I’m addicted to crafting

@ILikePistachios I think I have seen that ladies videos they are fab.

I'm similar although not the same crafts, mine are painting, cross-stitching, jigsaws, clay modelling, baking and I'm attempting to learn how to crochet however it's not going well so far. I also recently discovered diamond painting.

Since having kids I struggle finding time to do crafts but I still have that constant urge of I need to do something.

I saw a Tiktok video recently of a woman who created the most beautiful wall art with yarn, now I'm resisting the urge to want to buy all the supplies to recreate it, she has kits you can buy for roughly £2000 which just isn't an option and I think I can get similar materials for around £2/300

@CoffeeCantata will you frame things for people if they were to ask for quotes from you? If it's ok I will ask you when I start painting again.

If it helps, I buy all the equipment and then don't start the crafting. I think my hobby is planning to craft.

I'd love to learn to knit and crochet.

Would you do craft classes for things for people. Would that help you because you'd be doing it all day long if you had enough customers.

Go for it, OP!

I also love upcycling. I buy nice frames from charity shops and do my own paintings in them - and some friends have asked me to do one for them. Framing is by far the most costly part of creating a painting, and I usually get a frame for a couple of quid as opposed to £60+ at the framers!

Last week I wandered into a very chi-chi decor shop - shabby chic taken to the next level, with the most stunning faded Indian linens and embroideries made into cushions and curtains. They were mouth-watering but the prices were eye-watering (cushions starting at £120, curtains at about a grand). I remembered I had lots of linen offcuts stowed away and foraged several pads from cushons I'd got bored of. All I had to buy was the tassel braid (from Etsy) and I made 6 mismatched but gorgeous cushions for the garden chairs.

Since then I've found a source of very posh linen offcuts from the shop itself on eBay, so I think I'll make some as presents too.

It's absolutely addictive!