MOVE over Google and You Tube - the Festival of Forgotten Skills is here to teach you a thing or two the old fashioned way.
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Whether it's sock darning, whip cracking, cheese making or horse hoof trimming, the Margaret River festival is on a mission to preserve the art of doing it yourself.
"We've lost that human connection," festival co-ordinator Sari Bennett said.
"Things used to be slower and hands-on. These days if you want to find out how to do something you Google it."
With the Festival of Forgotten Skills planned for November 30, Ms Bennett is seeking input from anyone willing to share their knowledge and practice of any traditional skill.
"We would like to hear from absolutely anyone who would like to be involved with any type of skill. Someone with blacksmithing or woodwork skills would be great but we are certainly not confining the call-out to that," she said.
"When we use personalised teaching methods instead of the internet we can tailor the lesson to individual students and restore that human interaction," she said.
This was the second Festival of Forgotten Skills held in Margaret River, and Ms Bennett said interest had grown enormously since the previous event.
Other skills scheduled in the festival line-up so far include wool spinning, leather plaiting, ukulele making, basket weaving, weed identification, papier mache, bookbinding and ginger beer making.
The festival is about promoting sustainability, restoring and recycling, as opposed to throwing consumables away.
In a bid to encourage car pooling and reduce the carbon footprint to the festival venue at Fair Harvest on Carters Road, admission will be $20 per carload of patrons.
All workshops, demonstrations and entertainment will be free, there will be children's activities all day and festival goers are encouraged to dress up in the old-fashioned spirit of the day.
Skilled exponents who would like to get involved with the festival can contact Ms Bennett on 0448 343 902.