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Not a subscriber, but the headline alone caught me off guard... knitting and fishing? These are some pretty affordable hobbies. My 14 year old has taken up knitting in a big way just using her birthday money and some needles from the local thrift store. Fishing? Sure maybe you can't afford a chartered deep sea trip, but the equipment for your local river or creek is nearly free at somebody's yard sale. Now if you want to talk about things like skiing or golfing...for that matter I've been a beekeeper but am feeling just about priced out of that as well.

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There is one link that mentions knitting wool prices have increased 56% in recent years (based on one source in Australia).

Nowhere does the author speculate that possibly, this is because the hobbies have gotten more popular and possibly more people are knitting or perhaps they're generally more interested in higher quality/more sustainable wool....

> knitting

Too bad I am also not a subscriber; now I won't find the really expensive ways to knit. Do you need a golden thread?

Yarn has definitely gone up in price. Acrylic yarn is fine to get into knitting. However, if you'd like to try some better quality, it'll cost you. Knitting a blanket with cheap yarn would run about $100 (20 skeins, at a cost of $5 each).

People massively underestimate the price of these supplies.

My wife sews, and she has a small yarn collection as well, but never really got into knitting or crochet. I nearly had to contain my laughter when my mother told me that it would save us lots of money.

Sure. It costs more in fabric to make a shirt than to buy a shirt, and that’s not getting into machines. Look at us save!

Hobbies are for fun. Making things for yourself is, more often than not, crazy expensive.

Why are we all sitting here talking about an article none of us have read?

Because historically, HN was fully of interesting people with interesting things to say, where the article was a catalyst to something even better: human connection and dialog. But HN has fallen off pretty hard the past few years.

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