by Jane Haselden | Oct 22, 2020 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
It’s been a few weeks now since I first started to hand-dye my own raffia with natural dyes. Since then, I have been having a great time using it and making more dyes along the way. It has been really satisfying to start bringing these skills together and I feel...
by Jane Haselden | Oct 19, 2020 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
Over the past three weeks, I have been busy harvesting honeysuckle vine from our garden for basket weaving. The land at the back of our house is full of trees and rather wild and I was going to tidy it up a bit to make it more accessible, back in the spring. Then, as...
by Jane Haselden | Aug 15, 2020 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
This week I had my first go at making a basket from willow bark. A few weeks ago, I was clearing some of the lower branches from one of the willows on our land and I noticed how easily the bark peeled away. I quickly stripped as much as could, just using my fingers...
by Jane Haselden | Jul 22, 2020 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
I have been busy working on my baskets over the past couple of weeks. Working far too late and getting up far too early, to start again the next day. It seems foolish to waste the long daylight hours of summer, when I have more energy and inclination to push myself...
by Jane Haselden | Jun 29, 2020 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
I have wanted to learn to make baskets for a long time, but life with five children can be busy and somehow years have gone by without me prioritising the time to do it. Just before we moved to Orkney, I was taking part in a craft fair and the stall next to mine was a...
