalks of the broom corn around the handle.

18 or larger 20 pound waxed hemp string wooden handle scissors knife drill tensioning apparatus large needle sewing clamp lighter. Assemble the following materials before you sit down to make a broom. The bundles are sorted by length and are sorted by the color of the fiber. Bundles are grouped together in a bale weighing about 120 lb 54 kg.

Broom corn is tied to the handle with twine or wire. Raw materials for brooms craft broomcorn processed broomcorn duck blind broomcorn twine linen cord broom wire broom tools supplies knives hardwood and pine handles. Materials 2 to 3 pounds of broom corn about 45 heads nylon cord no. Broom spindle broom vise broom stick broom nail broom corn 2 pounds broom needle.

Once the sassafras is harvested and dried each branch is cut to size and holes are drilled. Preparing the broom handle. Materials b twine and or wire.