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04-26-2011, 10:26 AM | #1 |
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How long does it take you to fall in LOVE...?
With your new craft of choice?
Do you have to reach a certain skill level first or do you know right away if you're in love? Any craft/hobby that slowly worked its magic on you and now you're head over heels? Curious to see what you all say.
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04-26-2011, 10:39 AM | #2 |
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Re: How long does it take you to fall in LOVE...?
1. Generally it is love at first sight.
2. Then, breathless, I read up all about it and research it thoroughly. 3. I spend ages choosing the best, most suitable materials and until they arrive. 4. I open all the packages and touch all the lovely things. 5. The next day I realise that this is quite difficult and may actually be more stressful than relaxing for me. 6. I put everything back into the biggest box or envelope and shove in a dark corner and try to forget it. But, I am learning from experience and usually cop out half-way through point 3 above. I just put them into the cart now. Sorry, this is not what you are really looking for but it is what I am like. for others. I will not get sucked in to anything new though.
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04-26-2011, 11:17 AM | #3 |
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Re: How long does it take you to fall in LOVE...?
I wanted to knit more than I wanted it to be relaxing. It is the perfect combination of sensory input, manipulatives and brain work....the very best of puzzles.
Now, 19mos later, it IS relaxing when I'm knitting on something that is easy, challenging and a little scary when it's something new.
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04-26-2011, 12:30 PM | #4 | |
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04-26-2011, 01:40 PM | #5 |
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Re: How long does it take you to fall in LOVE...?
It comes in waves for me. At first, there's probably the "lust" period when it's all new and exciting. Then it gets boring. I don't really fall in love until I've become competent enough to all least mater all the basic skills and have a decent understanding of the more difficult ones. This has been the case for both sewing and knitting.
Some thing I've never falling in love with. Although I love to draw and sketch things in charcoal, pen, and pastels, I never did love painting, though I tried again and again. I even took classes. I got fairly good... but still no love for painting.
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04-26-2011, 02:03 PM | #6 |
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Re: How long does it take you to fall in LOVE...?
Ha! This question makes me think of my sister's comment when I mentioned waldorf homeschooling, with a basic description of it. Her comment, "Okay, starting now, I want you to write down all the new hobbies you pick up this year, while you're learning." I had never really thought about it, but really...?
I had to write down needle felting, knitting, embroidery, sewing, and watercolor. Right then. I suppose she's right--I am interested in almost everything! Sticking with something is the most difficult part for me. I can usually master something pretty quickly, not to an expert level, but enough to get what I want out of it, and then... well, I admit sometimes I put it aside for a loooooooooong time. In my defense, I generally pick it up again sometime in the future. An example: I wanted several needle felted dolls for my DC's schoolroom. So I researched it, purchased bags of dyed wool, and made the dolls I wanted. I haven't felted again since (that was for Christmas), but I will. Right now I am finding that knitting and sewing are keeping me fascinated, since I can't figure them out as easily--they're whole realms of possibilities, KWIM? Now that I read over this, maybe it doesn't answer your question at all. |
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04-26-2011, 02:53 PM | #7 |
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Re: How long does it take you to fall in LOVE...?
I try anything that interests me, but I usually know pretty quickly whether I like it or not. I also focus on one main hobby at a time, but keep materials for the others for when I come back to them. Right now I am unusually spread out, working on quilting, knitting, and spinning here and there during my days.
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04-26-2011, 02:55 PM | #8 |
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Re: How long does it take you to fall in LOVE...?
oh, spinning, it took me about a breath to fall in love with spinning. Getting the time to do it is tricky especially if I want to spin singles, because I want them to be done in a single session which means I need a whole day to spin at a chunk.
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04-27-2011, 11:40 AM | #9 | |
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Re: How long does it take you to fall in LOVE...?
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Knitting is the one thing I have actually kept up with and slowly am getting better and better. I would say I am much morel in love with knitting now that I'm better than I was at first. So maybe for me it is lust at first sight (sewing, spinning, soap-making, etc etc) but true love grows slowly, withstanding the test of time |
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04-27-2011, 01:09 PM | #10 |
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Re: How long does it take you to fall in LOVE...?
Marrae you beat me too it. I don't fall in love with stuff slowly it's more of an obsessive cycle of new love that quickly dissipates with my ADD. However some things stick around and I cycle between them. So I always have a ton of WIP hanging around for that urge to do X, Y or Z. It's quite comical in that I tend to be quite the obsessive crafter yet the least prolific.
BTW Tracey I'm working on that reply just need a chance without the kids being on top of me (like right now).
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04-29-2011, 05:46 AM | #11 |
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Re: How long does it take you to fall in LOVE...?
The only craft I can do is knit. I have wanted to learn to knit for as long as I can remember. I finally taught myself within this last year. It was love at first stitch.
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05-02-2011, 12:19 PM | #12 |
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Re: How long does it take you to fall in LOVE...?
needle tatting, believe it or not - that one took a while to grow on me And while I still love it, I rarely do it - I have enough doilies for my home, and neither my husband nor my son are real big into lace trim on their clothes
Knitting was a slow start for me too, even though I really wanted to do it At first i just made scarves and washcloths, and then it kind of exploded for me after a while |
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05-12-2011, 10:32 PM | #13 |
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Re: How long does it take you to fall in LOVE...?
For me it only takes a few minutes!
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05-13-2011, 04:59 AM | #14 |
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Re: How long does it take you to fall in LOVE...?
most things i pick upon fairly quickly and i can tell right away if i love it or not. i have never really fell in love with sewing. i wish i would. i tend to obsess over things, crafts included.
tatting is on my to-learn list. it seems like a lost art. |
05-13-2011, 05:16 AM | #15 |
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Re: How long does it take you to fall in LOVE...?
http://intatters.com is a great resource for tatters - needle and shuttle both
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