Lavender Wands - 編織幽香伴夢眠

前一陣子在Target店買了幾罐種植Lavender的小鐵罐子，裏麵應該是種子。想等有空時種下試試看。

幾年前，有人在網上郵購過一大叢Lavender，送給了我一些，裏麵還有一張小卡片，寫著怎麽把Lavender編織成一個wand。我試著做了一個，到現在還保留著。現在和大家分享一下做法：

http://www.happyvalleylavender.com/lavender-projects.php

Lavender favours, or faggots, were originally used to scent linen and other stored fabric and clothes. They were often used to mark the dozens, and the half-dozens, in piles of linen in a bride's dowry chest, and it was usually the children who were set to work to make them. Nowadays, they make nice small gifts, either individually or in a "bunch" to put in a vase.

YOU WILL NEED:

Freshly gathered lavender stems, about 30cm. (12") long and 1 metre of narrow ribbon.

METHOD:

Take an uneven number of stems of lavender, 15 is about right. Tie these together tightly, with the end of the ribbon, just below the flower heads. Turn the bunch upside down and carefully bend the stems back over the flower heads, one by one. Start to weave the long end of the ribbon in and out of the stems, as there is an odd number it will have a basket effect. Shape the head as you go, pulling the weaving tight as you get to the bottom of the flower heads. Wind the ribbon round a couple of times, and slip knot the end. Use any remaining ribbon to make a bow. Trim the ends of the stems level. You can bind these with the ribbon too, and make a loop to hang up the "favour".

做好的wands可以把帶子留長一些，就能掛在任何想掛的地方了，比如床頭，等等。