Take your foundation chain and pull last loop made onto the #50 needle (broomstick lace pin). For this project, you will need to know how to make a chain and also single crochet. If you don’t know how to make a chain, then you need to refer to my tutorial on making the foundation chain. You begin by using the crochet hook to make a foundation chain the length you want your project to be-multiples of 5 have worked the best for me and that is what I used for the sample pattern below. Note that all rows are worked on the RIGHT side. Once you have a foundation chain or row (s) of stitches, you can begin your first ‘Broomstick Row’, which involves placing long loops onto your broomstick. Swirls of Broomstick Lace dance up the edges of this accessory to meet with an understated. Be sure to sand it down so you don’t get splinters-in your fingers or your work. This lovely scarf demonstrates that there is elegance in simplicity. You can make it wider by using a longer needle, even a real broomstick cut to the size you want and shaped to a point at the end to make it easier to get your yarn off the needle. Pattern variations: You can change the look of your broomstick lace afghan by changing colors to make stripes. I find the #50 best but have used the #35 on occasion. When searching for a broomstick lace pin, you might look under knitting needles. The pin used here is a hollow plastic cylinder roughly just over 13″ long, 1″ in diameter, and a circumference of about 3.25″. I use a #50 jiffy lace needle, sometimes called a “pin,” and for the samples below I used an I crochet hook. 2 Traditionally a broomstick was used, hence the name, but the modern variant is a lightweight plastic knitting needle. Broomstick Lace is normally listed under crochet, although the needle used looks like a very large knitting needle. Broomstick lace, also known as jiffy lace and peacock eye crochet, is a historic crochet technique from the 19th century 1 made using a crochet hook and another long slender item such as a knitting needle.
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