Crafts

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Hi everyone

A couple of years ago we used to have a great interest in crafts that members did but it seems to have fizzled out, there was quite a bit of knitting and crocheting that the ladies used to show on the site. Don't worry men, you can do some too, it's definitely not just for ladies. 

I vaguely remember that when I was around the ages of 4 to 10 years old, so that's almost 60 years ago, my mum showed me how to knit a few items and it doesn't stop there, I can remember that I was fond of little rug making kits. I made a little bedside rug by following instructions and in the mornings when I got out of bed my cold feet landed on a cosy woollen rug. Those kits were very common, anyone remember them? Maybe they're still around, anyone seen them lately? Wool shops, as we called them in Belfast, were plentiful in every town and city. 

I haven't made any woollen items but I have been working with wood a little. For my wife's last birthday in May I made her a little easel as she likes to paint now and then. This is it 

For Christmas past, I made a few little bird feeders for some close family members, you pull the cork out at the top and fill with nuts or whatever. My wife did the paintwork, I was a little worried thatGrinning she used grey wood preservative because I thought that made them look like a pigeon and small birds are afraid of pigeons but to my delight little birds were abundant and soon scoffed the lot! We Grinningdon't have any squirrels in this area unfortunately although I have seen the occasional one a mile or so away. Hopefully they'll come to the little wood of 1500 willow trees I planted in the field oppoGrinningsite. Willow trees are great for attracting wildlife, I was told. The photo below is of one of the birds that I kept for myself Grinning

So let's get making folks, it's a wonderful activity and let's see what you've done/what you make. 

Tvman xx

  • I did wonder what you were going to comeback with Gragon because there is only a 50/50 resemblance really.( or just slightly more)

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember in reply to Gragon

    It suits you hon

  • Hi ,

    I wasn't sure if I should comment or not.  I quite like the idea of being linked to the Green Man, a deity that has a history going back over thousands of years in multiple cultures and is seen as a symbol of fertility and rebirth.  He has been drawn and sculpted in some form probably more than just about any other character from myth and legend in most countries in the world   There is even the suggestion that he is the original idea for my other doppelganger Father Christmas.  I should really be quite honoured to be compared to the Green Man.

    It makes a change as people look at my bald head and my large figure, they then consider my calm nature and the first person that springs to their mind is Buddha.  A revered and godlike man and whilst I might like his insight and knowledge unfortunately it is the physical similarities that most people go for.

    Sorry for hijacking the crafts thread but started it.

    Anyway, just in case, bless you all,

    Gragon x

  • Chewed up and spat out, a lesson learnt Sir Gragon!

  • Hi

    Yes the Greenman figure is an intriguing one. I have been to the GreenMan festival in Crickhowell several times over the years, and they make a point of having a huge wicker Greenman built every year- and what a creation it is. On the last night he is set alight after a procession, and it is a great spectacle. Should have gone to GreenMan in August last year to celebrate 65th birthday but that didnt happen, and not likely to for 66 this year either ( pensioner at last!!). As this is a crafts thread, that didnt feel too far a diversion. I am sure you have Buddha like wisdom as well as just the shape.

    x

  • I have heard of the green man festival sounds lovely 

    Ruth 

  • Not really crafts but a photo of a robin that I took during the Great British Bird watch this  weekend.

    Sarah 

  • Nice picture Salis. Nothing outside my window except a fly by GSW and male sprawk. Always loads of jackdaws as well, they roost in the woods at the bottom of my garden.

  • Lovely. Well done for participating I do every year 

    Ruth 

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember in reply to Salis

    That is a lovely photo Salis - almost like he is waiting for you to take it