forum Does anyone else have all these hobbies you really want to try but don't know if you'll actually like them?

Started January 18, 2019 by @The-N-U-T-Cracker

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Ya'll I want to play the bagpipes so bad.

Your hobbies

For acrylic paint, I recommend buying the brand Reeves. They come in sets of little tubes of paint, and aren't quite as expensive. It's less than $10 for a 10-pack (I think it was 10? Might be more) of acrylics, and the same price for an even bigger pack of watercolor. Or you could find cheaper brands, such as Apple Barrel. They have bottles of paint for about a dollar, and while the quality isn't quite as good, I'm sure it's better than nothing. Another tip for conserving paint is to, although it's acrylic, add a tiny bit of water to make it go further. I hope this helps at least a little bit!
As for me, I really want to pick up embroidery. I just find embroidered clothes so pretty, and I want to be able to personalize my clothes in that way. I have needles and thread because I frequently make repairs and stuff on my own clothes, but I know I don't have everything I need to get started, and I'm not sure how to figure that out.
I'm also trying to learn crochet. I already do knitting, but it's good to know both. I've been messing around with it today some, because I finally have the time. Luckily, I already have the yarn, and I bought a cheap set of hooks a few months ago so I could get started whenever I wanted.

Ok so same with embroidery and I was just wondering how it’s going so far?

Andbtw I have a whole Pinterest board for embroidery: https://pin.it/ymvlmtnbuasunh

Mmmm still haven’t started lol

😂 well I just got like 3 8 inch hoops and some basic fabric and yarn

I did look for hoops at some point but I couldn’t find them

Really? They sell them at michaels and hobby lobby, I got mine from michaels at like $3 each

I was looking at Michaels, maybe just not in the right place. Luckily I have gift cards to both places. I’ll definitely have to look into it now

Yeah the hoops were in the same area as yarn and knitting needles in my Michaels

Maybe I just overlooked them? I should go check it out another time.

Yep :)

I really want to try metalworking and jewelry making. Fortunately, the college I'm going to this fall has a massive arts building with a whole bunch of rooms for artists and such, along with courses in those fields! I might take it as an elective because I really want to make an Ouroboros bracelet!

That sounds soooo freaking cool, oh my goodness

Ooh! We do that at CP, although it's not professional. I can also make homemade charms with soap molds and melted metal.

Finally bought some embroidery stuff! Now just to actually try getting started

You should show pics of the stuff you made. Good luck my friend (Unless you don't want to be friends then thats cool too)

Oh yeah, I totally should! I’ve mostly just been messing around, but it doesn’t look terrible

I really want to try photography, and I sort of started. I wanna go farther with it but equipment is so expensive.

I've been doing it in school and the teacher says you can just buy a cheap camera if you want, it's just what you do withe camera that really matters

Finally bought some embroidery stuff! Now just to actually try getting started

Yaaaay

I started hand-sewing some patches onto my denim jacket last night. It's a lot easier than it looks, honestly, and I trust it to stick on there a lot better than I would to iron it, so yay! I also finished another finger-woven belt. Lenape style.

Awesomeeeeeee

My dad brings back patches from where he travels for work. I really want to get a big denim jacket to put them on

I HAVE THAT OH MY GOD I HAVE THE DENIM JACKET I PUT EVERYTHING ON
BUTTONS, PATCHES, I PAINT THE RIMS AND THE BUTTONS AND I SEW ON MY BRACELETS WHEN THEY GET TOO SMALL, I'M HOPING TO EMBROIDER IT TOO