31/08/2026
A few sticks, some string and a handful of treasures from the woodland… and suddenly you’ve got a weaving frame.
This was another activity that seemed to draw people in, with children and grown-ups creating their own frames from sticks before heading off to find things to weave into them.
Once the frames were made, there were no rules about what they should look like. Herbs, leaves, flowers, feathers and all sorts of little woodland finds were tucked, twisted and woven through the string. Some were carefully planned, while others were wonderfully chaotic.
I love activities like this because the end result really doesn’t matter. The joy is in finding the sticks, figuring out how to make a frame, choosing what to collect and working out how on earth you’re going to weave it all together.
And, of course, no two were the same.
Some were delicate and beautifully symmetrical, others were bursting with colour and texture, and a few looked like they’d been created by the woodland itself.
It was such a lovely way to slow down, notice what was around us and turn a few simple natural materials into something completely their own.
