![]() ![]() Several of our brides have just bought regular full-size straw brooms and wrapped the handles with ribbon and decorated with flowers ribbons, etc. Water Container:įor soaking broom corn and reed prior to weaving.Ī broom tying table by Shawn Hoefer of Laffing Horse Tying TableĪ loop of strong twine for tying off end of wrapping. Most of these 'decorative' brooms are very small in my opinion. (H) Sewing Palmįor pushing broom needle/bodkin through broom straw when stitching. Hyde and Dexter Cutlery still have shoe knives made in USA.Ī large needle for stitching brooms. Excellent for trimming brush and stalks around handle and splitting stalks to use in weaves. I collect fallen limbs from my neighborhood and shape them on a shaving horse with a drawknife and spokeshave (and then dry for up to a year) before using them to make a kitchen, hearth, or cobweb broom.ĭevice to hold tension on twine or wire while winding broom corn to handle.įor trimming broom corn and cutting twine.įor trimming broom corn stalks, cutting twine, shaping handles, etc.Ī shoe/leather knife used in shoe industry (back when there was one). Some craft brooms such as whisks, pot scrubbers, cake testers, and turkey-wings have no wooden handle, the handle being formed from the broom corn. Some tie brooms to saplings (known as twisty sticks) deformed by vines such as honeysuckle. Pine handles can be purchased from Caddy Supply Company, but most craft broom makers find discarded limbs or search woodlands for dead wood (before it decays). Many craft broom makers weave the stalks of the broom corn around the handle. I use nylon to bind the broom corn to the handle and waxed linen for stitching. Caddy Supply Company sells hemp twine in varies colors as well as 18.5 ga. They also made the first flat brooms by squeezing the broom in a vise and lacing it with twine. The Shakers were the first to use wire to bind the broom corn to the handle. (B) Twine and/or Wire:īroom corn is tied to the handle with twine or wire. Caddy also has a fifty-pound box of craft broom corn. Since most kitchen brooms require a pound of broom corn and other types (whisks, cob-web, turkey-wings, hearth) less, ten pounds will make ten to twenty brooms. ![]() Caddy Supply Company A ten pound box currently costs 35 dollars. I purchase ten pound boxes of craft broom corn ( broom corn with a section of stalk for weaving) from Caddy Supply Company of Orangeburg, South Carolina. Most craft broom makers procure broom corn from local growers or buy it from companies who specialize in craft broom materials and tools. It can be grown, but the amounts needed to make one broom makes it difficult for an individual to grow, harvest, and prepare enough broom corn to make more than a few brooms. Sewing cuff J: Handle painted with milk paint Materials Broom Corn:īroom corn is not really corn but a type of sorghum. B: Various twine (hemp and waxed linen) C: Knife D: Pruner for trimming broom corn stalks. ![]()
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