Hobbies...looking for a new one. What are yours?

SailorSam

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

I play a bunch of instruments and sing sometimes - actually playing live stuff.
And, especially when you're quite solitary, ........ I'm learning to work in stained glass, as, to me, it's like playing music with light, I occasionally do a bit of sculpture and other art - but on a fairly large scale
Perhaps getting into something like that would suit you?

I was just coming back Jojo to suggest learning to play an instrument. I've recently bought a Ukulele. i can't work out whether my fingers are to long and get in the way or to short and not reaching the strings i want, but i'm trying.
I like the idea of sculpture and want to do recycled steel stuff for the garden but it sounds like the Op may not have the space.

azzabazza

My hobbies are quite mundane really. I love to knit (especially soft toys), garden at all times of the year (especially love planning what to plant in pots/containers depending on season), digital photography (I am just learning the rudiments of how to use Photoshop) and my latest project is to re-teach myself how to crochet. I also love to read.

A couple of years ago I did quite a bit of research into my family tree and I really need to revisit this project as there is more to be done on this.

cte1111

My hobbies are playing bridge, crochet and patchwork.

I've taken up the last 2 this year and have found making beautiful things with my own hands very satisfying. Not sure how money saving the craft hobbies are though as I've spent a fortune on wool, fabric, books and magazines.

browneyedbazzi

My hobby is baking...I love trying out/developing new recipes and feeding people! It started out mostly an at-home thing but I've progressed into entering competitions and baking for charity bake-sales and also just treating colleagues etc. It's good fun, can be cheap to do and I firmly believe that anyone who can read and follow instructions can be good at it (I don't believe people who say 'I can't bake/cook').

SailorSam

Reading through this thread doesn't it make you realise how short life is and how many wonderful things there are to do.
And yet you still hear people say ..... I'm bored !

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

SailorSam wrote: »

I was just coming back Jojo to suggest learning to play an instrument. I've recently bought a Ukulele. i can't work out whether my fingers are to long and get in the way or to short and not reaching the strings i want, but i'm trying.

I play uke as well. It's just time that makes it possible to form the chords properly - if you have small hands, admittedly, the soprano uke is the best choice, but if your hands are large (and your fingers quite chunky), sometimes the better option is to go for a concert uke instead - same chord shapes, just bigger. A few guys I play in a uke group with have done that. One has gone for a baritone uke instead - but that was more to be awkward than anything else - and you can get the awesome bass ukes.


If you play with a group - like in a pub meetup - you'll learn far more quickly than sitting at home with the books, if nothing else because you'll be sitting opposite people who can give you hints on making the changes or, for example, playing the dreaded E chord inverted -

(instead of playing the second fret of the A string and struggling to fit on the 4th fret of the GC and E, just barre the 4th fret with your index finger and then use your ring finger on the 7th fret of the A string instead)

- which also makes far more sense when you're shown it


and the books tend to have the most unergonomic notions of chord structure. I know that's not a word, but you get the idea.

geri1965_2

I spend hours and hours looking at handbags on the internet.

Ruby_woo

My hobbies are mainly reading either books or Internet. Research of anything that takes my fancy. Gardening (mainly pots). Photography -really enjoy photographing my dogs and nature.

Not a hobby as such, but I like to spend lots of time with friends and family as that makes me happy as does walking my dogs. My favourite place is Croome park nr where we live. We spend hours there some weeks.
Xx

Ruby_woo

Geri - I love your hobby too xx

time2deal

We got a fancy camera a few years ago, and I am slowly falling in love with photography. I wasn't that keen to start with, but slowly as I gained confidence and skills (thanks to a few Groupon photography courses) and now I really enjoy it.

I also love cross stitching. It's a good craft for non-creative people! You follow a strict pattern, it's quite absorbing and focussed, so you relax as you can't think/worry about anything else. And they make spectacular gifts - I do them for lots of friends babies with their names on.

The slightly strange one I like is couture fashion! I'm a 36 year old, size 16-18, so nothing I will ever wear - but I love looking at this skinny girls, and amazing clothes. I have an odd love of Americas next top model, or any variation. Perhaps that relates to the photography thing, as I love their pictures.