Of course I haven`t been completely idle with doing fun things. In december I have participated with the "Crafty Secret Santa" on BushcraftUK.com. In this fantastic event organized by one of the members people from all over the world send a homemade gift to another participant. This way everyone will get something fun. I received the hand forged bottle opener shown above. I have enjoyed the event, although this far the gift I sent out (a birch kuksa) hasn`t been received yet. I really hope it does.
I will end this post with some pictures of spoons I carved this month. All are from cherry wood that I collected before summer break, so it is rather tough by now. It has beautiful colouring though, and it takes a lovely shiny finish. It also takes the edge of your tools rather quickly. There are two eaters in the first picture, and three cooking spoons in the following pictures. The spoon lying on top in the middle picture I have given to my sister in law, who had requested a new stirring spoon. I had given her a spoon about a year ago, and she says it is the one she reaches for most. I enjoy knowing that people use my work. It is the best compliment.
For the coming weeks I have quite a few things I want to write about. The third international secret spoon swap is going on at the moment, so that is exciting! I will soon post out my spoon, and am very curious to see what I will be sent this time. I also want to discuss a new knife I have received as a christmas present that I am very enthousiastic about. All this means that at least for the weeks to come I can stick to my resolution: More hobby. More blogposts.
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