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Anyone Have Any Girly Hobbies?


Guest Rayne

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It helps in passing if you do, but that's not why I started.

I crochet. I have a working knowledge of 7 stitches and have made - to date - 4 queen sized blankets, a dozen or so scarves and more coasters and scrubbies than I can count.

I just woke up one day and had an intense desire to start. So, my wife got me a crochet starting kit for our anniversary. She refers to it as my "yarn habit".

I really love it! I get lost for hours....sitting on the couch, watching TV and just crocheting.

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Guest Sofiadragon

I learned how to knit & crocet 'cause my mom does it & I also know how to sew both hand & machine, & if you check out my site you can see all kinds of other stuff that I make ('cause there are 2 few female leather makers) but I do alot of stuff for men & woman. The address is in my signature.

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I learned to sew when I was about nine, just watching my mother while she tried to teach my older sister - I asked to try and turned out to do it better than my sister. When I was about 13 I learned to knit again watching my mother teaching my sister, in this case my sister was also very good. I don't know when I started cooking but I love to bake - it is a contributing factor to my excessive weight problem.

I noticed that you mentioned your wife got you the kit. How is she doing with your transitioning? Mine says that she wants to stay with me forever and it is an unbelievable feeling to have some one who loves you that much.

If you want to discuss anything privately, feel free to send a private message - I don't get to this site everyday (I use the computer for my business) but I receive alerts about the Private Messages and answer them right away.

Love ya,

Sally

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I don't really have girly hobbies (i play acoustic guitar, play videogames, and am plannig an doing capoeira)

but i'm studying nursery :P

so i guess that's feminin ^^

(out of the 113 students, about 10 are male)

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I learned to sew when I was about nine, just watching my mother while she tried to teach my older sister - I asked to try and turned out to do it better than my sister. When I was about 13 I learned to knit again watching my mother teaching my sister, in this case my sister was also very good. I don't know when I started cooking but I love to bake - it is a contributing factor to my excessive weight problem.

I noticed that you mentioned your wife got you the kit. How is she doing with your transitioning? Mine says that she wants to stay with me forever and it is an unbelievable feeling to have some one who loves you that much.

If you want to discuss anything privately, feel free to send a private message - I don't get to this site everyday (I use the computer for my business) but I receive alerts about the Private Messages and answer them right away.

Love ya,

Sally

My wife says she actually PREFERS me this way. She says I communicate more, I'm more open about my feelings, I'm more sensative to her needs, I'm more attentive....she says she gets more of what she needs as a woman.

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Guest Cindy_cd

I tried to knit when I was 10 or 11. Then I started macrame and continued that until my 20's. I am broke moneywise so hobbies dont really happen now. I would love to learn how to sew, knit, and crochet. Another hobby I would love when I get money and a placeof my own is collecting dolls (not barbie style dolls, larger dolls with beautiful clothes

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I forgot about my collecting stuffed anilmals, I have them from all over the world - that way I could pass it off as just collecting. Truth is - I talk to them and I love to hold the teddy bears, they can be an amazing comfort at times of stress. I had the GI Joes and Matt Mason (if anyone remembers that astronaut set) - the 'action figures' acceptable for boys. But I also had a Ken doll with his wardrobe cabinet and about 14 different outfits. Now this wasn't easy because of the size difference, but Ken was a cross dresser! He could wear the tiny little thigh high stockings for Barbie (they became knee highs) and some of the off brand outfits were loose enough to put them on him but they couldn't button up the back. That should indicate that I knew where my path was heading at a very early age.

Sally

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Guest RainBird

I've always loved the beauties of nature :)

Most of my hobbies reflect this..

I was born with a talent for drawing things, I have always adored butterflies and flowers, which I love drawing in combination with coloured pencils :)

I used to walk down our street regularly, picking flowers and coming home with big bunches of them lol

When I also lived out bush years ago I used to love collecting amethyst crystals (a deep purple gem stone) which were commonly found in my area, they make beautiful Jewellery when cut and polished and even in their natural state they where absolutely gorgeous! :)

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Guest Chloe the other one

I shop....yea that. I also garden thanks to my boifriend who indulges me with flowers that other people try to kill, that way I can nurse them to health.

Oh yea I also cook, I love to cook.

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Guest Felicia Anne

i don't know if this is a strictly feminine pursuit, but i really love cooking and playing the role of a hostess. i love to have friends over, make them delicious meals, and have them feel relaxed and comfortable. i guess it's something i do both out of love, and out of my never being able to be the wife and/or mother when the neighborhood kids played house...

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Guest DeniseNM

Well let's see I love to cook and bake (probably has something to do with why my major in college is Culinary Arts), I know how to sew both by hand and machine, I write poetry, and I do cross-stitch (love doing that). Started doing the cross-stitch as a child with printed cross-stitch and then when I got out the navy I asked my mom to show me how to do the counted cross-stitch and fell in love with it because it is very relaxing and makes beautiful pics. Oh yeah I love to shop for clothes too :lol: .

Denise (enjoying the new pj bottoms she bought today)

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Guest Irielle

I do lots of girly things. My mom taught me to knit and crochet when I was small and my grandma taught me to hook - she was SO good at that.

I love needlepoint and made a cover for my piano bench a while ago. My last projects have been some pillows designed by Beth Russell based on William Morris designs. I've done the hare and the fox and the trellis and now I"m working on the lion. I also did a tapestry from an Ehrman design titled the Owl.

I love to cook, especially desserts. I'm always making things for my boyfriends office.

I used to sew but haven't for a long time - I made a jacket and some shirts.

Handwork is so relaxing, I love to just sit and visit or sit quietly and work.

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Guest thisismylife

i love to cook (but so does my dad) and i am the only biological guy in textiles at my school. im sure there is more but thats all i can think of

~Fi

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Guest Little Sara

I like to cook, and I like to shop.

I also like videogames with involved storylines (RPGs), which is less typical of guys (I hate shooters and stuff that always have next to no story). If pretend play is considered a feminine pursuit, then a RPG is just the visual version of such.

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Guest Donna Jean

Well.......

I am a total freak for flowers!!

In the summer months my wife does a veggie garden....

I fill the yard with flowers...everywhere! Six types of sunflowers... :lol:

Glads, Iris,Cosmos,Peonies, Zinnias, something blooming all year...

I buy flowers in the winter at the shop in town and almost always have something sitting on the counter top!

And of course ..shop....EEEEEK!

I'll prolly go shopping this summer on my motorcycle...Yeah, I know, mixed signals there...lol

Gotta be me!

Maybe shopping for flower seeds!

Sew and cook...yep! That, too.... ;)

Bought a little greenhouse that I have to put together today.....about as big as a 'fridge...I'll get a jump on growing flowers and I just love the very first sprouts!

AHhhhhh...spring is in the air!

Donna Jean

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Guest Irielle
I like to cook, and I like to shop.

I also like videogames with involved storylines (RPGs), which is less typical of guys (I hate shooters and stuff that always have next to no story). If pretend play is considered a feminine pursuit, then a RPG is just the visual version of such.

I didn't think about that, Sara, but I LOVE RPGs and get totally involved in my character. I tried one or two shooters but didn't like them much, either. I really liked Final Fantasy IX because Zidane, the main characer, was pretty androgynous (most of them seem to be andro in FF :) )

I forgot about shopping, too! :lol:

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Guest Mika N.

I love too cook, I can cook all kinds of foods. I wish I knew how to knit nice things and sew so that I could alter my own clothing. I plan on learning some day.

Mika N.

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Cooking is about as close as I get, I think?

I could get wrapped up in some gardening too if I had the land.

I always thought I'd make a great interior decorator. That has always sounded like a great job to me.

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