Lovespoon Symbols & Meanings
Common symbols on a lovespoon
A lovespoon has symbols carved in to the wood with certain designs representing a different meaning. Hand carved with great care these lovespoons make very personal gifts and have become one of the most popular souvenirs for tourists to take home from Wales.
With the tradition now spreading around the world lovepoons are now given to celebrate Weddings, Anniversaries, Engagements, Birthdays, Christenings and many more special occassions.
We've put together a comprehensive list showing what the most common symbols today actually mean.
With the tradition now spreading around the world lovepoons are now given to celebrate Weddings, Anniversaries, Engagements, Birthdays, Christenings and many more special occassions.
We've put together a comprehensive list showing what the most common symbols today actually mean.
The Largest Welsh Love Spoon In The World
Don't worry our lovespoons aren't this big!
Lovespoons are so popular that in 2007 a man named Ed Harrison attempted to make the largest Welsh love spoon in the world using a chainsaw and carving from a felled red cedar tree.
His spoon made it in to the Guiness Book of World Records at 44ft long, doubling the length of his unofficial record in 1989 which can be found at Castle Crafts opposite Cardiff Castle.
Read on to see this fantastic spoon being built...
His spoon made it in to the Guiness Book of World Records at 44ft long, doubling the length of his unofficial record in 1989 which can be found at Castle Crafts opposite Cardiff Castle.
Read on to see this fantastic spoon being built...