Knitting is a great hobby---I originally learned on Pick-Up Stix, as a 5- or 6- year old, literally at my mom's knee. That was more than 40 years ago. The selection and variety of yarns today are incredible compared to what I grew up with. The simplest pattern rendered in gorgeous yarn looks like a masterpiece!

If you think needlework might be the ticket, consider needlepoint. I don't do it, but friends swear by its therapeutic value---supposedly as good or better than meditation, LOL!

One of the most enjoyable classes I've ever taken was a weekly-long fabric surface design course at the Penland School, a wonderful traditional crafts school in NC. It was like being back in elementary school for a week. Anything goes! Paints, dyes, whatever, applied to all kinds of fabrics. Terrific fun to play with textures, shapes, colors for a week with no particular goal in mind, no rules, no 'right or wrong'. Haven't really done anything with it since then, but it was a fabulously creative and energizing vacation---one of my best! At some point I want to do something similar in spinning and weaving.

As long as you're casting around for something new, why not take some half-day or day-long workshops in various things, just to "taste test" the possibilities? Cooking? Woodworking? Calligraphy? Gardening? Sewing? Stained glass? Bookbinding? Jewelry?

Whatever you choose, have fun!