by Jane Haselden | Jan 27, 2025 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
My intention of getting back into natural dyeing in 2025, has got off to a good start! Whilst I may not have thought of January as being a good time for collecting dye plants, when I was living in the Orkney islands, here on the East Coast of Scotland, I haven’t... 
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 | Jul 7, 2020 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
If you saw my post – Adventures in Basket Making, you might remember that I have been collecting and drying wild plant stalks to use in my basket making. This week I made some time to try them out. I started with some of the plantain stalks, because I really... 
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... 
by Jane Haselden | May 13, 2020 | A Simple Life
We love foraging and back in Cornwall we knew all of the best places to go for blackberries, hawthorn, sloes, wild apples, pears and wild garlic. Now that we’re living in Orkney, we’re having to start over, because we don’t really know what is...
