by Jane Haselden | Dec 24, 2022 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
We are fast approaching the end of 2022 and what a year it has been, here in our little house in South Ronaldsay. In amongst all of the renovations, getting our vegetable garden started and learning together, I have somehow managed to make lots of baskets over the...
by Jane Haselden | Nov 22, 2022 | A Simple Life
Suddenly, winter seems to be upon us and harsh winds and pouring rain make it difficult to get outside. But the coming of winter of brings with it a wonderful opportunity for reflection and healing, a chance to slow life down and make sense of the long days of summer....
by Jane Haselden | Nov 1, 2022 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
I’ve had the chance to work with lots of different plants, at this point in my basket making journey, but my favourite above all others, has to be New Zealand Flax (Phormium Tenax). I was missing working with these glorious fibres. My own plants are just babies...
by Jane Haselden | Sep 16, 2022 | A Simple Life
The changing of seasons is always a special time. Each season brings with it memories from childhood, traditions, celebrations, things that you look forward to and sometimes things that you don’t. Whatever the seasons mean to you, they are such an important part...
by Jane Haselden | Sep 8, 2022 | Family Crafts, Tutorials
Today, I thought that I would show you how to make a coil basket from old t-shirts, as part of my Making Hard Times Good Times project. The cost of living crisis is going to have a huge impact on families like mine, who struggle to get by at the best of times. I think...
