Yeah, I know we can look it up in the archives, but I thought I'd resurrect it here. Remind us all again about what you do in your free time (when you have it)!
Other than the usual reading and online tomfoolery, I like to do cross-stitch and I'm really getting into gardening more than I ever thought I would now that we have a house.
I tried knitting, but it really hurts my tendonitis.
Reading, gardening, quilting, traveling, coin collecting. Heck, I have my fingers in a buuuunch of pies!
I collect Soviet stuff, currency from around the world (preferably well circulated), rosaries (even though I'm a total atheist), and antique spectacles.
I read, ride my Vespa scooter, bicycle and hike. And anything to do with the doggies is a fun past time, too.
I am getting started in dog agility with a little terrier mix, Troy, but usually I call him Troible, my little circus dog.
Plastic canvas needlepoint. I even started a local club to share patterns and tips with others.
ozarkmoon Wrote:Plastic canvas needlepoint. I even started a local club to share patterns and tips with others.
As much time as I spend around that section of the store (since needlepoint and cross-stitch are generally close together on the shelves), I never knew needlpoint was also done on plastic canvas!
We had a very good family friend who used to do plastic canvas projects with yarn, and she let me use her books and scraps to make stuff whenever we were at their house. I even made my own dinosaur design once to substitute for a piggybank pattern (So I made a dinobank?). I wish I knew whatever happened to that project. I've always loved dinosaurs, even after I gave up the dream of being a paleontologist.
I often credit that friend with instilling the craft bug in me (it certainly wasn't my mom who did it! She got me big into reading, though) even though I've not done plastic canvas in many many years.
Scrapbooking, hiking, gardening, kayaking, XC skiing, reading, volunteering at cat rescue/shelter organization, volunteer at the library...
I am a silversmith in my free time! I make chains, set all sorts of stones, I also dabble in ceramic enamel inset into silver.
I also bead jewelry with semiprecious stones, crystals and fine silver...so many pretty shiny things!!
Other hobbies are working out and weightlifting, cooking, home renovation.
Jen
Elaborate costuming (still new to this hobby, but getting more and more into it!), sewing said costumes, music, ballroom/latin dancing, camping, truck driving, blogging, writing, guitar playing/singing/karaoke, computers/message boards, making disaster preparedness kits... I think those are the main ones. LOL
Here are two of my costumes:
OH JO, I just love the princess Indian costume
That is awesome.
The other one? Is that Elvis or Liberace? I don't know? So Please
don't be mad, lol
As for Hobbies.
Someone here mentioned Coin collecting.
I did and still am collecting the STATE Quarters that have been coming out over the past few years.
The next one that I need is New Mexico.
Then I need 3 more after that, and My STATE Quarter Map Book will be complete.
I love:
collecting (and wearing) unique costume jewelry
Egyptology
reading sci-fi
Well,
My new hobby is taking care of my loved one, and she loves to shop so I guess I am shopping more than ever...
Look for pics of my new hobby soon...
I love to-
read
watch movies
make beaded jewelry
make greeting cards
do handstamped bookmarks
ahh the hat Jo- the hat!
My hobbies are general internet geekery, I'm getting into turking, and just seeing what's around and wasting time. I'm also scanning all my paper documents including thousands of recipes, tax info, bills, manuals etc. so I can store them on my computer in an obsessive-compulsive need to organize and downsize.
Wait, those are more like projects and not hobbies I guess... I need some hobbies...
Randomly:
- recumbent bikes ( especially trikes and velomobiles)
- cycling related events and issues
- quilting and practical sewing
- ecological and sustainability issues and information
- gardening
- frugal living
- reading and collecting books
my hobbies...photography 35 mm nikon old school camera...camping....corvettes.....yardwork.....mosaics......watching short skirts......watching nascar....shooting pool on APA league..shooting pool in the back garage with friends.....
I restarted genealogy research. Just found out my gr grandfather was probably born in Bruce county, Ontario, Canada.
Recumbent trike
gardening
art(mixed media)
Reading, writing, photography.
Like jcorvette, I have an old school Canon T70 which I will occasionally dust off and take out. I have a shit load of B&W film that I still have to plough through. I love B&W photography.
My hobbies are anime, video games, writing, and taking pictures of abandoned buildings. I'm by no means a professional (just a girl with a camera), but I think the old buildings are so beautiful, and I try to research all the sites I come across to learn as much as I can about them. I love to walk through the buildings and imagine myself in their heyday. It's such a relaxing experience. I love it.
Crochet, reading, making beaded jewelry, watching tv, working out, playing the violin, writing in my journal.