What kind of brooms does little John make?
Little John makes fancy sweeper brooms, spirit brooms with a carved face, a spectrum of beautiful wisk brooms, cobwebbers, double brooms and much more! All handmade brooms with handles will have Little John’s mark so you’ll always know where it came from.
What kind of wood do you use to make a broom?
His rustic handmade brooms are from all natural broom corn and hand selected handles of varying types of wood. He harvests many of the handles and has grown some of the broomcorn himself. As a result each broom has it’s own personality. John is always on the look out for the perfect piece of wood for broom handles.
Can You Make your own Handmade brooms?
Handmade brooms can also be crafted to order, if you have a special piece of wood or other material John can make your broom to order; he can tye a broom to almost anything. John can retye your old broom! You can see examples here….. Blacksmiths!
What did the people of Kentucky use to make baskets?
Baskets, brooms, gourds and much more! Our talented Kentucky ancestors used local resources to make the items they needed to use everyday. Split white oak was woven into baskets, straw into brooms and gourds became bowls. This strong heritage is evident in the amazing work created by today’s artists.
What kind of basket did the patowatomi use?
The only implement required would be a bone awl to open a hole for passage of the thread, which was passed around the free coil and beneath the fastened coil below. A central north Algonquin coiled sweet grass basket of the Patowatomi is illustrated in Turnbaugh and Turnbaugh (1986: 132-133).
What kind of baskets were used in New England?
Early historic accounts in New England indicate variable sizes and shapes for woven storage baskets (citing Mourt in Heath 1986: 22, 29; Wood 1865: 107-108).
Where can I get a fireplace broom made?
This fireplace broom is hand-rolled and is built to last a lifetime. Black straw, perfect for sweeping sooty ashes, becomes surprisingly elegant in a modern room. Available in rust or dark chocolate brown. Made in Berea, KY. . . . . . Build your own gourmet basket! Didn’t quite find the best fit? No worries. We can make a custom basket for you!
