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Broomstick Lace is an easy way to make fantastic lace projects, and is perfect for all ages and all experience
levels. It is perfect for beginners and kids too!

To start with broomstick lace, it is important to know the basic crochet stitches the chain and the single crochet.
To make a basic chain:
1. Form a slip knot loop and slip your crochet hook through the loop.
2. Hold the yarn coming from the ball in your left hand and the crochet hook in your right hand. Wrap the
yarn around the crochet hook one time.
3. Use the hook part of the crochet hook to capture the yarn and pull it through the loop on your crochet
hook.
4. That was your first stitch! Repeat this over and over and over again until you have a chain as long as you
want. (For the broomstick lace, make a chain in a multiple of 5 for example 15-20 stitches long. Add one
stitch to the finished length of your chain.)


Broomstick Lace Tutorial
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To complete a single crochet:
1. Once you have completed your chain, the chain will be on the right hand side of your crochet hook. Flip
over your work, so that the chain is on the left hand side of the crochet hook.
2. Taking your crochet hook (still in your right hand), put the hook end of the crochet hook through the top
loop of the second stitch of the chain (not the one closest to your crochet hook, but the next one).
3. Hold the yarn coming from the ball in your left hand and the crochet hook in your right hand.Wrap the
yarn around the crochet hook one time.
4. Use the hook part of the crochet hook to capture the yarn and pull it through the loop on your crochet
hook.
5. You should have 2 loops on your crochet hook.
6. Once again, hold the yarn coming from the ball in your left hand and the crochet hook in your right
hand. Wrap the yarn around the crochet hook one time.
7. And again, use the hook part of the crochet hook to capture the yarn and pull it through the loop on
your crochet hook.
8. You should have one loop remaining on your crochet hook. That is your first single crochet! Repeat in
each stitch of the chain until you have reached the end!



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To work in Broomstick Lace:

You will need: 1 large knitting needle (ie. 33mm), dowel or even a broomstick handle; 1 large crochet hook
5.5mm or greater and some yarn. Chunky yarn will produce a less lace-y appearance; a thinner yarn will
produce a more lace-y appearance.
Start with a simple little test piece (this way, you dont invest a lot of time before you figure out whether
you have got the knack or not. It is important to understand that your work must end in an even multiple For
our swatch, lets work with the multiple of 5 so we will start with a chain 20 stitches long (get it? five goes
into twenty, four times). So
1. Chain 20.
2. Grab your large knitting needle. Slip the loop from your crochet hook onto the knitting needle.
3. Just like you did with the single crochet (steps # 2, 3 and 4), with the yarn from the ball on your left
hand side, use your crochet hook to slip through the second stitch on the chain (the one next to the loop you
just put on the needle). Wrap the yarn around the crochet hook one time and use the hook part of the crochet
hook to capture the yarn and pull it through the loop with your crochet hook.
4. Take the loop off of the crochet hook and place the loop on the knitting needle beside the first loop.
5. Repeat from step #2 again until you have worked through the whole chain and have 20 loops on the
knitting needle.
Take a deep breath here! You are almost 1/3 of the way through the process! To continue
6. Count out the first 5 loops on the knitting needle (those closest to the point). Slip your crochet hook
under the group of 5 loops, starting from the blunt end of the knitting needle and pointing the hook end of
the crochet hook towards the point of the knitting needle.
7. With the yarn from the ball on your left hand side, wrap the yarn around the crochet hook one time and
use the hook part of the crochet hook to capture the yarn and pull it through all 5 loops (while they are still
on the knitting needle) with your crochet hook. You now have 5 loops on the knitting needle and one loop
on the crochet hook.
8. Again, use wrap the yarn around the crochet hook one time and use the hook part of the crochet hook to
capture the yarn. Pull it through the loop on your crochet hook. You have just completed one slip stitch.
9. Repeat the two steps above in the same group of 5 loops until you have 5 slip stitches holding that group
of 5 loops together. Slip the group of 5 loops off the knitting needle.
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10. Count out the next 5 loops on the knitting needle and follow the steps until it, too, has 5 slip stitches
holding the group of loops together. Slip the group off the knitting needle and once again, count out 5 loops.
Repeat until all the loops are off the knitting needle. (you should have 4 groups of 5 loops each when
finished).
To finish the row of lace
11. Chain 1 stitch.
12. Flip the work so that it is on the left hand side of your crochet hook.
13. Ignoring both the stitch you just added, and the one next to it, put a single crochet in every stitch
across the piece. (You should have done 19 single crochets).
And that is it! Done! If you wanted a piece of lace for embellishments that was one layer deep, tie off, knot
your work and cut your yarn. You are done. If, however, you want to continue to make a piece of lace
fabric, then start back at the beginning and slip the loop from your crochet hook onto the knitting needle
and complete all the steps from that point again (this is the step #2). You can repeat this process again and
again until your lace fabric measures to your desired size. (picture instructions are on the next page)
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