Wait, can you use pine needles for crafting? Yes you can! By binding together pine needles, you can create everything from beautiful pendants to baskets.
Learn how to bind pine needles at a workshop or buy finished products from us at a market or by sending an email.
Technique
Binding objects out of pine needles is an ancient tradition amongst the Native Americans. It’s a technique reminiscent of the Swedish root craft. Basically, the technique is widely used all over the world to bind a range of different plants/fibers. Although our Swedish pines do not have long enough needles, there are Cembra pines planted in many gardens and parks with needles that are well suited for this type of craft.
With cembra pine needles, you can bind, among other things, coasters, jewelry and small baskets. By adding pearls, using different colors of thread, etc., you can create beautiful, useful but above all sustainable items.
Items for sale
The Green Phoenix sells unique pine needle items. There is guaranteed to be only one of each, since they are made with a wide variety of colours, beads and different stitches!
Are you interested in buying, for example, a pendant or a necklace? Come by at a market, workshop or send an email with your wishes.
Do it yourself
It is a technique that is a bit tricky to get started with, but then it is quite easy to build on. The scent of pine needles filling the space makes it a perfect activity for the dark half of the year. With needles that you can just pick up from the ground, together with old thread and beads that you can find at most flea markets, you create small works of art that have no climate impact at all! And if you use wooden beads, everything can be thrown on the compost pile when you’re done with it.
The Green Fenix organizes regular workshops in binding objects made of pine needles, in collaboration with Studieförbundet Bilda Nord. We even have DYI kits for sale! Come by at a market, workshop or send an email with your order.
Upcoming Workshops
24 September – Binding Pine Needles Beginner – Bilda Nord, Umeå
Binding items from pine needles is an ancient craft that uses the same coiling technique that can be used for making baskets of many different materials! Learn the basics of binding pine needles on this evening.
More info and registration coming ASAP.
1 och 8 oktober – Pine Needle Binding Continued – Bilda Nord, Umeå
The possibilities with our Swedish pine needles may not be endless, but there is a lot to discover! During this small course we will look a little closer at different stitches and ways to create more complicated shapes.
More info and registration coming ASAP.
The workshop evenings are always a big hit as for example Västerbottens Kuriren wrote in the article below (in Swedish).
