String tin and selvedge signs

This is my string tin. Much of the string is the cut off selvedges of patchwork fabrics.











It gets used for tying bundles of twigs and dried flower stems together for use in the stove. They hang up below the mantelpiece to finish drying before they are used.

The bits of sea glass are from the beach and stuck on with Blutak.

The selvedge string also gets used to mark things in the garden, here (from last July) a few Whorled Caraway plants, so that they don't get mown down by mistake. I wanted them to set seed so that they'd regrow this year.

This marks a new patch of bluebells
where there were none before

This, fully translated for lawnmower-wielding Toad, means "Do Not Mow Here". He gets it :)