Abramsbooks

The Handbook of Forgotten Skills

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Classic Skills: This hardcover handbook, authored by Magic Cat, offers an illustrated, step-by-step guide to classic fun and practical skills for a new generation, encouraging unplugged activities.
Diverse Activities: Readers can learn a wide range of skills, including tying knots, making a bird feeder, baking a pie, building a campfire, using a compass, and hand sewing.
Practical Crafts: The book covers various crafts and practical tasks such as wrapping gifts, growing tomatoes, fixing a flat bicycle tire, making refrigerator pickles, and mending socks.
Creative Exploration: It also delves into creative pursuits like making natural dyes, skipping stones, starting quilting, performing coin tricks, folding paper airplanes, and exploring photography.
Historical Context: Each chapter, featuring art by Chris Duriez, provides clear, illustrated instructions along with historical information about the skill, such as the origins of lemonade or paper airplanes.