by Jane Haselden | Mar 29, 2023 | Basketry & Natural Crafts, Tutorials
I have had so many people asking me how to prepare the beautiful Phormium Tenax fibres, that I use, so here is my step-by-step guide! I must start by saying that, this is just the way that I have developed the processing of these fibres. As far as I am aware, it is... 
by Jane Haselden | Feb 23, 2023 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
I have been so thankful for the huge amount of interest and support for my work over the past couple of months. There isn’t much opportunity to see people’s reactions to my baskets, living and working on a small island. So your kind words, likes, shares... 
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 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 8, 2022 | Family Crafts, Tutorials
Today, I thought that I would show you how to make a coil basket from old t-shirts. 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 many other families will find themselves struggling...
