Lost Crafts: Rediscovering Traditional Skills

By Una McGovern and Chambers (ed.)

Book Overview

This charming book is an engaging introduction to a range of traditional crafts and activities. Almost 100 skills are described and illustrated, from trout-guddling to lacemaking, beekeeping to dry-stone 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0550104267
• ISBN13: 9780550104267
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Chambers Harrap Pub Ltd
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 7.8"