Hobby
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A hobby is an leisure activity that people do for fun or recreation. People do it because they like it.
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[edit] Arts and crafts
Some people do arts and crafts, in which they make clothing or decorations with their hands. Some popular arts and crafts that involve textiles or fabrics include crocheting, sewing (making clothing), embroidery (e.g.,cross stitch, needlepoint, crewel and satin stitch, etc.) ,knitting, and quilting.
Some people like to hobbies that involve making images on paper, such as scrapbooking, painting, and drawing. Some people like to make three-dimensional decorations using clay or wood, in the hobbies of pottery,sculpture,wood carving, and woodworking.
Some other arts include film-making, photography, and musical hobbies such as singing, playing musical instruments, and writing songs.
[edit] Games and puzzles
Some people enjoy hobbies such as playing games or solving puzzles. Games include board games such as chess, card games, and newer games such as wargaming and role-playing games. Popular puzzles include jigsaw puzzles and crossword puzzles.
[edit] Reading and learning
Some people enjoy spending their timereading books, magazines, and newspapers, orwriting stories or in a diary. Other people enjoy learning foreign languages by taking classes, or doing research, such asgenealogy (learning about your family history).
In the 2000s, many people have Internet-based hobbies, such as editing Wikipedia or having online discussions in Newsgroups. Some people enjoy computer activities, such ascomputer programming, learning about open source software, or playing computer games. Some people enjoy learning about electronics such as doing amateur radio broadcasts or building robots.
[edit] Hobbies in the home
Some people enjoy working on their home and learning how to repair their home by themselves, without hiring repair people or plumbers. Some people enjoy learning how to repair motor vehicles, such as antique cars, motorcycles, or pickup trucks. Some people even build and repair sailboats in their backyard.
Many people have hobbies that they do in the kitchen, such as cooking, making meals for their guests and family, and making their own beer. Many people also have hobbies in their home that involve animals, such as keeping a pet animal, such as a dog, a cat, or a turtle. Some people even learn about dog breeding.
[edit] Collecting
Collecting is a popular hobby in North America and in Europe. People enjoy finding interesting examples of different items and learning about them. Some of the well-known types of collecting include stamp collecting, coin collecting, trading cards such as baseball cards, and autographs of celebrities (famous people). People also collect toys, books, comic books, and old records. Some people collect antiques and artwork, but these hobbies are more rare, because antiques and artwork are usually expensive.
A type of hobby that is related to collecting is model-building. People who do model-building as a hobby collect small models which they build, paint, and then display. Some common types of model-building hobbies include model airplanes, model rockets, model ships, model cars, and model railways
[edit] Outdoor activities and sports
Outdoor hobbies include birdfeeding, birdwatchingcanoeing, gardening, hiking, walking, and sports such as baseball, bowling, cycling, fishing,hunting, and sailing.
[edit] Other hobbies
Many people spend a lot of time in leisure activities that are not necessarily called hobbies. Some people disapprove of spending time on these activities. These activities include watching television, drinking alcohol, and taking illegal drugs.
For more hobbies, see: List of hobbies.
