Läderarbete (Leatherwork), Michael Gärtner (book)

Natur & Kultur's Hantverka series suits anyone curious about crafts.

The book is a guide to making bracelets, key holders and other simple leather items at the kitchen table with modest means. It presents about 15 projects and several variations of braids and knots. You also learn about the different parts of a hide and what they suit best, which tools there are and how to use them, and how to hand sew.

Above all, the book is about the creative joy of working with this versatile natural material. By making things yourself you can cherish an old craft tradition and make leather items that last longer than today's throwaway goods. It is a reissue of Lone Wolf's leatherwork book, first published in 2015.

Michael Gärtner is a leather craftsman who sells his handmade work under the brand Lone Wolf Sweden. As the son of one of Sweden's foremost shoemakers, he has a solid knowledge of leatherwork from childhood.

Other titles in the series include Halm, Heavy duty sewing, Knopar, Näver, Simple weave, Tvål, Tälj!, Tälj köksredskap and Vardagsslöjd. The book is in Swedish.