Show 'n Tell your Hobby

[Moey_Ismail]

Wow! Look at the way she shines! You must have spent the whole night polishing @Moey_Ismail!

The maintenance guys always give her TLC, such a bummer that the visibility was terrible so I couldn't go to Kruger but ended up going to Parys for a quick bite.

 

[Raindance]

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Terrified of flying myself, even in the big boys, but that looks and sounds out of this world!

Regards

 

[Hooked]

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lol it must be awesome to just fly somewhere "for a quick bite"!

 

[RainstormZA]

I'm an artist in my free time. Medium preferences are pencil, charcoal, chalk and inktense water colour bars and pens

Some of my works below

 

[Hooked]

WOW @RaindanceZA!!!!!! You are extremely talented! I love them all, but the abstract one, below the mandala, is my favourite, followed by the mandala.

EDIT: I spelt mandala as Mandela lol

 

[Silver]

WOW @RaindanceZA!!!!!! You are extremely talented! I love them all, but the abstract one, below the mandela, is my favourite, followed by the mandela.

Which one is the Mandela @Hooked ?
Maybe im not looking properly

 

[RainstormZA]

Thanks @Hooked. Took me a while to get there.

@Silver this

Not really a mandala.

 

[RainstormZA]

This was painstaking - A3 page charcoal with pastel pencils. I had to spray to preserve it once I was finished with it

 

[Silver]

Lovely @RainstormZA !
You got talent!

 

[RainstormZA]

I found some more

I asked a friend for a partial sheet music and created this

 

[RenaldoRheeder]

I'm an artist in my free time. Medium preferences are pencil, charcoal, chalk and inktense water colour bars and pens

Some of my works below

1 and 4 especially are quite something @RainstormZA. You are very talented


Sent by iDad's iPhone

 

[Hooked]

Which one is the Mandela @Hooked ?
Maybe im not looking properly

The first one in the top row. I shouldn't have spelt it with a capital M - I didn't mean Mandela the man. It should be a small 'm'. Will edit my post now

 

[Hooked]

Thanks @Hooked. Took me a while to get there.

@Silver this

Not really a mandala.

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@RainstormZA Pls. educate me - why not "really a mandala"?

 

[RainstormZA]

@RainstormZA Pls. educate me - why not "really a mandala"?

Ok you do have a great point there - why I don't see it that way is beyond me. Lol

 

[Hooked]

This was painstaking - A3 page charcoal with pastel pencils. I had to spray to preserve it once I was finished with it

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@RainstormZA this one fascinates me. Every time I look at it I see something else.

 

[RainstormZA]

@RainstormZA this one fascinates me. Every time I look at it I see something else.

Yeah me too. I'm a follower of the pagan path - I named it As Above, So Below - Earth, Fire, Water and Air.

 

[RainstormZA]

Actually I was going through a tough time - took me a year to get over the death of someone close to me. Hence the strange drawings.

 

[Hooked]

Actually I was going through a tough time - took me a year to get over the death of someone close to me. Hence the strange drawings.

Ah! Internal chaos.

 

[Hooked]

Time to get the knitting needles out again.

It's particularly important to keep a baby's head warm as that's where the greatest heat-loss occurs, so I knit these baby beanies and booties for newborn babies and donate them to a maternity hospital in the area, where many under-privileged mothers give birth.

 

[RainstormZA]

That's awesome @Hooked . I crochet when I find the time.

I've made blankets and cute toys for my brothers and sister's kids. So far the cute octopus with curly legs has been win with the two youngest ones.

 

[Hooked]

That's awesome @Hooked . I crochet when I find the time.

I've made blankets and cute toys for my brothers and sister's kids. So far the cute octopus with curly legs has been win with the two youngest ones.

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Love the curly-wurly! I also crochet blankets - see the very first post in this thread.

EDIT: That lacy one is beautiful! I don't know how to do stuff like that!

 

[RainstormZA]

Love the curly-wurly! I also crochet blankets - see the very first post in this thread.

EDIT: That lacy one is beautiful! I don't know how to do stuff like that!

Thanks. It is not difficult - in fact great for beginners. It's called a virus shawl. I'm working on a virus square blanket for my sister. Granted, the Square one was a bit harder. I've even made a virus patterned scarf too

@Hooked do you go to Ravelry.com? I get my free patterns from there

 

[RainstormZA]

It would be so interesting to see what hobbies we all have, whether related to vaping or not.
This thread has been inspired by @Waine, who started a thoughtful discussion on the importance of having a hobby in his thread https://www.ecigssa.co.za/the-relevance-of-a-hobby-mine-is-vaping.t46250/#post-626420

I love crocheting rugs/blankets, which I do while I'm watching TV. It's relaxing and creative. I love colour and for me it's a delight to decide on which design and which colours I'm going to use for each square. (The blanket is made up of individual squares - you can see the individual squares within the black outlines.) I'm no artist, so I "paint" with wool lol.

Crocheting these blankets is an old tradition - most of you probably have/had a granny who made them. Sadly, the younger women of today don't do things like this and perhaps one day it will be a lost skill.

Not only does this hobby bring me much enjoyment, but some pocket-money too, as I sell the blankets. It's not for the money that I do it, though. The selling prices simply goes towards buying more wool!

Here's a bed blanket or cover, which I have on the bed in the spare room (which has now become The Vape Room!)

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And here's a TV rug to drape over the legs on a cool evening.

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Omw that is a beautiful blanket!

I have agree - it's a lost tradition. I'm the last generation to crochet. My gran and great grandmother both crocheted and knitted. My mom used to but no time for it anymore.

 

[Hooked]

Thanks. It is not difficult - in fact great for beginners. It's called a virus shawl. I'm working on a virus square blanket for my sister. Granted, the Square one was a bit harder. I've even made a virus patterned scarf too

@Hooked do you go to Ravelry.com? I get my free patterns from there

I don't use crochet patterns - don't even know how read one!

 

[RainstormZA]

I don't use crochet patterns - don't even know how read one!

Neither did I. I learnt the majority through video tutorials. Specially on different stitches when you actually learn to read a pattern. It can be taunting at first but gets easier over time. I only started crocheting properly some time last year.