by Jane Haselden | Jun 10, 2021 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
Spring is a plentiful time for collecting plant fibres to use in basketry and dyes. You may have seen in my earlier post, Making Dandelion Paper and Dandelion Beads that the petals of these wonderful springtime weeds, can be turned into a wonderful textural paper and...
by Jane Haselden | May 4, 2021 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
April is coming to a close, but it has been a month of working with daffodils for me. This time last year, I was at the beginning of my journey of working with plants for basketry and dyes. I did collect some daffodil leaves as they faded, but I was keen to make as...
by Jane Haselden | Oct 27, 2020 | Family Crafts
An experiment with natural dyes turned into a fun activity for Wren (my two year old) this week, as she found out how to make charcoal paint. I had been experimenting with making heather dye for a few days, but having left it rather late in the season, was only...
by Jane Haselden | Sep 29, 2020 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
Way back in March, I bought myself a couple of books on dyeing. One was about learning to use natural dyes and the other showed in depth, the techniques for shibori pattern making. This month I finally got around to having a look through the books and trying out some...
