1. Harvest the lavender early in the day, and make sure that the flowers are not damp. Strip all the leaves from he stem. Line up the bottom of the flower heads and tie them gently together with the end of the 2 yards of ribbon. See picture 1.
2. Turn the bundle upside down and gently bend each stem down around the blossom heads. You can facilitate this step by scoring the underside of the stem section that is being bent with your fingernail. When all of the blossoms are "in a cage of stems" the long end of the ribbon should be pulled out of the cage, the short end tucked inside.
3. Line up all of the stems evenly around the blossoms, making sure that they do not overlap. See picture 2. Start to weave the ribbon under and over the stems. Gently pull on the ribbon to make sure the weave is tight. The most difficult part of this process is in the first two rows of the weaving. On the second row you should be going under the stems that you had gone over on the first row. See picture 3.
4. Continue weaving until you have covered all the flowers. You can use a toothpick to push any buds that stick out back into the weave or rub them off. Wrap the ribbon around the "neck" of the wand and tie a slip knot.
Trim the stems to the same length and continue to wrap the stems until you reach the end and glue the ends. Tie a bow around the neck of the stems.
