How To Carve A Welsh Love Spoon

Tools such as small pocket knives and close grain woods such as sycamore were all a love smitten male suitor needed to carve a love spoon.

How to carve a welsh love spoon. See more ideas about love spoons welsh love spoons carved spoons. They probably did it to pass the time as they sailed long distances. The number of links in the chain came to mean the number of the symbols used.

An alternative explanation is that young men carved these spoons during the winter months to pass time but it is not yet clear when the tradition begun. Welsh love spoons gouges. See more ideas about love spoons welsh love spoons carved spoons.

The finish of a lovespoon is very important. Shirley provides step-by-step instructions for shaping the bowl and adding detail to the handle. A lock indicates security andor I will forever look after you As is common in many different romantic items the heart indicates love.

Feb 25 2016 - Explore Carol Hunts board Celtic Love Spoons on Pinterest. Giving you a basic idea of how we make a love spoon. Carving love spoons is a Welsh tradition that goes back to the 1500s.

They are a selection of different sized gauges three straight flat ones and half a dozen carving knives. Keen to own your own Welsh love spoon or visit the Thomas Family Lovespoon Workshop. A demonstration of hand carving a Welsh love spoon by Dai lovespoons Thomas at The Lovespoon Workshop.

They were carved by hand with little more than a. It is time to congratulate yourself on completing a beautiful Welsh love spoon. In this episode I show you how I tackled the caged ball section of the Welsh Love Spoon.