I have a ok laptop but its not the greatest, i want to have something such as a creative outlet that i can do in a simple manner? Ive thought about many of things but im unsure if i should try them? Im stuck inside alot and im bored alot aswell. I just want something to do other than light gaming and watching youtube.

What would you advise and why so?

  • GraniteM@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I just got into tying knots! It’s a useful skill. You can pick it up in a couple of minutes and then improve continuously. There are a lot of books on the subject. It’s cheap. You can use cord you might already have lying around the house, or you can get paracord at the hardware store, or you can go somewhere fancy like Paracord Galaxy if you want some extra special colors or patterns. It’s soothing and leaves you with something tangible at the end.

    Here’s a monkey’s fist knot I just finished! I’ve been giving them to friends to use as keychains.

    • NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net
      2·
      2 days ago

      Ayy, nice monkey’s fist. If you’re getting real into it a sailor’s knife with a marlinspike (blade has no pointy tip and there’s a fold out metal spike to help push rope through knots/lever rope out of knots)

      Additional recommendation towards Dyneema (brand name of a type of High Molecular Weight PolyEthylene or UHWMPE rope) that’s about 50x stronger than paracord and quite cheap if you get it as an offcut from a small chandlery, plenty of them about on ebay.
      I picked up some 0.8mm or 1/32inch stuff that can lift 65kgs or 220lbs and some 4mm that can lift 2000kg, because of course I need it to be strong enough to tow a car lmao.