Traditional trades, crafts and skills

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A Waterstones Best Book of 2024: Nature WritingThe untold story of rural Britain revealed through its artefacts?

An exciting new title from the leading quilt author, Quilt Me!

Enter a whole new world of 50 animal crochet patterns from bestselling author Kerry Lord.

Crafted in Britain is a celebration of Britain's traditional crafts and industries that have survived into the modern world, not as museums but on their merits.

Der Trend zur Urbanität hält an und damit auch der Zuzug von Menschen in die Städte.

Having shown us how to master monsters in Edward's Crochet Imaginarium and capture our friends and family in Edward's Crochet Doll Emporium, Kerry Lord is back with patterns for everyone's favourite pups in her new book Edward's Menagerie: Dogs.

'A celebration of the overlooked artistry in crafts practised across the world'THE TIMES'Clare Hunter is out to reclaim the joy of making for the masses.

Crafted in Britain is a celebration of Britain's traditional crafts and industries that have survived into the modern world, not as museums but on their merits.

'Fifty years into my life journey I realise that, while I love remote wild places and the peoples I meet there, it is in forests that I find the greatest joy.

The eighteenth century has been hailed for its revolution in consumer culture, but Material Literacy in Eighteenth-Century Britain repositions Britain as a nation of makers.

In this remarkable, landmark publication, countryman Sir Johnny Scott evokes all that is romantic about the British countryside, its people, customs and traditions.

The eighteenth century has been hailed for its revolution in consumer culture, but Material Literacy in Eighteenth-Century Britain repositions Britain as a nation of makers.

'A warm, funny, uplifting writer to celebrate!

Britain was once a craft land.

This book, written to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the grant of their Royal Charter, charts the full history of the Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers of the City of London.

For too long Britain has failed to celebrate its culinary heritage.

Learn the ancient craft of making artisan pots, from clay preparation and drying to glazing and firing.

'Fifty years into my life journey I realise that, while I love remote wild places and the peoples I meet there, it is in forests that I find the greatest joy.

Complete Ceramics marries modern appeal with an age-old craft.

Run wild with this new collection of minis from Kerry Lord and her Edward's Menagerie animals.

An entertaining and engrossing collection of British customs, superstitions and legends from past and present.

With this guide to mending and patching, you don't have to say goodbye to your worn favourite clothes.

This vintage book contains a complete and illustrated guide to bee-keeping designed for beginners and students.

This vintage book contains a complete history of watchmaking in America from 1809 to 1888.

This is a classic guide to crochet, a process of creating fabric from yarn, thread, or other material strands using a crochet hook.

"e;Shoe and Leather Encyclopedia by The Shoe & Leather Gazette"e; is a collection of vintage articles on the subject of leather shoe and boot manufacturing.

This vintage text contains an accessible and novice-friendly guide to cleaning and repairing clocks.

This vintage book contains part II of a complete survey of the artistic working of iron in Great Britain from the earliest times until 1922.

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on antique clocks, with information on identification, history, development, popularity, and more.

This classic handbook for students of metal work contains a complete introduction to the subject, with chapters on everything from recognising equipment to producing finished work.

This vintage book contains a collection of classic articles on the subject of the hardening and tempering in blacksmithing, taking the reader through the processes in a factory setting.

This vintage book explores the colourful history of quilt making in America, looking its origins, development and evolution, influences, popularity, contemporary techniques, and much more.

"e;Bee-Keeping by 'The Times' Bee-Keeper"e; is a vintage handbook on the management of bees and beehives.

"e;The Honey-Makers"e; a detailed guide to the honey bee, with chapters on anatomy, habits and habitat, hive structure, history, literary references, and more.

This vintage book provides a detailed history and overview of the quilting industry, exploring its routes, developments, popularity, and revival.

This is volume I of "e;Bees and Bee-Keeping Scientific and Practical"e;.

This early works is a fascinating and comprehensive look at blacksmithing with much of the information still useful and practical today.

Contained within this book is a classic guide to weaving, focusing on weaving narrow pieces of fabric.

This vintage book contains a complete handbook on tanning, with information on treating hides, skins and pelts of every variety.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive treatise on the manufacture of leather, with details on deliming, depilation, the chemical qualities of skins and hides, puering, bating, drenching, and much more.

This is a vintage textbook on shoemaking originally designed for industrial, trade, and commercial schools in the early twentieth century.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to contemporary methods and techniques employed in horology and clockmaking.

First published in 1943, "e;The Farming Ladder"e; aims to explain how the reader may start and maintain a successful and profitable farm in the easiest way possible, without requiring a great deal of special knowledge or skills.

This antique text comprises a comprehensive and practical manual for aspiring students of leatherworking, complete with many illustrations and original designs by the author.

The author of this book sets out to show how a fascinating hobby can become a profit making pursuit.

In this early work on one of the most attractive crafts that man has developed, special attention is paid to the many details of leathercraft needed by the beginner if he wishes to produce attractive pieces of work.

"e;The Book of Bee-keeping"e; is a classic guide to keeping bees for profit and pleasure.