Oooooh, crafting thread! Yaaaay!
I knit, crochet, spin yarn, cross-stitch, weave, do beadwork, leatherwork (predominantly soft leathers, though - I hate stampwork with a passion), quilting and other sewing... I guess the best description for my habits/hobbies would be "fiber artist", although I'm only a pro in a few select areas of the above. Most anything I do with yarn, I do for fun and relaxation, but a lot of the rest of my hobbies I do for cash, too.
And as my husband mentioned, I've got a helluva stash. My yarn stash is probably up near a couple hundred skeins now, and that's not counting stuff I haven't spun yet (most of my stash is /not/ handspun, mind you). I'm in dire need of replenishing my fabric stash because it's gotten under one box at this point, and there just isn't enough there! And I won't even get into the beads and leather, because, well, if I run out of something at home, I just get more at work the next day. :)
If I had more space, I'd add woodworking and tile mosaic to the list of stuff to do, but alas, I'm almost out of space to sit in!
I am perpetually guilty of stash replenishment in virtually any craft project, even when I really don't need it. If I see a good deal on, say, sock yarn... well, it comes home with me. Same applies with any other yarn that strikes my fancy.
Can't help it; I love the colors and textures of virtually any form of fiber artistry that's out there. I can blame my grandmother for starting me down this road, but she certainly never has had the size of yarn stash that I've got now!
Some of my crafting is for reenactors, but the stuff that I do the most of (and gain the most happiness from doing) is just for myself and/or a handful of friends and family. And honestly, I do far more of that stuff than I do business-oriented crafts. Right now, I've got three pair of socks on the needles (I don't do circular needles, though), three scarves, a pair of slippers I need to finish knitting so I can felt 'em, a blanket on the knitting machine, and that's just my knitting projects. :)
Thanks for starting this thread... I was wondering if any freepers were crafty-types, too!
Ladypixel, you're in good company here! I have stash for knitting and crochet in yarn and cotton, sewing, free embroidery in both silk and cotton, finger weaving, inkle weaving, I have a tapestry loom to do erzatz navaho style weaving that my dad made me, a 32 inch asford rigid heddle loom, but it is in its' box right now, a majacraft double treadle spinning wheel, multiple drop spindles, a carder, cards and combs for wool processing, dyestuffs and equipment, paints and canvas (although I haven't done that in awhile), beading stuff (but I am just a novice and don't really do much), three sewing machines (from a merged household when I got married. He had one, I had one, and I bought another, but I sold the serger, which was my mom's, cause I had never used it.)
I don't have the hugest yarn stash, cause I specialize in things like socks and small items, and so I buy my yarn in 100 gram amounts. But it's amazing how fast that piles up.
I have fabric for the quilts I'm intending to make, fabric for the reenactor clothes I am going to make (I have an excuse now...been on a diet for seven months and don't dare make any period clothes until my weight stabilizes), fabric for the curtains I am going to make...and so on. Not the hugest stash, but all natural fabrics like linen, cotton, silk, wool...
And I have a small collection of antique needlework supplies, like silk threads from the 20s, lots of vintage knitting needles, even a few bone ones...a quilt frame, a dress form that is too large for me (I'm saving it to stand next to the one I'm going to get in the future, so I can stand them next to each other), a large box of patterns that are too large for me (nice feeling!), my mom's stash of craft books, my stash of craft books...
I've joked with my hubby. We need a double house. One to live in, one to play in.