# Lost Crafts: Rediscovering Traditional Skills

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- Book: [Lost Crafts: Rediscovering Traditional Skills](https://www.bookquiver.com/una-mcgovern/lost-crafts-rediscovering-traditional-skills) ([Lost Crafts: Rediscovering Traditional Skills.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/una-mcgovern/lost-crafts-rediscovering-traditional-skills.md))
- Authors: [Una McGovern](https://www.bookquiver.com/una-mcgovern)
- Publisher: chambers
- ISBN: 978-05-5010-472-4
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2009-06-26
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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