GTKY: What's your favorite hobby?

Patience7150 · February 2018

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stothi · February 2018

Gardening, composting and dancing!

pourmeanothermocktail · February 2018

My favorite is horseback riding, but unfortunately after complications with DS's pregnancy and delivery it's not something I can physically handle much at all anymore. I also love to read, run, hike, and play with dogs.

xxkberxx · February 2018

@pourmeamocktail I would love to have horseback riding as a hobby!

@stothi I enjoy gardening as well.

My my hobby is sewing kids clothes but since having my son, I haven’t done it much. I especially love to make little girl dresses... maybe if I’m having girls it will motivate me to sew again.

sreysaw17 · February 2018

Reading. I can't wait to teach my DS to read, but he's only 1 so it'll be a while.

Also pottery. I took a class in college and then took another course before DS was born. It's a wonderful feeling to use bowls and cups that I made myself!

MrsAdventure · February 2018

Reading, embroidery, cooking, gardening and canning.

AdmiralKitty · February 2018

reading, gardening and weaving! I’m working on my first big piece on my loom and hoping to have it done by the end of the month!

sreysaw17 · February 2018

Oh! Current active hobby is the felt quiet book I'm making for DS. Just finishing the second zipper page. Then maybe I'll work on snap pages.

cbobell2009 · February 2018

Reading, Cooking, and gardening!

born2run911 · February 2018

Love being outdoors, although I have sucked at getting out in these freezing temperatures and 4 feet of snow. In the summer - hiking, biking (road/mountain), swimming, canoeing/kayaking, skiing (downhill/x-country)
Love all sports, basically anything active, reading when I have time, baking.

prpl11butterfly · February 2018

jjess1201 · February 2018

Like several of you already mentioned, I really enjoy gardening, just wish I had more time for it! I also love to cook, bake, read, clean and travel! I also enjoy cooking healthy alternatives to the foods I love and exercising.

jjess1201 · February 2018

@MrsAdventure I would love to get into canning, my parenys did a lot when I was growing up!

episcowitch · February 2018

Reading, fiber arts (not picky. Will knit, crochet, embroider, cross stitch, etc.), and baking bread.

southernlady07 · February 2018

Reading, cooking, hiking, planning travel/trips.

pourmeanothermocktail · February 2018

@xxkberxx Well, only if you have a lot of money, or at least enough land to keep them at home!!!!

SkilledSailor · February 2018

I love gardening, baking, and scrap booking. Also, if eating counts as a hobby then H and I like trying new restaurants and going for walks at the various parks.

Have y'all heard that you're not suppose to garden while pregnant? I read it in Expecting Better. It's due to the same bacteria that outdoor cats may bring into the litter box. I'm going to plan out our raised garden bed this spring but have H plant it all. I can't go the whole summer without garden fresh veggies!

@stothi What kind of composter do you have? We've been talking about composting but can't decide if we should do it on our own or do a local compost subscription.

@pourmeamocktail I use to love horseback riding! Read any good books lately?

@xxkberxx What a cool hobby! I was never very good at sewing so I'm always impressed with those who are.

@sreysaw17 Very cool! Are you using a tutorial for the felt book? I'd love to learn how to make one too.

@mrsadventure Embroidery is one of those hobbies that's on my bucket list. I'd love to learn how to do that.

@admiralkitty What is your first big piece?

@cbobell2009 What are your favorite things to cook?

@born2run911 You sound super active! I strive to be more like that.

@jjess1201 Oh, travel! Good answer! Any travel plans coming up?

@southernlady07 Haha I like that you said planning trips. Sometimes that's nearly my favorite part!

knitknitread · February 2018

I knit and knit and knit

Usually socks but I've been on a sweater kick recently, well... when I haven't been falling asleep while knitting. I'm hoping to try my hand at more pattern creation this year.

And here's a picture of just the socks that I finished up last year.

episcowitch · February 2018

@knitknitread the snitch socks!!!! The absolute best!!!

I think we need to have a BMB knit along.

knitknitread · February 2018

@AdmiralKitty Good luck with your first big piece. I've been wanting to try weaving but just haven't made the time.

knitknitread · February 2018

@episcowitch Thanks! I actually put the pattern for them up on Ravelry (they're free). It is just vanilla socks with snitches put on with duplicate stitching.

And I would be down for a BMB KAL! After first tri, when I don't literally fall asleep with the knitting needles in my hands.

episcowitch · February 2018

@knitknitread same...zzzzzzz

southernlady07 · February 2018

@sreysaw17 I have loved teaching my 5 yo to read! She has picked it up really quickly and I think a big part of it was reading early and often with her, and her seeing my enthusiasm for it.

@SkilledSailor Hahaha good point!

I do love the actual traveling part too, but as a planner I really enjoy coordinating travel plans in advance!

nlc8424 · February 2018

I love to read, cook, bake, and dance. I can finish a book in a single day if left alone. I also enjoy meal planning. In my ideal job I'd meet with clients, get their food preferences and plan menus for them; I would also consider making said food or doing food prep, but that will never happen where I live. A girl can dream! Currently, I really just like having more than 5 minutes alone to myself without having a dog or toddler in the bath room.

arbell615 · February 2018

I love making music! Singing, guitar, piano, anything. I’m really into weightlifting (I have an Olympic weightlifting competition this Saturday, eek!) and all the yoga. I’m in process of getting my 200hr yoga teacher certification and hope to be able to find a place to teach a couple classes. “Ohm”

stothi · February 2018

@SkilledSailor our compost bins are super generic. Just a big lidded plastic outdoor trash can. Bottom cut off so it just sits open on the ground. Holes drilled all around the sides for ventilation. It can be a little difficult to turn the compost due to the shape and depth but I make it work. If we ever get a bigger property I want side by side bins with removable fronts. So you can start your compost in the first bin and then turn it into the next one and so on until you have finished compost in your far bin.

Patience7150 · February 2018

@episcowitch and @knitknitread seconding a bmb knit along, but we should start soon! My hands were toast after about 28 weeks last time with swelling/carpel tunnel. DDs little lovey is still on the needles

@SkilledSailor I heard to wear gloves when handling dirt generally, but not to avoid gardening in its entirety! Going to have to check that one with my doctor since she never said anything last pregnancy. We live on 14 acres and my garden is about a quarter acre. It'll be pure weeds if I'm banned from it. Thanks for the info!

On top of gardening and knitting, I love jeeping, snowmobiling, riding my motorcycle, and sewing. I have a clothing design degree and though I don't work in the industry, I like keeping my skills sharp. Currently patterning a prom dress for a friend's niece who wanted to buy a $700 prom dress that was essentially a pleated circle skirt with a fitted midriff bearing top.

AdmiralKitty · February 2018

@SkilledSailor @knitknitread I’m working on an 11ish yard warp that should become 1 babywrap and a couple infinity scarves! Super bright fun warp colors and then probably solid neutrals (natural/black/white) wefts. It’s an extremely ambitious first project but go big or go home, right?

Redpuma119 · February 2018

@skilledsailor I read last week that you're not supposed to garden, but I really want to.. our neighbors cat uses our garden as it's litter box though. So..
@stothi Have you seen the compost bins they have at Costco? I've been debating getting one of those.

Im loving everyone's hobbies!
I enjoy reading, anything physical, like hiking, biking, going to the gym, cooking. We also camp a lot. And my garden. Besides the warning about gardening already mentioned, im worried that when I'm super pregnant I won't be comfortable working out there, and our garden produces well into October and I wonder how much I'll be able to having a new babe.

stothi · February 2018

@Redpuma119 I have not seen them. Do you have a link?

Redpuma119 · February 2018

I have a photo

Redpuma119 · February 2018

@stothi I like that they spin on their own. Well, they spin under man-power, but you know what I mean. Its just such a pain in the ass turning the compost.

stothi · February 2018

@Redpuma119 the only thing I worry about with a composter like that, is how much can it hold? You really need a certain amount of mass to be able to build up the right amount of heat and retain moisture. It does look like it would be easy to add to, turn, and then remove the finished compost which are all big pluses.

knitknitread · February 2018

@AdmiralKitty EEEEEP! A babywrap! That makes my heart so happy. That's going to be one special wrap to snuggle your baby.

I'm looking forward to getting back in to wrapping with a squish. I loved it with DD.

episcowitch · February 2018

@stothi Prior to my multiple sclerosis diagnosis, I was an urban farmer and worked for a local non-profit as an educator. We gave out an item like is pictured below to mix compost because what you described is the type of compost bin available in our area free from City government.

Mandamay1414 · February 2018

I really love to read, although I haven't been doing it much lately due to extreme tiredness. My sister, mom, and I were in a mother-daughter book club when I was in elementary through high school. I loved it and I think it was a great bonding experience. I hope I can do that with DD and #2 when they get older!

spottedginger · February 2018

I love to read and still make time to do so. In my former life (pre child) I also sewed, gardened, and worked out 5-6x/week.

jhjocelyn · February 2018

Late to the party!

Another gardener here! I love growing and preserving by either freezing or canning veggies. I also made perennial flower bed in the shape of a maze when we first bought our home...it is typically a weedy disaster, I def bit off more than i can chew w it, but I love it anyways!

I busted butt this fall to prep all the beds extra for spring hoping to be pregnant and too tired when spring finally comes. We may take the year off for veggies, just because our peak harvest is just before my edd. Dh loves to help, but realistically there is never enough time!

I also enjoy fishing, ice, spin rod, or fly rod!

We love to be outdoors, in any season, we recently bought a camper to make travelling w dd’s needs easier, we love exploring new places.

Oh oh oh! And I don’t knit, but I crochet!! I am super excited to start a blanket for this little one, just waiting to know gender and have some color inspiration. We’ll be doing generic testing to know the cf results, so I shojld know the gender early too.

stothi · February 2018

@episcowitch I just bought one of those! (Or something similar.) It works pretty darn good. I'm happy with it at any rate.

starla · February 2018

I love to bake, knit, do yoga, and pretty much any sports (soccer, volleyball, running) and anything outdoors (biking, hiking, gardening). I love to read and play violin, but I don't do these as often as I should!
@knitknitread I'm making my first pair or socks right now! Then onto baby things... I already have a baby sweater that I made last year to practice.

JLyn821 · February 2018

I’m a reader. That’s my biggest hobby. Sadly, first tri completely affects my ability to read.

I’m also a crocheter. That’s going to be a tough thing about being Team Green this go around since I’ll need to make two afghans for baby so I have a girl one ready and a boy one, too.

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