by JennyOrwin | Sep 29, 2025 | Feltmaking, Nature, Reflections, Studio
The piece on the studio table at the moment is ‘Sunset over Loch Awe’ (Loch Awe is a beautiful loch in Argyll and Bute in Scotland and is the longest freshwater loch in Scotland). In some ways this is a piece about transitions, of being on the edge –...
by JennyOrwin | Apr 12, 2024 | Embroidery, Feltmaking
A slideshow showing the process of making ‘Lagangarbh Hut in Glen Coe’ Prints, notebooks and greetings cards are available...
by JennyOrwin | Nov 15, 2022 | Feltmaking, Out and about
‘West Burton Falls’ was made in 2018 using wet felting, needle felting and hand stitching, and was inspired by the waterfall close to West Burton in Wensleydale, known as Cauldron Falls. It’s very close to the village green but tucked away down a...
by JennyOrwin | Apr 15, 2021 | Feltmaking, Studio
I have built up quite a large range of colours of wool for felting, and last year I wanted to find a better way to organise my wool so that I could see what colours I had (and so that it would be easier to get wool out and put it away again). The solution that we came...
by JennyOrwin | Oct 6, 2020 | Book Recommendations, Feltmaking, Natural Dyeing
It’s British Wool Week as I write this, so I’ve chosen two books that I use to find out more about breeds of sheep. I’m experimenting with using wool from different breeds of sheep, particularly British native breeds. I have set up a new page listing...
by JennyOrwin | Jun 5, 2020 | Feltmaking, Nature, Out and about
For anyone, like me, who is missing walking in the Yorkshire Dales! Muker lies far up Swaledale, tucked in between the often bleak and wild fells on either side. By June each year, the traditionally managed upland hay meadows just beyond the village are full of wild...
