Member Advice on Hobbies

Custom My Little Ponies- a unique collectable

Advantages: Will show you how to create your own unique collectable/gift
Disadvantages: Not the hobby for everyone, takes time and concentration

I can see the raised eyebrows, puzzled eyes and looks of complete disbelief as you read that title "Custom my little ponies" you exclaim, yes custom my little ponies. Believe it or not it is an increasingly popular hobby, from amatuers who simply want an ...

piggypine 13.03.2007 · Read full review
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I've become a bit of a wool bore - I am a reborn knitter

Advantages: keeps your hands busy, and you make beautiful original objects
Disadvantages: costs of buying needles and wool can be a lot at first, but once you have them they are yours

I was sat in a Wacky warehouse with my husband last year, knitting away while the 2 boys were running round playing on a wet bank holiday. 2 women at a nearby table were staring at me. Eventually they started a conversation about what I was doing, and wer ...

cha97michelle 27.10.2012 · Read full review
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I Pull Limbs Off Babies!

Advantages: Good fun, rewarding, nice people
Disadvantages: Hard work, little financial gain, expensive hobby

As a child, I enjoyed playing with dolls, especially Sindys. I wasn’t so keen on baby dolls though. Anyway, for some reason, I was browsing the ‘Dolls and Bears’ section of Ebay earlier this year, when I discovered something interesting – a phenomenon cal ...

KarenUK 27.08.2004 · Read full review
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Poetic Justice.

Advantages: A great vehicle for your poetic talents.
Disadvantages: It needs a lot of practise.

It’s so nice to back on Ciao and writing again after what seems an age to me. My friends will know that my niece from Plymouth has been staying with me for a week’s visit but must have wondered why I couldn’t get online just to read a few reviews and say ...

Elffriend 14.11.2004 · Read full review
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A Kick In The Crochet

Advantages: Relaxing, making things, being girlie.
Disadvantages: I'm telling you lot!

I sometimes wonder what happened to me. I am such a failed girlie; I cannot sew, my house is a mess and I don't care, I don't mind when my children play football indoors. Neither do I like shopping, even for clothes, nor do I wear make-up often becaus ...

jillmurphy 25.04.2004 · Read full review
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