Jen Best

text reads A very third vault advent and has an open bank vault door with a sheep holding yarn running away from it. Within the open vault can be seen a section of some pink speckled yarn.

2 skeins of rich pink speckled yarn sit on a grey brown wood surface.

It's Giveaway time!
Something fun was promised for today and If the opportunity to win 2 gorgeous skeins of TIbetan 4ply, 366m each of silk, merino and yak blend yarn isn't that, then i'm not sure what else to say....

Importantly to enter --->

Perfectly pink 🩷

Needlepoint threads and canvas on a table in the sunshine with Frog Island at Whitchurch Silk Mill in the background.

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New blog post is up.

@whitchurchsilkmill

People whale swimming over a stylised landscape pencil drawing

The people who do my print out order cards and prints are giving free shipping and 10% off. Today only! Put TAKE10 in at the checkout on the POD Prints and cards website.

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Black and white photo of a Dorset button necklace

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New blog post. Brilliant news way of buying your Dorset button necklace kits!

#dorsetbuttons #supportsmallbusiness❤️ #learnsomethingnew

A white, green, and pink Dorset button Christmas tree.

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Now on the blog, and our YouTube channel.

#dorsetbuttons #christmasbuttons #learnsomethingnew

Close up of delicate and tiny mushrooms, almost translucent.

Teeny tiny mushrooms. They were smaller than my pinky nail.

Happy me wearing my newly finished, brightly coloured jumper, and holding a ball of yarn in each hand.

On the blog!

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#StashBusting #FreePattern #FinishedProject

The number 14 made out off had stitched Dorset buttons in a variety of colours

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#dorsetbuttons #beakerbutton #happybirthday❤️

Tree stump in the form of a circle with autumn leaves through the gap.

In the grounds of Winchester cathedral.

Pencil sketch of a bobbin winding machine at Whitchurch Silk Mill. Colourful bobbins loaded with silk line the back of the machine, with dyed silk hankie at the bottom.

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#WhitchurchSilkMill
#ArtistInResidence #SketchDay #InspiredByTheMill

A temari made in blues and white. Traditional Japanese temari have a long history. Do look them up. They're beautiful.

Updates and poetry on the blog!

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A rigid heddle loom warped up in muted blues, oranges, greens, stretched across a table with a pair of scissors and a threat.

New weaving!

#weaver #WomensArt #RigidHeddle

Weird, cut from magazine and glued to a sheet of paper in the shape of branches. Decorated with leaves.

Learning to write poetry.

#poetry
#WomensArt
#ExploringArt

Colour pencil sketch of a fat crow sitting on branches.

Crow.

#PolychromosPencil #Sketch #Crow

A selection of mushrooms and toadstools sketched in fine liner pen with colour pencil.

Sketching mushrooms and toadstools tonight with Susan Yeates Zoom class.

#PolychromosPencils
#MushroomArt
#Sketching

A glowing red sunset over the tops of horses and a tree lined hill in the distance.

#BlueSkyArtShow theme today is #glow

This was the sky on the way home 😀

#NoFilter

Probably a clouded yellow butterfly on a Bidens aurea 'Hannay's Lemon Drop' flower. Photo taken at the Russell Coates museum today

Yellow butterfly on a yellow flower.

A close up and softly focused photo of a pale yellow water lily.

Water lily at Russell Coates in Bournemouth today.

Sun setting over an outgoing wave on chesil beach on Portland

Sunset was spectacular this evening. More on the blog.

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Dancing willow trees in Chester

A colourful abstract inspired by mushrooms and toadstools, with tiny yellow eyes leaking out.

Shrooms

#WomensArt
#PolychromosPencils
#ColourLove

Three Dorset button trees made with purple threads

Trip of people trees.

Colourful flowers made from hand stitched Dorset buttons. They have breaded centres and sit in a grey and red felted pot.

A little pot of Dorset button flowers.

An autumn leaf in dark orange and red with green veins lies on a tarmac pavement

Beautiful leaf.

Dorset button trees in winter, sorting, summer, and autumn colours. Made into a hanging on the left.

Seasonal Tree Dorset button workshop @whitchurchsilkmill next year. More details on the website under workshops. Limited places!

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#DorsetButtons
#WhitchurchSilkMill
#LearnSomethingNew

Colourful textile tree made on a 20cm embroidery hoop, with leaf shaped Dorset buttons in green and blues as leaves, red trunk and branches, and breaded moss at the base.

Dr Seuss tree.

#WomensArt
#DorsetButtons

Bejeweled Dorset button tree

Abstract sketch using polycromos pencil in blues, with black fine liner

#jagged #BlueSkyArtsShow

A woven band depicting trees against a blue sky

Tablet weaving trees @whitchurchsilkmill while I managed my first solo exhibition A Fascination of Trees 🥰🌳

#tabletweaving