Lost Trades and Handmades

A good crowd attended the first ever Lost Trades and Handmades event at the Crow Lake schoolhouse on July 2. Above: Jennifer and Dean Fredette of Primitive Catering hosted the event and cooked up delicious burgers and kabobs. Exhibitors included Brian Connolly, who makes handforged knives; Leeds & Thousand Islands Foragers, who brought different wild foods for people to try; Kathy Martin of Dragonfly Herbs with her handmade soaps and lotions; the Enright Cattle Company with their leather bags; quilters from St. Paul’s United Church; and basketmaker Jule Koch. Alan Kitching on saxophone and clarinet, and Brian Roche on guitar and vocals, entertained visitors with music from the 30s, 40s and 50s.