Re: Spoon carving
Yes, I've known about Welsh spoons for ages, but I don't want to do anything as ornate as that
Nether do I want to make the quite fine & delicate eating spoons; just something fairly plain & straightforward for cooking
Most spoons are carved down from a lage-ish billet of timber or a thick log, but lilac is not exactly a huge, substantial tree and the wood is relatively small in diameter
This means adapting to, and using the natural curves & contours of the branches
The result is that lilac wood spoons are often a bit lop sided and the bowls are not very deep
However it has an attractive grain pattern
If you're interested search Google for 'lilac wood spoons'; if you just enter 'lilac spoons' you'll get coloured plastic
Or search YouTube for 'spoon carving'
Of course, all this is for the future, but like I said, I'm sure I'll manage something