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.
- ISBN10 0550104720
- ISBN13 9780550104724
- Publish Date 26 June 2009 (first published 26 September 2008)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Chambers
- Format Paperback
- Pages 384
- Language English