Wednesday, June 16, 2021

How to Weave Aromatic Lavender Wands


Summer is a beloved season of many for many reasons.  Gardeners and floral artisans are enamored of summer for its abundance of fresh blooms for all manner of floral art, including floral weaving.  Fresh lavender's long, flexible stems and lasting fragrant aroma make it a favorite for this purpose.  

Join us in the garden on a warm summer afternoon and let's make a Lavender Wand together.

Aromatic Lavender Wand made of Organic Lavender

How to Make a Lavender Wand


Materials:

  • 11 long stems of freshly cut lavender
  • 1 yard of 1/4" satin ribbon (additional 12" for a bow - optional)
  • Scissors
  • Patience 

Give yourself time and space to enjoy this craft.  It can be a little tricky to work with fresh flowers in this manner, so don't hesitate to undo a step or two and start over.  Perfection isn't the goal, rather joy in the act of creating.
 
How to Weave Aromatic Lavender Wands

Step 1 — Strip the lavender stems of any side shoots, leaves or buds so that only the main flowerhead remains.   Trim all stems to the same length, about 12”.

Woven Lavender Wands Instructions

Step 2 — Line up the base of each flowerhead and tie the ribbon in a square knot at the base of the flowers, leaving one shorter end and one long end (which will be used for the weaving).

How to Weave Aromatic Lavender Wands

How to Weave Aromatic Lavender Wands

Step 3 — Hold the bundle of stems with the flowers facing down and gently fold the stems down one at a time over the flowers, encasing them.  Tuck the shorter end of ribbon into the flowers so that you can begin weaving with the long length of ribbon.

How to Weave Aromatic Lavender Wands    How to Weave Aromatic Lavender Wands

Step 4 — Weave the longer length of ribbon through the stems.  Take the ribbon over two stems and under the next two repeating this pattern in a counterclockwise direction.  Pay close attention to which stem comes next because they can become entangled when you weave.

You can weave in any pattern that you fancy.  In this tutorial we are weaving over two/under two, but you could weave over one/under one or over two/under one or... it's entirely up to you!

How to Weave Aromatic Lavender Wands with Pelindaba Lavender

How to Weave Aromatic Lavender Wands with Pelindaba Lavender

Step 5 — Continue to weave until you have covered all of the lavender flowers.

How to Weave Aromatic Lavender Wands with Pelindaba Lavender

Step 6 — When you have covered the flowers entirely with your woven ribbon, gently pull out the short end of ribbon (from the center of the flowers) and use it to tie a square knot with the end of the woven ribbon at the base of the weaving.

Pelindaba Lavender shows how to weave Aromatic Lavender Wands

Pelindaba Lavender shows how to weave Aromatic Lavender Wands

Step 7 — To finish your lavender wand a bow is a nice touch.  To make a small bow, loop a length of ribbon back and forth on itself until you have 2 loops on each side.  Trim the ends to match the width of the loops.

How to Weave Aromatic Lavender Wands

How to Weave Aromatic Lavender Wands

Step 7 — Position the ribbon loops on top of the square knot at the base of the weaving and use ribbon tails from the square knot to secure the ribbon loops.  Tie a tight square knot and trim the ribbon ends to the width of the ribbon loops.

How to Weave Aromatic Lavender Wands

How to Weave Aromatic Lavender Wands

Step 8 — To keep the wand end tidy, tie the bottom of the stems together with a little extra ribbon and trim the stems evenly if needed.

How to Weave Aromatic Lavender Wands

Bravo!  Your beautiful wand is now ready to cast a few spells, grace a dressing table or perhaps be a gift for a friend.

Of course, if after reading through this "how to" you don't think making a Lavender Wand is your cup of tea but you'd still like one, we have beautiful finished Lavender Wands made by our skilled artisans at the farm ready for you.

A Beautiful Woven Aromatic Lavender Wand

8 comments:

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    1. If you make a lavender wand this summer, send is a picture. We'd love to see what you create!

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  2. Thank you so much for posting this!! It's lovely and I was just wondering what else I could do with the lavender I have growing on my patio, aside from already enjoying the sight and fragrance!

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    1. You are very welcome. If you make a lavender wand this summer, send us a picture of your beautiful creation!

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    1. Thanks! If you make a lavender wand this summer, send us a picture. We'd love to see what you create!

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  4. We posted your incredible instructional with a link to your page as a grower of lavender, selling plants, essential oils and crafts. Hope this brings you some mail order and visitors from our New England area! - Candace at Water Way

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