by Jane Haselden | Jan 19, 2022 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
January is flying by and there is no sign of the winter blues here. There is so much to be done and our new home gives me so much inspiration for making! My very first basket of the year, was one that I made just for myself. I found some old baling twine in one of our...
by Jane Haselden | Oct 28, 2021 | Basketry & Natural Crafts
I have been continuing to work with natural dyes this year, building on what I learned in late 2020. A lot of these dyes have been used on raffia for my basketry, but I have also been trying to keep track of my results on some quiltmakers cotton, so that I can, over...
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 | Oct 27, 2020 | Craft for Kids
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 | 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...
