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What is a good hobby/skill that most people should give a try, and why so? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

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What is something like a hobby or skill that you belive almost anybody should give a try, and what makes your suggestion so good compared to other things?

i feel like this is a descent question i guess.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Crochet

Pros

Documented mental health benefits
Cheap to start, can learn from online tutorials
Easier than knitting
Make cool toys, clothes, home accessories, whatever you want
Get to smush yarn into your face on a regular basis

Cons

Fibre crafts gateway drug

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I like crochet, even though I'm really bad at it. It's very peaceful (unless I'm counting stitches, then it's a constant fight against my ADHD), and I have a bunch of cool scarves now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any online tutorial that could help me get started you recommend?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well, I don't want to be That Person but technically I made a (long) video for total crochet beginners that I know quite a few people have used to great success. It's frontloaded with theory though and more for people like me who learn by understanding the "why" of what they're doing.

If you prefer to do it in shorter chunks or without all the tedious theory, which let's face it most people do, I've heard really good things about this Bella Coco series which has, um, slightly more views than mine 😅

There's a fairly new (aren't they all) crochet community over at [email protected] (direct link) that seems very nice so far, I'm sure they'd love to help with your first attempts too!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love the smushing! Find it so hard to learn though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sounds like you have the most important part of the hobby down already, at least!

(see my reply to the other comment for various maybe-helpful links)