7/8/11

Broomstick Lace


Ever made broomstick lace?  It looks like this:



 (I did not make this piece.)

I have a very dear, very creative childhood friend (Sarah) who is essentially superwoman when it comes to making things. 

Over the past 20-odd years (we met at age two - we have photographs to prove it), I have forced her to teach me how to make beaded jewelry, how to cross-stitch, how to crochet, how to use my sewing machine, and how to fix all the things I made once I ruined them.

(Translation: she fixed them for me.)


Sarah Engel

Sarah patiently endured the entire process (because let's be honest: I am anything but gifted in these areas, and am also easily distracted and/or irritable when attempting them), and in the end, I came out much wiser if not more accomplished (I discovered that the best solution is if I just pay her to make the things for me).

On one of our more recent visits, we attempted to make broomstick lace.  (Here's a link to the tutorial we used, in case you're interested - you can make gorgeous scarves and wrist cuffs with this pattern).

In the amount of time it took me to make this three or four inch piece:




She made an entire scarf:








Not unlike the one pictured above, which she gave me for my birthday. 
(♥) 
I love it.

{ It's good to have oh-so-talented friends. }

And by the bye, you've met Sarah before in this guest post: 
And you'll meet her again when she opens her Etsy shop.

I can't wait.

P.S. If you like tutorials, try this one by Simply Vintage Girl: 
Sarah gave me the link for this yesterday and now I must try it.
  I'll keep you posted on how it goes.  
... Maybe.


8 comments:

  1. Gorgeous! I may need to give this a try! Let's hope I don't get my yarn in one tangled mess!

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  2. Talented friends are a good thing to have indeed! Love all of this :)

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  3. I can't wait to visit her etsy shop! What a beautiful scarf <3

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  4. I cant wait for her to open her shop
    you must let us know when this takes place

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  5. That is pretty cool. My family is like this, especially my Mom. I knit, but crochet scares me for some reason..... I don't know why. Looks so hard and confusing. But then I see things like this and I wanna do it.

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  6. Actually Nicole - this one is surprisingly easy and because of the all the looping you can make things really fast! I'm just a super slow learner when it comes to things that involve yarn and fabric and thread. No really. I have some kind of mental block to it.

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  7. See, but you always come up with the best crafting ideas! I never would have found broomstick lace without you. :)

    Honestly, luv, there is no higher praise than to be complimented by such a multi-talented granypsy as yourself. And there is no greater love than to publicly acknowledge your quacky friend in public.

    You are made of awesome and I couldn't do without you. ♥

    (Oh, and we're totally making those flowers! And we're not even going to set our respective houses on fire.)

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  8. You love coffee...you love books...your crochet...we'd get along nicely in person too I do belive:D ha ha.

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