What "craft" would you love to learn/practice?

[hippygirl]

Not to interfere with mamita's winter craft thread...

I've always been a hobby nut...the harder or more intricate/detailed, the better. As I was reading mamita's thread, I got to thinking about all the hobby supplies/equipment I have amassed over the years and all those I could only wish for due to cost.

If money were no object, what craft/hobby have you always wanted to learn? Mine would be pottery (including my own kiln of sufficient size to do larger pieces), metal casting, stained glass (lead cames, not foils), and essential oil distillation (might sound weird, but my soapmaking days lead me off in the direction of kitchen chemistry, so to speak).

What about you?

[Bret]

Does music count? I have a little package of kindling in the shape of violin, and a piano next to it.

[Kris in MI]

I have too many to just stick with one. Pottery, weaving, playing piano, guitar, banjo and fiddle, woodworking. . .

This winter, I am finally learning to knit after many years of saying "gee, I wish I could knit this or that. . . " I'm loving it!

So, maybe next winter I'll get to pick something else from my list and learn that too.

[doozie]

Stained Glass, I would like to make sliding stained glass "curtains" for my windows. Pottery for my big mixing bowl fetish too.

[soulsurvivor]

If personal physical health wasn't a show stopper I'd be trying photography of the type that Ansel Adams did in his lifetime.

[DaniR1968]

I can knit a little and started making goat milk soap last year. I would like to get better at knitting and able to do more complex patterns, and I would like to learn how to do some of the "fancy" soaps. While I'm at it, I would like to learn how to make lotions, shampoos, and conditioners.

[Pearl B]

Stained glass. Ive always loved it. Im starting to do a lot of hobbies I put off. Ive just picked up drawing. Got a few good books, and supplies, and am having a blast.

Soon Im going to get into sculpting candles. Ive collected the supplies, just got to get to it.
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Kris in MI, & DaniR

If you want check out the fiber arts forum, lots of us knitters are there, and a few hookers too

[soulsurvivor]

I thought of one more thing I'd like to try - making a hand tied garlic rope.

[Kris in MI]

Originally Posted by soulsurvivor

I thought of one more thing I'd like to try - making a hand tied garlic rope.

I tried that a couple years ago when I grew garlic for the first time. We'll just say it was way more functional than decorative, and leave it at that.

[strawberrygirl]

I would like to learn how to crochet. My mom tried teaching me when I was little. I am left handed so it was hard for me to catch on. The only thing I can make is a chain.

I would love to have the talent my grandmother had. She could make almost anything. She could knit, sew, and crochet. What a talent she was. She could take a dress and make almost anyting out of it. She made my children beautiful baby blankets. I passed them on to my niece for her son (her great great grandson). I have a Santa and Mrs. Claus dolls that she made. I will never part with them.

[Prov31Wife]

I would like to be able to make blankets and clothes and things. Mostly, I would like to quilt, but knitting, crocheting, and general sewing are in there as well. I can sew on buttons, but that's about it.

[SilverFlame819]

I would like to learn to knit, and to crochet at a more advanced level, but I will be teaching myself those soon.

If money was no object, I really want to learn the cello, but the good ones are CRAZY expensive!

[cowbelle]

I've always wanted to do leather working - the carved designs on saddles. Also want to get better at the knitting and crochet - can do both, but can't follow the instructions to make actual garments! I have for several years wanted to make planters out of hypertufa - seems like that should be rather simple. Lots of "wants", not enough $$ to get all the ingredients.

[Ravenlost]

I've done the pottery thing...I hate pottery making and will never do it again (although I have a greater appreciation of potters now).

Would love to have my own dark room and do black and white photography again...photography was my major in college and I can lose all track of time in the dark room, but dark rooms are pretty much obsolete these days.

I would love to learn how to knit and crochet.

I would love to learn how to weld.

I really want more saws and equipment so I can do more woodworking projects.

[nightfire]

Strawberrygirl - I had the same problem learning how to knit and crochet from my mom. She's amazing at both and works fast, but is right handed while I'm a lefty. I got the basics of knitting from a book she bought me and now can understand what she's trying to show me even though it's reverse of how I would do it.

For the crocheting, as you probably know, it was quite pathetic when she showed me how to do that! I couldn't figure out how to reverse it for my life! So for 2-3 years, I just did basic knitting until I got bit by the crochet bug again and watched some youtube videos on how to do it for lefties. Now I can crochet and understand what she shows me!

So if you really want to learn to crochet, look up some beginners basics on youtube. Then at least, if your mom shows you stuff, you will have a better idea of what she's talking about when she shows you!

[Pearl B]

I could really get into word working too. Well, Ive got a wood burner set and spare wood I like some things that can be made with that too!

[tinknal]

Blacksmithing.

[Rustaholic]

Originally Posted by strawberrygirl

I would like to learn how to crochet. My mom tried teaching me when I was little. I am left handed so it was hard for me to catch on. The only thing I can make is a chain.

I would love to have the talent my grandmother had. She could make almost anything. She could knit, sew, and crochet. What a talent she was. She could take a dress and make almost anyting out of it. She made my children beautiful baby blankets. I passed them on to my niece for her son (her great great grandson). I have a Santa and Mrs. Claus dolls that she made. I will never part with them.

Sounds like your Grandmother was the twin of my mother.
We have a lot of Mom's quilts, crocheted doillies, Santas and Raggity Anns.
When our daughter was three Mom even made her halloween costume a life sized Raggity Ann.
We have a lot of Mom made ornaments on our Christmas tree each year. Crocheted ones and foam ball beaded ones.
The painted walnut shells were something my father made ornaments from. He cracked the shells so they were in two nice halves, then glued the halves back together with a loop of string sticking out of the top.
He painted some red and some green.

I grew up with Mom made shirts and pants all through grade school.
When I was going into first grade Mom started the tradition of a couple weeks before school started she would take me to the fabric store and I could choose the fabrics for my clothes.

I have one quilt here that my grandmother started and Mom finished it for me. WOW I do not know what to call the pattern but there are a lot of these "flower" like designs with"petals" that are about 2" X 7" "diamonds"???? None of them are one solid piece of fabric. Each of those shapes are three to five different pieces of material sewn together. mom told me that she and her next younger sister actually had sowed a lot of those "diamond" shapes when they were young kids.

While Mom was assembling all of those large parts into a finished quilt she kept showing me small pieces of fabric and telling me which siblings wore it and and what it originally was. A LOT of the fabrics actually had come from Flour sacks that were made into clothes for Mom and the rest of the family then when the shirt or dress was worn out they kept the good parts for the quilting department.
With that unfinished quilt that was in my grandmother's cedar chest that Mom was given there also were a lot of pretty flour sacks that had not been used yet. I still have them.

Mom will be 89 on July 25 this year and she is not doing any more quilting. Well, she did just make and give away half a dozen baby quilts. For Christmas she did make our daughter a pair of beautiful Michigan State University pillows,
Mostly now she just crochets doillies and ornaments.
I really would like to be given her crocheted bed spread and table cover. It was actually crocheted to fit the 150 year old table that she gave to us about 15 years ago.

[HOTW]

Weaving I want to ;earn to weave an dmake tartans out of hand dyed hand spun all natural dyed wool!

[Terri in WV]

I would also like to do stained glass. I keep looking up the supplies and putting it off.

I've also wanted to take up weaving and could kick myself for not buying a large loom at an auction years ago. I wasn't sure if I really wanted to do it then.

I'd like to get back into macramé. I started teaching it to the kids but need to order the right supplies.

I have ideas and fabric for more quilts then I'll ever get done in my lifetime and shouldn't be giving any thought to more craft projects.