Comments on: How To Crochet: Broomstick Lace

By: Jana

Jana — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:16:09 +0000

All the tutorials I see for this beautiful stitch only show how to do 4-5 complete stitches, only wide enough for a scarf. How do you make a whole afghan?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:31:38 +0000

Hi Coral, you can change colors similar to the way you would change colors in other stitches, such as single crochet, chain stitch, etc. Here's a general tutorial (but you can use the same idea to change colors in broomstick lace): How to Change Colors in Crochet You can join in the new color at just about any point you want the new color to be, whether it's while you're pull up loops in the forward pass or doing the single crochet in backward pass.

By: Coral Hislop

Coral Hislop — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:01:21 +0000

Rachel,
I have just reintroduced myself to broomstich crochet having done it in a single colour many years ago. I am now doing a knee rug and would like to know the correct way to introduce a different colour to the rug. All tutorials I have seen tell one how to do the stitch but not how or where to join in another colour. I hope you are able to help me. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Coral

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:53:34 +0000

THANK YOU for the left-handed alternative photographs. I’ve not seen that done before and it’s absolutely brilliant – SO helpful!

By: Lois

Lois — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 04:10:43 +0000

I started a queen size spread/cover (whatever you want to call it) and crocheted about 3 ft before I got bored and put it away. Did this about 30 years ago when my youngest was little! I still have it but had forgotten how to work it. So glad to find this tutorial…maybe I’ll get busy and finish it?

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:04:39 +0000

Boy, Rachel! This brought back memories!

I used broomstick lace to make an afghan for my mom around 1977/1979. My wife and I were just married and her mom was a great knitter, crochet-er, tatter, seamstress and I enjoyed watching her work so much that I wanted to give it a try myself.

I don’t remember exactly when I began the afghan but I was making it for her as a Christmas present. (This was my first experience with crochet. I had done a little embroidery when I was single.) I worked away and decided, around Halloween I’d better concentrate on my project but, being just married and all…well, at Thanksgiving time I KNEW I had to get busy. I worked and worked and, for Christmas, I gave my mom a box, half wrapped because it contained half an afghan. I DID finish it and she loved it.

An interesting point. I don’t remember the brand of yarn I used but the color was denim and very close to the color in your tutorial. Like I said…memories.

My sister now has the afghan and it is still just as warm as it was 30 + years ago.

A week ago I took my first knitting lesson. Being semi-retired and working only 2 days a week gives me time for new adventures in learning. (The lesson was a Christmas gift from my sister.)

My wife still works full time but her interests are in places other than working with fiber. She enjoys genealogy primarily and is looking forward to having more time to pursue that. I’m looking forward to scarves, sweaters, afghans, hats etc….etc…

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:34:27 +0000

Hi Debbie, you would end it the same way you would end your regular crochet work. You can also increase by adding more stitches to a stitch on the previous row, and decrease by pulling more stitches together.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:06:21 +0000

Love Broomstick but how do you end it? And can you increase and decrease for making cloths?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:54:10 +0000

You can use it for anything that you want a lacy texture for. You can make clothing, blankets, even dishcloths. Have fun with it!

By: Tahere

Tahere — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:28:37 +0000

Hi
your broomstick lace is great.What can I use it for?
Thanks a lot