by JennyOrwin | Jan 3, 2019 | Creativity
It’s the beginning of January, when I should be writing about my resolutions for 2019, or how to set goals, or something equally upbeat. The problem is, I’m not really in that mood today. My husband has a cracked rib from coughing, my 2-year-old daughter...
by JennyOrwin | Jul 29, 2018 | Out and about
I was recently in Teesdale, helping to supervise Duke of Edinburgh Award expeditions. As normal this involved lots of driving around and sitting in random laybys and little car parks. I did manage to get out for a short walk, and as I had E in the back carrier I could...
by JennyOrwin | Jul 28, 2018 | Natural Dyeing
A record of my most recent natural dye experiments. Buddleia (solar dye pot) I used deadheaded buddleia flowers from the garden in a solar dye pot with merino wool and alum as a mordant. The weather didn’t really get warm enough to get the pot particularly hot,...
by JennyOrwin | Jul 28, 2018 | Creativity
And so Threads of Stillness has a website! This feels like a huge step, and I’m remembering the quote by Ray Bradbury to “jump off the cliff and learn how to make wings on the way down.” I’ve been making things since being very young (I recently found a...
