Nettle Threads

Image of a skein of nettle threads on a very large stickers illustrated by Kathleen Jennings.

This is a skein of NETTLE THREAD. Yes, NETTLE THREAD. (I bought it from Etsy.) I was researching it a lot for my book, because… well. You’ll see. It all makes sense, if you know your fairytales, or even if you don’t, I’ll MAKE it make sense!

But I was thinking, after the bracelets Francesca Forrest showed me that she made from milkweed fibers, that I might try my hand at braiding some bracelets/bookmarks over the next year or so. I could learn something interesting to do with my hands, and then have all these little nettle objects I could give away with ARCS of my book, or signed author copies or something.

MAYBE IT’S A TERRIBLE IDEA! But it seems so ROMANTIC AND MAGICAL to have NETTLE BRAIDS. Ooh, maybe with little glass beads or something. Wouldn’t those be GREAT ENDOWED OBJECTS for all you awesome fantasy readers out there?

Also, I hope it doesn’t just sit around on my desk looking at me accusingly. That’s partly why I’m telling you this in the first place.