Christmas has been and gone and no crafting has taken place :(
Instead I have been very busy learning about Holistic learning practises, emotional intelligence and the history of woodland management.
I am loving my course and we have had opportunities to be creative in the woods. We were shown how to make a natural picture frame using twigs and string but my group decided to make a huge frame and work together using newly learnt knot tying skills.
It was big enough to fit us all inside
We then used the materials around us to make a picture
Do you like our beautiful Peacock??
We have also been building fires, cooking bread on whittled sticks
And learning to use various tools. Here I am using a bow saw
to make wood cookies
I am loving it all as you can no doubt see but the homework is long and hard after not writing essays for a very long time. I spend all my free time reading but have managed to sneak a few little crafty treats into my work...
little crocheted oak leaf
Stinging nettle
Snail
I have attempted to start a few things recently but find I don't have the patience (or possibly brain space) to follow a pattern so I have instead starting Jacob's blanket. I've had to wool for months
I had wanted to try the ripple crochet pattern but Jacob wants granny squares
We did a few to play with the colour combos then we decided that he wanted bigger squares
It is growing steadily and is a really nice easy, no thinking project for me at the moment. I have to finish my Forest School portfolio and plan my lessons so something that has no charts or complicated pattern is really perfect right now. Right, back to the portfolio.....
