Lost crafts
Subtitle: rediscovering traditional skills
By: Una McGovern.
Publisher: Chambers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780550104267
Subjects: Handicraft -- History; Amusements -- History
Description: A guide covering various skills in the areas of farming, hunting and gathering, fishing, making food and beverages, and gardening, and practical crafts such as thatching, blacksmithing, and navigating by the stars, and decorative crafts, including whittling, glass-blowing, and smocking.