Spoon carving patterns

Carving spoons from wood is a great hobby that allows you to create unique utensils that you can use in your own home. Spoons are great pieces to begin with, since they only require a few tools. Once you cut out the basic shape, all you...

For beginners, this can be a little overwhelming. You can narrow down your selection with the following sweeping statements. Don’t use softwoods (e.g. pines and spruces), don’t use ring porous species (e.g. oaks and ashes). Of course, you can carve a spoon from any wood but diffuse-porous wood tends

here is a list of wood types that I have carved and consider as best woods for spoon carving. Read more to see each wood review

Okay…who’s bringing the ice cream?

I have a beautiful wooden spoon, one of my favorite things in my kitchen. It was carved by hand and because of that, it was expensive. Totally worth it, in my view, but a once in a lifetime purchase for me. Every now and then I wish I could afford to give one as a gift but cost prohibits. So when I stumbled on an old article from Mother Earth News on how to carve your own wooden spoon, I was intrigued.

Handmade wooden spoons, spatulas, bowls, mugs and other kitchen utensils. As well as handcrafted wooden gifts and some other useful household and kitchen items.