When I started writing my Learn a New Hobby article, which highlights the fabulous (free!) hobbies resources here on About.com, I resisted putting painting first because it would seem biased. The skills from other crafts are always useful for multimedia too...
Seriously, most creative people I know have a particular focus but work across disciplines and cross-pollinate, as it were. I find swapping paint for fabric and creating a pictorial quilt helps me focus on shapes and tones in a composition. Here's a tree quilt from a few years back now as an example.
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Hi
Learn A New Hobby. Yes I`d love to.
Only i can`t find Tatting anywhere,
Will it be one you`ll Introduce us to at a later date? I do Hope so .
Is there anyone else waiting for this hobby?
Thank you for all the wonderfull information we get with About .com
I`m learning so much.
Great suggestion Pamela, and I’ve passed it on to About’s editorial team. At one stage in my working life I edited tatting and lacemaking books, and remember the really beautiful pieces that would come in to be photographed.