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- Hi, I'm Marly Bird,

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proud spokesperson for Red Heart Yarns,

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^and I'm gonna show you how to do the broomstick lace.

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^This is a pretty little pattern

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^that stitches up really quick.

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^For this cuff,

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I am using Creme de la Creme cotton,

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and you only need one color

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but I'm showing you two different colors.

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I'm using a G crochet hook,

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a pair of scissors, a tapestry needle,

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and you only need one knitting needle,

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anywhere size from a US 17

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to a US 50.

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As you can imagine,

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this lace stitch got its name from actual broomsticks.

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Back in the day,

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they used to use broomsticks

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to create this beautiful stitch pattern.

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That's why these knitting needles are so large.

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The stitch pattern itself is determined,

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the size is determined by the size of the needle.

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I'm using a US size 19.

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We're gonna begin with a slipknot on our hook,

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and then we're gonna chain 12.

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For this particular broomstick pattern,

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we're doing a multiple of four stitches,

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meaning we're gonna have four loops per broomstick.

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It's possible to put five, six, seven, eight,

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how many loops you want.

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It all depends on whatever pattern

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you're going to be using.

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Once you have 12,

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extend the final loop that's on your hook,

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and we're gonna place that loop

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directly onto the knitting needle.

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Once it's on your knitting needle,

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you're gonna have to readjust

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so that way you're holding your knitting needle,

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and your work is coming out towards the right

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if you're right-handed,

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towards the left if you're left-handed.

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Working into each chain down this row,

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we're going to go into the chain

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and then pull up a loop.

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Now, I know normally you crochet,

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you yarn-over your hook just like so,

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but I find it easier to pull up my loop

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grabbing it like that

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and pulling it through the chain,

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because then we're gonna place it

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back onto our knitting needle.

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And we'll go down to the next chain,

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grab our yarn,

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pull it up,

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and put it onto our knitting needle.

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We're gonna do this all the way down the row,

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and we'll end up with 12 loops on our knitting needle.

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Once you have your 12 loops on your knitting needle,

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we're gonna begin to grab them

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in groups of four.

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What's great is that the stitches are

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all fixed into place.

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So after we grab our first four here,

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I can actually remove the complete knitting needle

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so that it's out of the way

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and it doesn't flop around on me.

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Now that I have those loops on my hook,

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I'm gonna yarn-over,

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pull a loop through,

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and then I'm going to chain one.

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I will only do that chain one on this very first start.

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Now we grabbed four loops,

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so we're gonna do four single crochet around these loops.

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If you had grabbed five loops,

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you would do five single crochet.

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You get the point.

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Once you have the four single crochet completed,

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one, two, three, four,

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you go over to the next set of four loops,

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so one, two, three, four,

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grab 'em,

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yarn-over, pull through,

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you do not chain one,

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you go ahead and jump right into your single crochet.

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So there's one,

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two,

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three,

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four.

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You finish that off with this last one.

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Grab all four loops,

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yarn-over, pull through,

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and jump into our single crochet.

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Two,

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three,

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four.

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Now you notice I have not turned my work

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because you're not going to turn your work.

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You'll extend this loop up,

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and we'll repeat that whole process.

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Grab your needle,

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put it into that loop,

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and now instead of working into chains,

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we're gonna work into the single crochet edge.

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You have a choice.

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You can work through the entire V,

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or just work through the back leg.

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For the cuff I'm wearing,

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I actually worked through the back leg of the stitch.

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And I also made the right side

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be the wrong side of my cuff.

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So I'm gonna go in

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to the stitch through the back leg,

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yarn-over,

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pull up a loop,

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and put it on my needle.

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All the way down this row,

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and then once again when I have 12 loops on my needle,

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I'll go and take groups of four once again,

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and finish them off.

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You're gonna repeat rows one and two

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until your cuff measures

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just about around your wrist,

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and then all you're gonna do

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is seam it together.

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Let's take a look.

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As we look at this little cuff that I've worked up,

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first off, I'm looking at the right side.

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As you can see,

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by working through the back leg, or the back loop,

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it leaves the front loop free.

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So I get a really nice decorative stitch on this side.

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The same thing looks really cool, I think,

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on this side.

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I love the little,

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the backside of the stitch,

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I think it looks texturally appealing.

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So you have a choice.

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You can make either side of this cuff

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your public side, or your right side.

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Whichever side you choose to be your public side,

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we're gonna make sure that the seam

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is on the opposite side of the cuff.

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Let's fold this together to seam it.

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I want the opposite side to be my right side.

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I'm gonna have the public side,

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this side, facing me,

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and my yarn is still attached

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to the last single crochet row I completed.

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I'm just going to simply work through

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my foundation chain row,

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stitch for stitch,

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and join the foundation chain row

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to this row over here.

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And I can either do a single crochet

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or a slip stitch.

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I like to do single crochet.

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This is a great way to have a no-fuss finish

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to a very simple project.

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After you single crochet the last one,

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go ahead and finish off your work.

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Leave a tail long enough

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so you can weave in your ends.

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Then you have a finished cuff.

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I'm gonna flip this outside,

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so that's the right side of my cuff,

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as I like to have it,

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and you can see, the seam is right there,

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but it's on the inside

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and it's nice and secure.

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I chose to make this out of a really cool cotton,

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and I will caution you

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that it is going to stretch.

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So as you're making your broomstick lace

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and you're measuring it around your wrist,

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it's good if it's a little bit snug to begin with

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because it's gonna stretch over time.

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It's perfect, though, to stretch on

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and fit over your wrist, okay?

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You can make this particular cuff

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with any kind of yarn you choose.

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This stitch pattern is perfect

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with all different yarns.

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You do wanna be careful, though,

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if you're using a slick yarn,

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when you take your knitting needle out,

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the loops will kind of flop around

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and be a little bit unruly,

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and it might be a little bit more difficult to work with

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if it's your first time.

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That's not to say that it's not possible to use it.

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So have fun. Make some cuffs.

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Make one in every color.

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Make one for all your friends.

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This is a really cool project,

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and it's fun.