Booknutt Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 (edited) Do you have an Akabhan (pretty certain that spelling is a little off! ) near you Lilywhite? They're pretty good for a wide range of crafts from different kinds of stitching to cardmaking, to dressmaking or making soft furnishings. They also run some classes in all of the previous - but you'd need to check on that in your local area. They're online, too so give that a try. Their prices are fairly decent. A word of warning, though, they don't give refunds even if you have a receipt and pefect goods to return! The best they offer is a credit note, or a "swap" for something else - usually costing the customer a bit more. So choose carefully. Is anybody into crochet? I've just started fiddling, and though it's a lot frustrating while I'm at the practise stage, I do feel I could like this craft. Edited August 18, 2010 by Booknutt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beef Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 I have picked up quite a few hobbies since this thread started. Back at the beginning I had just gotten tropical fish (still alive and well!) but said I doubted I would go marine - I did about a year or so ago and have been so far enjoying it although it was very expensive at the start. other new/random hobbies include: Lockpicking Juggling knife throwing (still needs practice but can be rather scary if it bounces back) Just started a banknote collection I also got a parrot a few months back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Thanks for that Booknutt. We do have one but it's not that great. They only seem to do material here, although that does come in handy. I haven't made any bracelets in ages as I lost my special pliers. I haven't replaced them yet so it's on the back burner for now. I've been concentrating on my cross stitch instead. Beef, you have the strangest set of hobbies ever! I hope you don't do them all at once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Lockpicking and juggling are both things I'd love to be able to do. I can juggle after a fashion, but not well. How do you learn to pick locks? I don't want to learn for any nefarious reasons, it would just be a cool thing to be able to do. Like getting into your car when you lock the keys inside. The tiny little padlocks are easy, they just need a poke with something sharp but I haven't mastered anything more advanced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beef Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 poppy I learned using this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Apart from reading books, being on the computer, and listening to music I am a dead people hunter I look up mine and hubbys ancestors which I love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 I love cooking and watching films, especially old screw-ball comedies. Since I posted this back in 2007 (OMGs!) I've re-taken up cross stitch rather avidly, and now also design cross stitch and blackwork charts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 poppy I learned using this lol beef ....63 pounds!!! You'd have to make it worth your while. Maybe charge for your services Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beef Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 I paid 50 during a sale. its worth it just for the satisfaction when a lock clicks open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Butter Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 "...the addictive world of lock-picking...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 poppy I learned using this I would really like to give this a go and have been humming and haring about getting that set for a couple of days now but think I am about to give in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booknutt Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Lilywhite - what about trying Akabhan(that's an even worse spelling effort!) online, then? Worth the postage charges if you can get what you'd like delivered to your own front door! I'm just getting into online shopping, and could add it to my "new hobby" list. It's still spending money - but at least in comfort. Beef - well done on keeping your fish alive - I lost shoals of coldwater fish before I gave it up - much to the relief of the our finny friends, I'm sure. (Don't practise the knife throwing around the parrot will you? They're inquisitive birds! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brida Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Hmm, before I used to have more hobbies it seems. Scrapbooking, making clothes for my dolls (boy, that was a looong time ago ), reading, drawing, making bracelets... Nowadays I guess, other than reading, there's forums, learning foreign languages, the ocassional attempt to write poems (they mostly suck), I even wanted to learn calligraphy (even bought a book on calligraphy, but I still haven't gotten around to do that though)...There's also photography and playing the piano but I don't really consider those as hobbies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy Reader Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I have a beading question and hope someone can help a friend of mine was watching an old 70's top of the pops the other day where one of the singers was wearing a beaded hat and my friend said she would be interested in trying to make one herself. Friends birthday is coming up soon so I thought I would get her a "how to ..." book. I have been looking on the internet to see if I can find such a book and have had no luck have found places where can buy similar hats ready made. can any beaders help me or point me in the right direction for where to look. I would even appreciate knowing what to call the hat to help in my search (I have been trying flapper hat and skull cap so far) http://www.jumborecords.co.uk/upload/images/5031802028621.jpg here is album cover with the hat in question - I am sure it doesn't have to be this very hat but this style at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Well you could say I have a mixed bag of hobbies, my main three though would be gaming (consoles/pc), reading and photography. I also build models, sketch/draw - both digital and old school, paint, I co-own and help run a forum, and sometimes (but very rarely in the last year or so) I do a little scrapbooking. I used to do jewellry making, beading, longstitch and cross stitch but had to stop a few years back when It all got too painful for my hands to work with needles etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parenthesis Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Like most things in my life my hobbies are eclectic. - reading (naturally) - writing - studying (being a never-ending student can become addictive) - astronomy - photography - movies (I'm a huge cinephile) - horse riding - hiking and camping - canoeing and water skiing - gaming - and a longstanding hobby with its roots in my teenage years, drumming. Two new hobbies to my collection; I have just taken up archery (hopefully no one will be mortally wounded in my efforts to master this newest hobby), and I shall be adding blogging in the next couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Reading, (obviously ) Theatre Old movies (I usually watch one a week, musicals, old classics, basically anything pre-1970) Running Walking Cycling Gym Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptashka Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 ♥ reading ♥ cross-stitching ♥ drawing ♥ playing guitar ♥ singing ♥ movies (I especially love soviet movies) ♥ blogging ♥ taking long walks in the city center ( I even have my own route - galleries, old book market etc ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyNine Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Mine are: Reading Shooting (clay pigeon only) Running Weights Eating everything I can get my hands on (I need them after all the running and weights) World of Warcraft (sad I know) Classical Music Walks around my native Essex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Mine are Watching films Crocheting (though I'm not very good!) Going to gigs and getting tickets signed Crosswords and word searches Playing DS games Messing around on the internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nailed Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I have two I think. Reading.. and my lifes passion, Horses. I feel very honoured and humbled to be in the presence of a horse everyday. Such majestic creatures, and if someone says 'Do you own a horse?' I reply 'Nah, she owns me.' Oh and I like learning, so am actively studying for the future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karen.d Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Reading Blogging Writing Fiction Surfing the Net Painting (with Oil Painting) Drawing Watching Films Photography Listening to music Singing in a Gospel Group (I'm not great at singing, but I enjoy it) Now and then I crochet and knit, but that's very sporadic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Reading Cross Stitching Walking Is Cake Eating a bona fide hobby? Perhaps not .. Baking then Blogging Music (especially collecting old vinyl 45's) I used to do lot's of crafts .. made my own cards all the time and did scrapbooking etc but it's tailed off a lot now because reading has taken over .. I do think this forum has had something to do with it .. shame on you you good people .. my family are receiving shop bought cards now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karen.d Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Is Cake Eating a bona fide hobby? Perhaps not .. Baking then Cake Eating is a fine hobby to have, I have that hobby too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Is Cake Eating a bona fide hobby? Perhaps not .. Baking then I would say it's more of a vocation than a hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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