Recycling date palm trees.

The date palm trees is a very known tree in my country and region (Arab countries). It is a medium-sized plant, 15–25 m tall, growing singly or forming a clump with several stems from a single root system.The leaves are 3–5 m long, with spines on the petiole, and pinnate, with about 150 leaflets; the leaflets are 30 cm long and 2 cm wide. The full span of the crown ranges from 6 to 10 m.

you will find the date palm trees almost at every home, road, park, garden or in summary every where in my country and the gulf countries. people in the past used to get benefit of every part of it. it's sweet date is considered as the main dish in all our meal. the dates is a very healthy fruit. and the it's leaves is never thrown. it's widely used to create different kind of items. 

One of the ways to use the leaves is leaves knitting as shown in below

Drying the leaves 

Dying the leaves

knitting the leaves

 

Here are some samples of recycling the leaves after knitting

Home decor

Ropes

Al Aresh (home of date palm leaves)

inside al Aresh

Small Bowls 

Baskets 

Autumn Felt Flower Pin..

Having one color felt will really make you feel bored and would like to change. in the following post you will see how you can color your felt and make a beautiful Autumn felt flower. visit this link..

different colors of felt 

Sizzix to cut the felt into different shapes

final result

How to dye wool..

I was always wondering how can i get different wool/felt colors in order to make the hair accessories more unique. here what i found today and definitely i will try it soon. 

materials required:

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and for the full tutorial please visit Diona Duthie tutorial on this link.