Hobbies For Your Spare Time Part 2

Hi All,

I was looking at a list of the top viewed blog entries that I've written over the past few months and low and behold one entry seemed to stick out: Hobbies For Your Spare Time. It got an inordinately large number of hits from viewers!

With that thought in mind, I'd like to do essentially a 'part 2' of that blog entry. Just think of this as 'Hobbies For Your Spare Time, Part 2'.

I don't want to get to serious and/or library-like here, but if you are interested in a hobby, there are many, many associations that you can join to learn more about that particular hobby. For example if you click on this link you'll link to the Farmingdale PL database page. From here you can link to the Business databases where you will find a datbase called 'Associations Unlimited'. This is exactly what it sounds like - this resource will give you contact information and website information (when available) on thousands of organizations and associations.

If, for example, you are interested in gold, birding, antique book collecting, gardening, home repair, table making or any other hobby that you can think of, you can get the contact info from Associations Unlimited, Great stuff and if you think about it, an association that deals with your topic of interest is a great place to start and to get more information. One way to think about hobbies is that more than likely there is at least one organization or association that covers your hobby or interest.

Click here for an article entry from Wikipedia on 'hobbies' I found the headings used inthe article very interesting: collecting, games, outdoor recreation, performing arts, creative hobbies, scale modeling, cooking and more...

Below you'll find three popular hobbies and three links for each hobby. A very brief summary of each website follow that.

Wood Carving
Wood Carving Illustrated.com - Great wood carving magazine - advice, photos, FAQ's included.
Carving Patterns.com - Find excellent and easy to follow wood carving patterns here.
Ehow - Wood Carving Ideas - Get ideas for your wood carving projects - free!

Quilting
Quilters Home Magazine - Tips, patterns, ideas, FAQ's all on quilting!
AllPeoleQuilt.com - Show and tell, projects and ideas, try techniques, blogs, forums and more!
QuiltersVillage.com - Gallery, quilt shop directory and community are the notable parts of this site.

Knitting
Knitting From About.com - almost and all-purpose knitting site with advice, projects, suggestions and more
KnittingHelp - Free knitting videos to help you knit better.
KnittingPatternCentral.com - what more can you ask for? free knitting patters!

Hope you enjoyed these sites...and I might do a third installment of this subject (hobbies) if this entry generates enough interest.

Regards and happy hobbying!
Stu

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