Laughable yet proudly bragging

Soooo, by NO means is this for any BB submission. I just wanted to see if I could work with my hands with tools that are remotely useful for what I did.  Impressive - maybe, maybe not.  But I tried a little at something I am very interested in learning and getting MUCH better at.  I found this piece of wood on my walk from the store a day or so ago.  NOT the best choice, for any reason whatsoever.  But none the less, here it is!  An attempt at some thing that is supposed to look like a spoonish type item, if you will...  Gotta be honest, I'm dyin' laffin' at myself right now, had a blast. Won't be my last and I hope to have the proper tools to create a decent spoon soon!!

Be gentle, I'm a little brittle... like my "spoon"!!!  LOLOLOL      

I think it's great you're honing your woodworking skills!
Any craft needs a lot of practicing to get the feel of it. You're doing it, not just thinking about it or talking about it - way to go!
Now find more sticks, try how they fit in your hand, their weight, hardness, surface texture...
Enjoy!

In terms of spoon carving, you have done more than I have.  And, you have accomplished my #1 goal when I teach;  you are having fun.

Oh yes, I suspect you will be more successful if you carve green wood ….but as I said, you are now more experienced at this than I am.

Thank you Nina & John!  I was watching a few videos for some reference & guidance, but sadly, my tools were subpar for the task at hand. NO matter, I refused to let that hold me back (giggles here)  On the upside, I DO have ALL my fingers & skin LOL!!  I'm surprised I didn't lose any to be honest.  I did take it VERRRRRYYY slow, I didn't want to end up at the ER.  I will try to look for green(er) pieces for my official BB project.  I hate the thought that I would have to actually cut from a tree for a piece... I feel like I am cutting off a limb or something.  I'm laughing at that, but in all seriousness, I hate cutting trees or their parts for no good reason. Is it possible I can snatch up a greener piece that fell?

Anyhow, I know Mother Earth will provide me what I need when I need it.  I just have to keep my eyes open.  I truly enjoyed my attempt and am looking forward to the next project... whatever that may be on my list.  I definitely will be watching more videos and looking for the proper tools as well.  I'm all for doing what you need to with what you got on hand, but somethings you just need the right tools for safety.  --Tess

Oftentimes you can find scavenged greenwood—others will cut and prune limbs, or one will fall over in a storm, left by beavers, or other accidents.

When a branch is low on a tree and in danger of being self-pruned (shaded out by higher branches, becoming useless to the tree and dying) that could be another source.

I also prefer to cause as little harm as I can.

After the next big storm, go to the woods and explore.
Wind will be knocking down a lot of dead wood, but sometimes also live branches/trees that broke earlier because of something, so green wood!
Here at my place, the apple tree had a big broken branch high up in the tree due to being heavy of apples in the autumn.
A winter storm brought the branch down, for which I'm very grateful, I was already wondering how I'd get the branch off.
Now I'm wondering if I should give spoon carving a try...

If you find a dry but somewhat fresh piece of wood, you can whittle the rough shape of the spoon with a knife, and then hollow it out with fire. You just grab an ember (you might need some form of tool for this), put it where you want to hollow out, and blow on it a bunch. When the hole is as deep and wide as you want, you can scratch out the charcoal and smoothen the wood with any tool of your choice, and/or sandpaper. The only thing to watch out for is getting overly enthusiastic and burning a hole all the way through. I suppose maybe if you wet the surface wood on the other side, that might protect it somewhat?

Also, this doesn't work that well with green wood, since the heat makes it dry and shrink too quickly, and there's a risk of the entire thing cracking. Ask me how I know...