castle wood social croft
craft activities

working with wood
Weaving with willow, flax grown on site.
Building raised beds, sheds, hencoops and planters from reclaimed wood.
Green woodworking: whittling, making sawhorses, spoon carving, pole lathes
Constructing timber frames and weaving in primitive building techniques. (Celtic Roundhouse project)
Using coppiced timber in hortticultural supports and hedgelaying.
Making biochar from invasive species (Rhododendron ponticum)

working with wool
Washing fleece in an outdoor bath
Carding fleece
Dyeing wool
Spinning on spinning wheel
Weaving on loom
Knitting on circular loom or by hand
Felting
Crochet


working with plants
Making plant dyes from Madder/ Woad/onion skins etc
Carving veg at Halloween
Making potato stamps
Botanical illustration on signs for ID
Pressing flowers to make greetings cards
Weaving with flax/bamboo leaves etc
working with clay
Gathering clay
Wet processing clay
Making pots on a pedal wheel
