What do you call it?

[chichiwawa]

I'm just wondering what everyone here calls it? Do you classify your crocheting as a hobby, an obsession, or a lifestyle? I suppose that I would have an obsessive hobby lifestyle . At least that's what dh calls it .

[Miss Crochet]

I have OCD: obsessive crochet disorder! When I learn to do something new, I just crochet it NONSTOP for weeks or months! I think I've just invented a really easy and cute baby sock pattern, so I'm writing this with SEVEN baby socks scattered around the laptop - I just can't stop!

[pasteeater]

I just call it crochet. That's all.

[NUTFORYARN]

I call it life!!

[LaSita]

It's an hobby for me.

[tnkycrochetnut]

It's suppose to be a hobby for me. But I agree with Miss Crochet its OCD - obsessive crochet disorder. :rofl

[CLLinda]

Obsession here.

 

[Autumn]

I call it my craft!

[crochetluvknot]

its a hobby and passion for me.

[jeannej]

It's my hobby, my craft; it's my...unruffler.

[CroJulee]

It's all three for me.

 

Julee

[annmcc1976]

i call it a hobby and a skill... hubby wish's i'd call all my craftin "MONEY MAKERS" lol.

[darski]

Obsession fer shure! Is there any other way to go than ALL THE WAY!!!

 

[lynns]

I call it therapy or I am just a crocheter

[patterncollector]

I call it both necessary and fun.

[beth eathorne]

my husband says i am a crochet addict...but i say i love it

[grandma2allboys]

All of the above! :lol

 

I like that, Miss Crochet- OCD. I think I have that too! LOL :crocheting:crocheting

[Sylviaf]

For me, it's a hobby, but sometimes (along with my other crafts) it is a sanity preserver.

[chichiwawa]

I'm glad that I'm not alone in this!

[ReniC]

ALL of the above! I do a few other arts like painting and beading but I always gravitate back as soon as I am finished. DH does not complain. Even when I am always shushing him so I can finish counting. He says that he is glad it keeps me busy and have something I enjoy so much.

[Ellie 13]

All of the above and then some. When I got bored I'd read then fall asleep. It also kept me from biting my fingernails . If I'm ever without my "knitty ditty" bag, my family/friends would think something's wrong. Instead of hello, it's "what are you making now". .

Ellie 13

[Swayde]

It's more of a passionate hobby for me, bordering obsession. It comes in spurts though. Sometimes all I can think and do is crochet, and then sometimes I can go a couple of months without touching a single project.

[stronak]

Comment:

"I'm just wondering what everyone here calls it? Do you classify your crocheting as a hobby, an obsession, or a lifestyle?"

For me it is all of the above.

 

Obsession - I crochet every day. I crochet in the car, at my desk, at baseball games and with my chihuhua in my lap. You would be amazed at what a conversation generator it is.

 

Lifestyle and hobby- I love to try new techniques and patterns, once I've learned and they are finished, I give them away. There is no better feeling in the world than having someone really admire your work, and they instantly become the receipient. I LOVE to make people happy!

[chichiwawa]

Well said Stronak. I too am always crocheting. We are getting ready to take a trip to Cape Cod and my crocheting bag will be in the front seat at my feet! Thanks to the GPS my dh doesn't need my help with directions!

[drpepper]

I call it my 'practical hobby' my hubby calls it 'painful expensive nonsense'....I'm right...he's all wrong!!