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Learn how to make a hobby horse--from drawing the patterns to sewing the mane to joining it to a broomstick--in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
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Watch an Introduction to Making a Hobby Horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for preparing the broomstick when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Drawing Pattern when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Drawing Pattern when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Drawing Ears and cutting out pattern when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Pinning pattern to fabric when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Cutting out the fabric when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Making the fleecy fabric mane when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Making the yarn mane when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn how to Attach fabric mane when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn how to Position yarn mane between layers when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Pinning on the yarn mane when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Sewing on the outside edge of the yarn mane when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Sewing on the inside edge of the yarn mane when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for turning the hobby horse right-side in and making eye holes when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Attaching the eyes when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Stuffing the horse when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Making the ears when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Sewing on the ears when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Making pouch for padding on end of stick when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Stuffing pouch for padding and attaching to stick when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Attaching head to stick when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Closing the head and tying to stick when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Making the bridle when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
Learn tips for Attaching bells to the bridle when making a hobby horse in this free crafts video from our kids toys expert and homemade toy authority.
The origin of the hobby horse can be traced back to a fifteenth-century peasant uprising in the Czechoslovakian town of Urz. Fed up with watching the upper classes trot around on horseback while they had to walk five miles just to get a bucket of water, baker’s assistant Josved Zimkas led an angry mob to take action. They surrounded and threatened to burn down the inn where Lord Vikkan and his wealthy compatriots had gathered to plan new and even more devious ways to exploit the poor. Indeed, Vikkan had poisoned all of the wells within the town walls so that townspeople would have to travel for their water supply, thus leaving them too exhausted to rebel. Yet the day after a torrential downpour filled their buckets right outside their homes, citizens had gathered in protest. After hearing their impassioned complaints, Lord Vikkan offered a solution: while a true horse for every family was not a feasible option, Vikkan agreed to assign his personal seamstress the task of creating a “holdit” (which translates to “helpful” in the obscure dialect of the village) or “hobby” horse for each household.
This particular “horse” would require a minimum of upkeep and practically no food, yet would give lucky villagers the sensation of riding just like the Lords and Ladies. From that day forward, the “ride” out to the well seemed to pass by much more quickly, just a scenic trot through the countryside instead of the grueling trudge the peasants had come to dread. Josved Zimkas became a hero of sorts and Lord Vikkan, well, he could even be seen riding a hobby horse himself on occasion, albeit one much larger and more elaborately decorated than those the peasants rode…thus causing the poor people of Urz to wonder anew if they were yet again being exploited.
Karen Weisman Karen Weisman graduated from Boston University with a degree in Hotel and Food Management. Since then, she has helped a national grocery store chain develop and launch a gourmet food division. Karen has worked as a manager at a large catering company as well as owned & operated her own her restaurant. She currently lives in Israel with her husband and six children, where she teaches cooking, baking, cake decorating, and various crafts such as mosaics and sewing.dkdk
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