What are your hobbies that you do at home?

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Looking for inspiration for hobbies that I can do at home apart from baking and reading as I do those already. I like crafty things BUT I am rubbish at them and can't think of them from my own head, I do sometimes recreate very basic things from a video. Can you tell me your hobbies that you do at home?

Knitting, mainly lace shawls or scarves now although I used to knit sweaters.
Watercolour, I took it up during covid lockdowns and I absolutely love it!
Reading, always been an avid reader, addicted to fantasy.

Collecting Lego Duplo figures.

@Jakadaal OMG so true! And the thing is someone comes along (might be my son) asking for a beanie in his footie team colours and despite having loads of yarn not one in either colour! Excuse to buy more...
OP made these this weekend very simple and easy.

I make little things like bags out of fabric following sewing tutorials on YouTube.
I take and edit photos.
I write a diary or daily journal thing.

Knitting- if you can learn a basic knit (garter) and pearl stitch, (maybe just try a scarf, no patteen needed, just to practice), then follow patterns by Stephen West (also goes by Westkits). Some amazing patterns that look way more difficult than they are. Patterns explained really well and easy to follow, without getting bored.

Crochet- started with a Knitty Critters kit- expensive what what you get but everything you need and good for beginners. I like making little soft toys.

Cross-stitch kits- start small

Paint by numbers or diamond art kits- loads on amazon, you can also get personalised ones. I find it peaceful and I don't actually need to think too much.

Baking- recently got into making my own bread and sourdough starter.

Gaming- to a certain extent. Like playing young kids games such as super Mario odyssey, rayman, big little planet, donkey Kong, zelda.

(Just to be clear, I tend to go between hobbies, and lots got put on hold since having my youngest and little time to myself)

Crochet, mainly. I’m pretty capable, would be happy to tackle an ‘advanced’ pattern, but have no creativity myself so I follow patterns very happily! I have more projects planned than years left, tbh.
Cross stitch, although less than before as my eyesight is not great now.
I want to learn embroidery and have a couple of kits on the side for when I get the urge!
Adult colouring books, which I dip in and out of. Johanna Basford is my favourite.
Reading, actual books but also audiobooks when I’m crafting. This is my happy place!
Walking videos, because I don’t like outside much. It’s wet and cold and full of badly trained dogs. I have the Walk at Home app and I love it. A few miles a day and I feel so much better for it.

I have time because I work part time, my kids are at secondary school now and I don’t give a damn about cleaning or socialising. So this is my way of reclaiming myself after years of being dragged out on school runs, PTA events and other evening activities. A craft project and an audiobook fills me with joy!

Crochet, YouTube has some amazing tutorials on it. Jewellery making, home made air freshener with essential oil’s, currently sweet orange and nerolis, it’s gorgeous.

I love to up cycle anything that warrants a bit of attention with all sorts of mediums, découpage, paint, fabric, wallpaper, you name it I’ve tried it 🤗

Oof my hobbies take up more house space than my sons toys. I crochet, knit, I love hoop embroidery, I have about 15/18 penpals around the world and that requires very fancy stickers and stationery. I have a dolls house that I tart up now and then, I love to bake but I'm shit ... doesn't stop me. I also collect vintage toys and they are absolutely fucking everywhere.

@stuckasastuckthing Here is a pic, it’s just a big plant pot, I broke up a slate in the background as mountains and then just small alpine plants the sort you have in rockeries. That’s a layer of playpit sand and a pagoda that I used from the aquarium after our last fish died.

Duolingo
Gardening in pots (mostly herbs and tomatoes)
Watching tv series in German which I am learning
Playing my musical instrument
Reading
Cuddling the cats

It's lovely! Is it for outdoors or indoors?

I do gardening and indoors I enjoy using ceramics, plants, picture, mirrors and lighting In what I hope are interesting settings. I reframe pictures and create galleries around all of this stuff mostly found in charity shops. That bit gets me out of the house too which does no harm.

I do crosswords and cryptic puzzles to relax.

I work in a charity shop that sells only books. If you called into ours you’d find loads of books covering all sorts of handicrafts, plus the odd book about keeping pigeons or rearing chickens -could be worth a look.

Lego

Exercise
Reading
Studying
Painting

I started this painting by numbers and love it! It's £10 From Amazon

Family history, there are so many records online now 😊

Learning Japanese, and as part of this, watch a lot of J-dramas

Wildlife Gardening

Video games (Nintendo Switch / Minecraft)

Painting

MN

Handheld gaming.

Small pet keeping

Cross stitch/hardanger/tapestry/ diamond painting

Reading

Colouring

Patience by numbers..

I made an attempt at crocheting a few months ago with disastrous results, I just can not master it, I was hoping to make it would help staying off snacking in the evening without it turning into a conscious "I'm being good" 🙄 saga..
back to knit one purl one basics knitting for me so

Looking after my kids and Netflix 😂

I do paper crafts. Mainly creative journalling (using stickers, washi tape and papers to decorate a journal that I later write in), which is a bit like scrapbooking.

I do diamond art. It's something you can dip in and out of.

I make my own clothes. For a while I was making all my own clothes. Now I just make some of them.