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Hobbies

Things that you do in your spare time for fun.

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D is for Draw

Drawing is a way of putting a picture you have in your head (or something you can see) onto a piece of paper, using your hands and a pen or pencil. Drawing is different to writing, as you are putting down a literal picture of what you are thinking about instead of writing the words to describe it letter-by-letter.

E is for Easel

An easel is a piece of furniture you use to put paper or a canvas on when you are painting.

E is for Embroidery

Embroidery is a way of placing stitches so they make patterns or pictures. The most common thing people embroider is flowers. Embroidery is often seen on clothes to make them look prettier, or as samplers to hang on the wall.

E is for Enamel

Enamelling is a technique involving melting coloured glass onto a surface by heating it at a very high temperature in a kiln. Enamal is used to decorate jewellery, vases and to put a coloured layer on common items like saucepans.

E is for Eraser

An eraser is a piece of soft rubber or plastic that is used to rub out mistakes you make with lead pencil.

E is for Espalier

Espalier is a pruning technique that shapes plants into a flat growth pattern, usually against a wall or fence. Espaliered trees take up a lot less space than trees left to grow naturally, so it is a popular technique in small gardens.

E is for Evergreen

A tree or shrub is called evergreen if it does not lose its leaves in autumn. Evergreen trees have green leaves all year around, and deciduous trees do not.

F is for Fray

Fabric frays when it starts to come undone, and starts to turn back into the individual strands it was made from.
A fray is also a battle or fight, and is often used as a turn of phrase when you are about to go into the middle of some activity, eg "he stepped into the fray".

G is for Garden

A garden is a planned space, full of plants that have been placed by the garden's owner. Gardens can be indoors or outdoors, just for decoration, or for growing fruit and vegetables. Some gardens have plants that are trimmed into shapes, called topiary.

G is for Garden Fork

A garden fork is a tool that is used for loosening soil in your garden.

G is for Gathered

Fabric is gathered together by stitching it in such a way that it bunches together, like you see in the picture. Skirts are often gathered onto a waistband.
Gathering also means collecting things together - see gather.

G is for Glitter

Glitter is made from small pieces of something shiny. Glitter can be stuck to something else to make it sparkle.

G is for Glue

Glue is a sticky substance that can be used to hold two or more surfaces together. There are lots of different kinds of glue, for sticking different things together. There is wood glue, plastic glue, construction adhesive, and many other special kinds of glue.

G is for Gnome

A gnome in mythology is a small, humanoid creature that lives underground. In more common use, garden gnomes are often used to decorate people's gardens. They are small, usually made from ceramic and are generally wear red pointed hats.

G is for Graft

Grafting is a process of making a piece of a plant grow by attaching it to another plant. This process is often used to attach a tree that is a good bearer of fruit to another that has strong roots, combining the best qualities of two plants. It can also be used to have different but related kinds of fruit growing on the same tree.
The graft in the picture has been made by cutting a slit into the stem of the host tree and putting a stem from another tree into the slit.

H is for Hedge

A hedge is a row of plants that have been planted very close together and trimmed into shape. Hedges can be used instead of fences to mark a boundary or to keep animals (or people) from getting over the fence.
Hedges are a very simple form of topiary. If you grow a lot of hedges together in a pattern, you can make a hedge maze.

H is for Hem

A hem is the stitching along the edge of a garment. Hems make the edges of clothes look nicer, and stop them from fraying.

H is for Henna

Henna is a large shrub or small tree that has been used for thousands of years as a reddish-brown dye. The dye is made from the leaves of the henna plant, and is used to dye fabric, hair and to make temporary tattoos.

H is for Hiking

Hiking is a hobby or sport where people go on long walks, usually through fairly remote or wilderness areas. The person in the picture has hiked to the top of a mountain.

H is for Hobby

A hobby is something that people do for fun rather than as their main job for money. Hobbies are often creative, like making quilts or gardening.