What is you favorite hobby?

Question

Mine is bowling.

Answer 1

Reading. Making beer. Drinking beer. Doing volunteer work at my church and for other non-profit organizations. Swimming, working out at the gym, spending time with my kids.

Answer 2

Sorry, but this one is going to sound very weird. I do English paper piecing. You have these little pieces of thin card stock, see, and they are die cut to be exactly the right sizes to fit together. And you baste pieces of fabric to them, then whip-stitch the pieces together. It takes a lot of time, but it's very meditative. And there is a potential for really getting arty with it.

The one most people know is called "Grandmother's Flower Garden," because it's done with hexagons, and there's no good way to do hexagons without paper piecing. The new, high-tech assisted way is with all different shapes and very creative designs. I have a whole book of really cool designs, but I've only worked with a few shapes: hexagons, squares, triangles and diamonds. Even that much gives a huge amount of design potential. They also work as appliques, and come in heart and leaf shapes and Dresden plate wedges.

But now that you can buy the pieces die cut and don't need to do that tiresome chore of cutting the card stock yourself, the fun of choosing the fabrics and arranging the designs is really a trip. I like to make modules of a design, and then assemble those modules, the way the traditional designs go, but you can also work outward from the center, or in strips, or all sorts of ways.

There's a link below, in case I've gotten you curious.

I've made several quilt tops with this method, but have not yet gotten around to the batting and backing and quilting. Just the assembled tops. The fun part.

Answer 3

My favorite hobby is manufacturing and weaving mail (chain-mail). I usually start from scratch which involves creating a wire coil, cutting the coil into individual rings (averages 400 rings per coil), then weaving each individual ring into the final product.

I currently have two projects going. One of them is a habergeon (chain-mail shirt) that I've working on for over a year now. It is less than half done with a current ring count of around 10,000. It is being weaved in a fancier 6-to-1 style which involves each ring connecting to six others. The standard weave for this type of garment is 4-to-1.

My second project is a sterling silver necklace that I intend to give to my wife for Valentines Day. I ordered the rings premade since they are very small in diameter. I estimate the finished piece to have around 2,500 rings, each one soldered closed to prevent them from seperating when stressed.

Anyone who is interested in learning how to do this should contact me via e-mail. I'd be happy to reference you to free references as well as advise you regarding tools and materials.

Answer 4

My favorite hobby is crocheting, I am only a beginner but love to make things and see the finished product that I made.

Answer 5

As it was said -"For seventeen years he did nothing at all, but kill animals and stick in stamps" - Sir Harold Nicholson (1886-1968) in Diaries and Letters about King George V.
He was talking about Stamp Collection.

Answer 6

I love cross stitching. It's very relaxing and the end product is a beautiful work of art that I created myself!

Answer 7

Leather working.

Answer 8

lets see ive got quite a few,
paiting firguers,
animating and making games in flash,
3d modeling and animating,
playin card games, making decks for magic
trying to get into blacksmithing, i really want to get in to swoardsmiting,
yep i think thats about it

Answer 9

i like to build crazy sh!t in my basement. some have practical application some are more of a rube goldberg type device

Answer 10

reading, writing poetry, watchin tv, usin my computer, doing some canava work