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Top 10 hardest to easiest hobbies



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Well from my hobbies such as miniature DIY kits, diamond painting, scrapbooking, crocheting from animals to scarves to blankets, painting, reading and even gardening I order them as from the hardest to easiest in hobbies.

Let’s start at number ten of the hardest hobbies: 

10. Miniature DIY kits 

Miniature DIY kits are right up there for one of the most hardest hobbies from my list above. You need so much patience, ability to work with miniatures using tweezers or your fingers to fold, shape and glue items together. Basically using a set of craft wood, paper, wire and fabric to make all the objects. A lot of extra cost goes into buying the resources you need to help such as a ruler, tweezers, scissors, glue and more as you go forth and work with what you will think will help. However, if you love miniatures it feels amazing and looks amazing, once complete. 

9. Crocheting amigurumi

When I started crocheting, I decided to crochet amigurumi. It was super challenging because I had to continually learn new stitches and count stitches. I actually found it quite stressful and not relaxing. I did it for about six months and then gave over to other types of crocheting that was more relaxing. Now I am back doing it, but I don’t enjoy it as much but I do enjoy the end result. 

8. Gardening

Every year I buy new plants and have a lot of hope. I buy new plants because I have killed my other ones. It’s an ongoing battle. I have learnt that flowers which I would love to grow are quite hard to maintain. Left in the wrong location in the garden and it can drown overnight from the rain or die from too much sun. To me gardening requires reading about the plant and see if it loves water or sun or could go without it for awhile. This is why I consider gardening quite difficult. I just want to look outside at pretty flowers. 

7. Reading

I personally love reading non-fiction for self-growth. However, I do find it hard to concentrate for long on books. Especially if every chapter I have to complete quizzes and questions. I have to think about the chapter and analyse it. I guess it would be different if it was a fiction book. I could just read it but when I am hunting in book stores for books, I am drawn to non-fiction. 

6. Painting 

I used to love paint by numbers but struggle to be patient with it now. Painting requires my laziness to jump away where I have to wash the brush after each colour is used. That annoys me so I cheat and use the lightest colour first and move upwards on colour scale without washing it in water in between. I don’t know what it is but painting and then washing my brush each time is frustrating. Also, freehanding painting I am just not great out but I do enjoy painting. 

5. Scrapbooking an art page 

I like to just experiment and scrapbook a page. It is fun but I also find it hard at a blank page. Do I follow a theme by colour or character or image? So many options because I have so many resources for scrapbooking. However, I do find it fun and try to do at least once every two weeks for creative outlet. 

4. Crocheting a blanket

Honestly, if you use the same pattern I do, it’s really simple. I just use two stitches to create a whole blanket and the blanket for winter is nice and warm. The reason, I pick it as number four is because if you make it for family or friends and not like the colour they chose, it’s not really fun to make. It’s like ergh, more grey. Ps. I don’t mind grey, I just chose that colour as an example. However, now winter is coming I am working double time to try and finish my blanket as quick as possible! 

3. Crocheting a scarf

The cool thing about crocheting a scarf, it’s small enough to fit into your bag and take on the train and crochet. You can crochet in your lunch break. Crocheting a scarf, is a lot quicker than crocheting a blanket and you can make heaps of them to match your winter outfits. You still have to learn the stitches to crochet but I use the same stitches as I do crocheting the blanket. So I get to relax and crochet. 

2. Scrapbooking a photo album

Scrapbooking a photo album is super fun, personal and easy. Just buy a book, glue your photos in and add some cool stickers, scrapbooking paper and tape to add a cool collage. You can even add funny stories to remember in time why the photo meant something. It’s fun, it takes time and it costs money. 

1. Diamond Painting

Diamond painting can be a challenge itself. Spent too long and you can get a sore neck and back. But the idea of it is pretty easy. You can relax easily too. Just find a colour diamond and use the wax to stamp it onto the image of your choice. Easy. 

So that’s my top ten list from hardest to easiest of my hobbies, do you agree? Comment below on what order you would put them in. 

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