Snapdragon Life | Journal https://www.snapdragonlife.com/blogs/blog/ A fuzzylime (cms+) autogenerated channel feed. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss fuzzylime (cms+) <![CDATA[A Maker’s Wardrobe: Swatching a WW2 Knitting Pattern]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/a-makers-wardrobe-swatching-a-ww2-knitting-pattern/ swatching for a 1940s knitting pattern ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/a-makers-wardrobe-swatching-a-ww2-knitting-pattern/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[Elsa Schiaparelli at the V&A: The 1930s Couture Collection]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/elsa-schiaparelli-at-the-va-the-1930s-couture-collection/ elsa schaparelli v and a museum ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/elsa-schiaparelli-at-the-va-the-1930s-couture-collection/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[Knitting from a 1944 Vogue Pattern: What I’m Making Next for My Maker’s Wardrobe]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/knitting-from-a-1944-vogue-pattern-what-im-making-next-for-my-makers-wardrobe/ Vogue knitting book 25 1944 ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/knitting-from-a-1944-vogue-pattern-what-im-making-next-for-my-makers-wardrobe/ Fri, 29 May 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[Why Victorian Needlepoint self destructs]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/why-victorian-needlepoint-self-destructs/ Victorian needlepoint ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/why-victorian-needlepoint-self-destructs/ Wed, 27 May 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[Elsa Schiaparelli’s knitwear and the women who made it possible]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/elsa-schiaparellis-knitwear-and-the-women-who-made-it-possible/ ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/elsa-schiaparellis-knitwear-and-the-women-who-made-it-possible/ Fri, 22 May 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[My Garden in May: Why Looking at Nature Changes How You Feel]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/my-garden-in-may-why-looking-at-nature-changes-how-you-feel/ scottish garden tour ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/my-garden-in-may-why-looking-at-nature-changes-how-you-feel/ Fri, 15 May 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[Natural Dyeing with Hawthorn: Four Colours from One Tree]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/natural-dyeing-with-hawthorn-four-colours-from-one-tree/ wool dyed with hawthorn ]]> Jane Lindsey https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/natural-dyeing-with-hawthorn-four-colours-from-one-tree/ Mon, 11 May 2026 19:51:00 +0100 <![CDATA[Marie Antoinette Style at the V&A: A Close Look at the Textiles]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/marie-antoinette-style-at-the-va-a-close-look-at-the-textiles/ Marie Antoinette Style Exhibition ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/marie-antoinette-style-at-the-va-a-close-look-at-the-textiles/ Fri, 08 May 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[They Called It Matrons Wear: What 1950s Knitting Patterns Told Women to Be]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/they-called-it-matrons-wear-what-1950s-knitting-patterns-told-women-to-be/ They Called It Matrons Wear: What 1950s Knitting Patterns Told Women to Be

I needed a cardigan to go over a summer dress. That’s where this started. ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/they-called-it-matrons-wear-what-1950s-knitting-patterns-told-women-to-be/ Fri, 01 May 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[How to Dye Wool with Nettles]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/how-to-dye-wool-with-nettles/ ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/how-to-dye-wool-with-nettles/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[A Maker’s Wardrobe: The Embroidered Waistcoat]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/a-makers-wardrobe-the-embroidered-waistcoat/ making an embroidered waistcoat ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/a-makers-wardrobe-the-embroidered-waistcoat/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[How to Mordant Wool for Natural Dyeing]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/how-to-mordant-wool-for-natural-dyeing/ ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/how-to-mordant-wool-for-natural-dyeing/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[The Guilt of Unfinished Projects (And Why You Should Question It)]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/the-guilt-of-unfinished-projects-and-why-you-should-question-it/ Meta description: The guilt around unfinished projects is real - but is it useful? I look at why we leave things undone (consumer culture, the near-the-end nudge, mistakes we don’t deal with) and what to do about it. ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/the-guilt-of-unfinished-projects-and-why-you-should-question-it/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[Natural Dyeing with Sweet Cicely]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/natural-dyeing-with-sweet-cicely/ dyeing yarn with sweet cicely

Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata) is one of my favourite dye plants, partly because it grows so well here in Scotland and partly because the whole studio smells of aniseed while you are working with it. It likes damp and shade and the shelter of hedges, and in this part of the country it does rather too well. I have a lot of it. Dyeing with it is one way of putting that to good use. ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/natural-dyeing-with-sweet-cicely/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[Why Noticing Spring Changes Actually Works]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/why-noticing-spring-changes-actually-works/ Jane Linsey of Snapdragon Life ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/why-noticing-spring-changes-actually-works/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[A New Series: Dyeing with Plants]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/a-new-series-dyeing-with-plants/ Natural dyeing with garden plants ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/a-new-series-dyeing-with-plants/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[A Remarkable Textile Exhibition in Paris (On Until July 2026)]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/a-remarkable-textile-exhibition-in-paris-on-until-july-2026/ Halle St Pierre, Paris ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/a-remarkable-textile-exhibition-in-paris-on-until-july-2026/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100 <![CDATA[Making a Bag from a UFO: 500 Years of Canvas Work]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/making-a-bag-from-a-ufo-500-years-of-canvas-work/ Making a Bag from a UFO: 500 Years of Canvas Work ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/making-a-bag-from-a-ufo-500-years-of-canvas-work/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Natural Dyeing with Buddleia: How to Get a Rich Gold from Garden Weeds]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/natural-dyeing-with-buddleia-how-to-get-a-rich-gold-from-garden-weeds/ Natural Dyeing with Buddleia: How to Get a Rich Gold from Garden Weeds ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/natural-dyeing-with-buddleia-how-to-get-a-rich-gold-from-garden-weeds/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[How I Protect My Brain From Exhaustion]]> https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/how-i-protect-my-brain-from-exhaustion/ jane lindsey snapdragon life ]]> Snapdragon Jane https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/how-i-protect-my-brain-from-exhaustion/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:37:00 +0000