Cheap Hobbies to Consider 5 -Crochet

Crochet is a much loved craft, and once you learn this one it can help you to while away spare time, and you can watch the TV while you do it too!

It is a perfect hobby for the cold Winter’s months, and if you start before Winter begins, you may be able to crochet yourself a lovely scarf or a knee rug perhaps, to keep the Winter cold at bay.

This is a light rug I’ve been working on, and who knows when it will be finished, I enjoy working on it every now and then though, it is a meditative thing to do. (writer’s photo)

Crochet can also be used to make clothes and I have seen some beautiful crocheted bags, in lovely bright colours. Of course knitting could also be used for these things, but to me, crochet is easier, and more able to be worked on quickly.

The best thing as I see it, is that if you drop your crochet work, it won’t unravel the way knitting can. You’re unlikely to drop more than one or two stitches, if that, with crochet, but if you drop your knitting, you can easily lose a row of stitches or more.

With crochet, you only need yarn and a crochet hook, instead of the two knitting needles require if you’re knitting something. The knitting needles can be made of quite breakable materials as well, where crochet hooks are usually made of unbreakable metal.

You can make lots of fun soft toys with crochet too, and crochet is quicker than knitting. Don’t get me wrong, I love a warm knitted jumper, it’s just that for me, it would take too long to make…