navigating by the stars
thatching
charcoal burning
maze laying
making candles
making besom brooms
making cider
blacksmithing
haymaking
using herbal remedies
Lost Crafts is an attractive and engaging introduction to a range of traditional and sustainable crafts, activities and pastimes. Around 100 traditional pursuits are described and illustrated, from whittling to spinning, beekeeping to dry-stone walling, lace-making to trout guddling.
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 100 traditional crafts, activities and pastimes, for browsing, daydreaming, inspiration or action
Beautifully illustrated in colour throughout
A perfect gift for anyone who enjoys a few moments'escape from the hustle and bustle of modern life
A hardback bestseller in 2008
Cover design by Rob Ryan
Table of Contents:
Farming
Dry-stone Walling
Stone Fencing
Making Wattle Hurdles
Coppicing
Hedge Laying
Tree Felling
Milking a Cow
Shearing a Sheep
Beekeeping
Harvesting
Haymaking
Milling
Hunting and Gathering
Tracking Animals
Making a Bow and Arrows
Flint Knapping
Making a Fire Without Matches
Catching Eels
Trout Guddling or Trout Tickling
Fishing with Creels
Making Fishing Nets
Making Fishing-rods
Making Coracles
Building Wooden Boats
Skinning a Rabbit
Plucking a Fowl
Foraging for Wild Food
Food and Drink
Brewing Beer
Making Cider
Using Elderflowers
Making Lemonade
Making Butter
Making Cheese
Making Jam and Marmalade
Candying Peel
Making Traditional Sweets
Pickling
Smoking
Preparing Hare, Pigeon and Rabbit the Mrs Beeton Way
Home and Garden
Making Soap
Making Oil Lamps
Making Rushlights
Making Candles
Chimney Sweeping
Making Besom Brooms
Patchwork and Quilting
Making Rag-Rugs
Spinning
Weaving
Making Clogs
Kitchen Gardening
Using Herbal Remedies
Creating Topiary
Maze Laying
Practical Crafts
Stonemasonry
Building with Wattle and Daub
Cob Walling
Pargeting
Thatching
Tiling
Making Weather Vanes and Weathercocks
Making Rope
Tanning
Working with Leather
Saddlery
Blacksmithing and Farriery
Wheelwrighting
Coopering
Green Woodworking and Woodturning
Making Chairs
Making Walking Sticks and Shepherds Crooks
Making Sussex Trugs
Making Baskets
Charcoal Burning
Making Clay and Briar Pipes
Making Bobbins
Making Paper
Making Quill Pens
Tying Knots
Navigating by the Stars
Decorative Crafts
Making Corn Dollies and Harvest Knots
Making Bobbin Lace
Tatting
Smocking
Sewing Samplers
Making Pomanders and Pot Pourri
Making Tussie-mussies
Carving Welsh Love Spoons
Whittling
Working Scrimshaw
Bone, Antler and Horn Working
Making Whistles
Canal Boat Painting
Making Stained Glass
Glass-blowing
About the Author(s):
Una McGovern is a freelance editor and writer, with books on a wide range of subjects to her name. She spent many years making regular forays from Edinburgh to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, before a return to rural Devon brought with it the opportunity to develop an organic kitchen garden, complete with traditional breed chickens. She now lives with her partner in a small Dartmoor town.
