Posted in Crafts, Fishing and Hunting, Food and Drink, Meetups and gatherings, Natural Materials, tagged eel, ely, fish, netting, trap on 04/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Eel Day held at Ely is an annual event celebrating the cities namesake…..the eel. The celebrations start with a parade of an eel around the city (which you can see here)
The parade ends at Jubilee Park where there are events and activities taking place
Ely, built on an island in what were historically the low-lying, [...]
Posted in Crafts, Fishing and Hunting, Natural Materials, Tools, Trees, tagged food, netting, trap, willow on 07/03/2009 | 1 Comment »
This week I was fortunate enough to be able to spend a day with Peter Carter. Were it not for the fact that Peter is around the same age as me, I would have described him as “a traditional old fenman” making his living from the land and making all his own traps and nets.
I [...]
Posted in Crafts, Fishing and Hunting, Primitive skills, Stone, tagged Bone, flint, netting, pump-drill on 15/03/2008 | 2 Comments »
I found this old rib bone while out walking and it occurred to me that it might make a very good netting needle for.
As I abraded the edges with a piece of flint I noticed the bone possessed two laminated layers.
I battened my knife between the layers to split the bone in half.
I used a [...]
Posted in Crafts, tagged Bone, knot, netting on 07/01/2008 | 3 Comments »
I have been off work today with a cold and asthma, so needed a simple project I could do the inside. About a year ago I was shown the principles of knot less netting and decided to try and make a carrier for a large bottle.
I have used para cord below to show [...]
