[crafts] Lost Crafts: Rediscovering Traditional Skills by Una McG...

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Lost Crafts is an attractive and engaging introduction to a range of traditional and sustainable crafts activities and pastimes. Whether seeking instruction or inspiration, interested in social history or simply curling up in an armchair and daydreaming, the reader will find Lost Crafts to be a fascinating treasury of pastimes from a bygone age. And as awareness grows of our environmental footprints these sustainable pursuits are increasingly relevant to the modern world.
Almost one hundred skills are described and illustrated from trout guddling to lacemaking; beekeeping to drystone walling. Whether wanting to learn a new craft explore social history or reminisce about pastimes from a bygone age readers of all ages will lose themselves in Lost Crafts. And with more of us choosing green and ethical lifestyles there has never been a better time to rediscover these sustainable pursuits.

navigating by the stars - thatching - charcoal burning - maze laying - making candles - making besom brooms - making cider - blacksmithing - haymaking - using herbal remedies

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