Broom Making Materials

Broom corn tassels twine or wire a wooden handle or stick scissors.

Broom making materials.

You need the broom kit here s what it includes. 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. Pine handles can be purchased from.

Shop broom brush and mop supplies. Broom spindle broom vise broom stick broom nail broom corn 2 pounds broom needle. Many craft broom makers weave the stalks of the broom corn around the handle. The raw material for the broom the broomcorn comes into the factory already processed and bundled.

Once the sassafras is harvested and dried each branch is cut to size and holes are drilled. Bundles are grouped together in a bale weighing about 120 lb 54 kg. The broom is a purifier so it is connected to the element of water in some magical traditions but others associate it with air. The process begins on a sunny day when we take our broom corn outside and sort it by size and.

Materials 2 to 3 pounds of broom corn about 45 heads nylon cord no. Broom corn is tied to the handle with twine or wire. Broomcorn about 2 3 pounds per broom 18 nylon cord for tying hemp string for sewing 20 lb. Things you will need.

The broom making process sorting the broom corn. Assemble the following materials before you sit down to make a broom. 18 or larger 20 pound waxed hemp string wooden handle scissors knife drill tensioning apparatus large needle sewing clamp lighter. Raw materials for brooms craft broomcorn processed broomcorn duck blind broomcorn twine linen cord broom wire broom tools supplies knives hardwood and pine handles.

The shakers were the first to use wire to. Preparing the broom handle. Materials b twine and or wire.