Crafters Share Their Handmade Pre-Craft Rituals and Traditions

Crafts are incredibly important; in the UK, we have the Heritage Crafts organisation, which works towards ensuring the survival of traditional craft skills. Many crafts are a form of intangible cultural heritage, and when we practice them or pass them on, we’re helping to ensure the survival of practices that might otherwise disappear.

Given the number of tech-based accounts on Instagram that I’ve seen discover (or rediscover) the joy of crafting, I decided all things handmade would be our theme for November. After all, making something yourself is a form of resistance against a machine-made world. True, we’re essentially following in the footsteps of the Arts & Crafts movement in the 19th century, itself a reaction to the mass-manufacture of the Industrial Revolution, but crafting is a way to embrace your creativity, express your individuality, and get irrationally angry at a length of yarn and a pair of needles.

Let’s explore some of your pre-craft rituals and traditions in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore!

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