Lavender Wands - 编织幽香伴梦眠

前一阵子在Target店买了几罐种植Lavender的小铁罐子，里面应该是种子。想等有空时种下试试看。

几年前，有人在网上邮购过一大丛Lavender，送给了我一些，里面还有一张小卡片，写着怎么把Lavender编织成一个wand。我试着做了一个，到现在还保留着。现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可以把带子留长一些，就能挂在任何想挂的地方了，比如床头，等等。