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Whats a hobby/craft that you wouldn't expect that has an incredibly high ceiling either monetarily or in sheer skill? (lemmy.world)

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For example, I'm sure the average joe doesn't know just how expensive calligraphy pens can be, or how deep the rabbit hole goes on video game speedruns.

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[-] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 73 points 1 year ago

Maybe not as expensive as the others, but crochet/knitting/sewing all start off fairly cheap, and then the next thing you know you're offering to service old men behind a Joann's fabric because you need this particular fabric and you need an entire bolt of it, and it's the one fabric in the entire fucking store that isn't on their amazing buy one get 73 free sale for the week.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

Nothing like spending $100 and 80 hours on a pair of socks for yourself because they don't sell the ones you want.

got socks?

[-] Ticktok@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago

I feel like there's a collision of fetishes here about to start paying for your yarn habit.

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