Broom Making Materials

The broom is a purifier so it is connected to the element of water in some magical traditions but others associate it with air.

Broom making materials.

Many craft broom makers weave the stalks of the broom corn around the handle. Once the sassafras is harvested and dried each branch is cut to size and holes are drilled. Preparing the broom handle. Bundles are grouped together in a bale weighing about 120 lb 54 kg.

Things you will need. The raw material for the broom the broomcorn comes into the factory already processed and bundled. Broom corn tassels twine or wire a wooden handle or stick scissors. Broom spindle broom vise broom stick broom nail broom corn 2 pounds broom needle.

Pine handles can be purchased from. Basket reed and splints. The broom making process sorting the broom corn. Materials 2 to 3 pounds of broom corn about 45 heads nylon cord no.

18 or larger 20 pound waxed hemp string wooden handle scissors knife drill tensioning apparatus large needle sewing clamp lighter. Craft broomstraw raw broomcorn processed broomcorn artisan tools needles broom making supplies nylon and hemp twine tinned. The bundles are sorted by length and are sorted by the color of the fiber. The shakers were the first to use wire to.

Raw materials for brooms craft broomcorn processed broomcorn duck blind broomcorn twine linen cord broom wire broom tools supplies knives hardwood and pine handles. Assemble the following materials before you sit down to make a broom. You need the broom kit here s what it includes. Test wooden handle 18 inches.

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. The process begins on a sunny day when we take our broom corn outside and sort it by size and. Materials b twine and or wire.