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Foraging for an Autumn Rainbow

Posted on September 16, 2013 by woodlandknitter

Has it been that long already? To be honest, we have finally had our car back and have been using every spare moment we have to go out and see what we have been missing in the woodlands, on the … Continue reading →

Posted in children, cooking, craft adventures, Dyeing, Fibres, garden, knitting, nature, seasonal, Spinning | Tagged 4ply, alpaca, autumn, autumnal walking, bilberries, bilberry dyeing, children, color, colour, colour differences on different fibres, fall, foraging, Gardening, growing fruit, heather dyeing, hollyhocks, jam making, knitting, leaves, madder, mordant, mushroom foraging, natural dyeing, nature, north wales hills, rhubarb, sandstone trail, seasonal thing to do, seasons, spinning, walking north wales, windberries, woodland, wool, wymberries | 4 Comments

Felt for Foraging and Jam making

Posted on August 18, 2013 by woodlandknitter

Phew, what a crafty week I have put my poor hands through. After discovering a fallen oak branch laden with baby acorns I realised soon would be the time for autumnal treasure gathering in the forest. Technically we have a … Continue reading →

Posted in children, cooking, craft adventures, felting, garden, knitting, nature, seasonal, Stories | Tagged apples, autumn, cherries, children, crochet, fall, felted belt, felted leaves, felting, foraging, foraging belt, forest, fruit, Gardening, home produce, jam, jam making, knitting, leaves, machine embroidery, nature, pagan, roving, season, seasonal, sewing, simple jam recipe, soft fruit, summer, wet felting, woodland, woods, wool | 2 Comments

Midsummer Fae – a donkey short

Posted on June 24, 2013 by woodlandknitter

It is a tradition to make fairy houses at midsummer. It is the time they will visit your garden to celebrate the Summer Solstice, singing and dancing into the wee hours. The morning of the solstice, both Emily and Toby … Continue reading →

Posted in children, garden, Home Education, knitting, nature, nature table, Pagan, seasonal, Waldorf / Steiner | Tagged a midsummer night's dream, children, childrens activities, dolls house furniture, fae, faery, fairy, midsummer, nature, Oberon, pagan, seasonal, shakespear, solstice, Steiner, summer solstice, titania, Waldorf, wiccan | 2 Comments

My Little Atelier

Posted on June 10, 2013 by woodlandknitter

I have a couple of preferred websites when it comes to birthdays and present buying occasions for the children. I have found it quite difficult over the years to find quality alternatives that aren’t plastic or centered around popular culture … Continue reading →

Posted in children, craft adventures, Fibres, Free Patterns, garden, Home Education, knitting, nature, seasonal, Spinning, Waldorf / Steiner | Tagged andy goldsworthy, art, art kit, atelier, baby booties, birthday ideas, birthday presents, cinnamon, creative play, eco friendly, home education, home eductaion, home schooling, kids art, knitting, mandala, natural, natural toys, nature art, scottish art, shells, spinning, Steiner, toys, Waldorf, woodland children | 3 Comments

The Green Man, Fire-eaters and Dragons!

Posted on May 7, 2013 by woodlandknitter

“In times long past lived a man of green and his footsteps brought life wherever he’d been In the deepest wild wood was the place he’d once been and the people did love and protect him…” Clun … Continue reading →

Posted in children, craft adventures, garden, Goddess, Home Education, nature, Pagan, seasonal | Tagged 2013, bees, cernunnos, clun, clun castle, damh the bard, dancing, dragon, drum, drumming, fayre, festival, fire eaters, flower crown, gluten free, green man festival, greenman, herne, honey, jester, may day, may queen, mayday, mead, morris dancing, mummers, music, pagan, pan, potter, pottery, re enactment, summer festival, travel, vegan, vegetarian food, wiccan | Leave a comment

Calling in the May!

Posted on April 24, 2013 by woodlandknitter

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about Mayday? Personally, with me it is the maypole. The maypole is said to represent two things. In times gone by our ancestors believed that spirits … Continue reading →

Posted in children, garden, Goddess, Home Education, nature, nature table, Pagan, seasonal | Tagged beltane, celebrations, celtic, children, clun, dryad, fae, faeries, fairies, fertility, festivities, forest, goddess, greenman, greenman festival, hawthorn, hobbyhorse, jack in the green, john barleycorn, leaves, local customs, local fesivals, may 1st, may celebration, mayday, maypole, medieval, morris dancers, morris dancing, music, pagan, season, seasonal, spirit, spring, superstition, traditional, travel, Waldorf, wiccan, wood sprite, woodland, woods | 3 Comments

Unicorn in the Forest and a few FOs

Posted on April 7, 2013 by woodlandknitter

We have been going a little sewing mad this week. A friend told me about a shop in Chester that sells wool felt – not the nasty acrylic kind! Toby has had a little gnome production line going on – … Continue reading →

Posted in children, craft adventures, Fibres, garden, Goddess, Home Education, knitting, nature, Pagan, seasonal | Tagged 4ply, alpaca, children, Conundrum, delamere, fairies, felt, foraging, forest, FOs, goddess, home education, imagination, knitted leaves, knitting, leaves, legend, liberty bell, myth, nature, Ravelry, robin hood, Runrig, season, seasonal, Semele, sewing, sock yarn, spring, Steiner, UFO, unicorn, Waldorf, walking, woodland, wool | 2 Comments

Castles, Diamonds and Easter Eggs

Posted on March 31, 2013 by woodlandknitter

Wow – what a week it has been. After a very unexpected snowfall, which was totally out of character here this time of year, we have been working hard in preparation for Ostara and Easter. The egg, an … Continue reading →

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Yarn in York

Posted on March 21, 2013 by woodlandknitter

My internal yarn magnet kicked in very quickly on the night we arrived in York. We were walking along in the darkness, when I had that familiar pull. Moments later we were stood outside Ramshambles, a pretty little yarn shop … Continue reading →

Posted in craft adventures, Fibres, garden, knitting, nature, seasonal, Spinning | Tagged alpaca, batt, buttons, carding, children, fibres, Gardening, glastonbury, knitting, LYS, merino, naalbinding, nahlbinding, nature, pagan, roving, shambles, shopping, spinning, viking knitting, wool, yarn, yarn shop, york | 4 Comments

The Enchanted Sole – socks and yarn and mossy trees.

Posted on March 5, 2013 by woodlandknitter

Ok, I know I said I would write about the yarny side of York this time, but I got very excited this morning when a book I have been waiting for arrived today. I had to share! A friend … Continue reading →

Posted in craft adventures, Fibres, garden, Goddess, knitting, nature, seasonal, Spinning | Tagged 4ply, alpaca, apples, autumn, book review, Gardening, goddess, knitting, leaves, merino, nature, Ravelry, season, seasonal, shawl, sock, sock yarn, spinning, spring, woods, yarn review | 8 Comments

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Category Archives: garden

Foraging for an Autumn Rainbow

Felt for Foraging and Jam making

Midsummer Fae – a donkey short

My Little Atelier

The Green Man, Fire-eaters and Dragons!

Calling in the May!

Unicorn in the Forest and a few FOs

Castles, Diamonds and Easter Eggs

Yarn in York

The Enchanted Sole – socks and yarn and mossy trees.

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