I'm disabled and my doctor suggested a hobby to help me manage pain. I started with Knitting and Crochet and 7years ago when a local craft store went out of business I spent about $1200 on yarn and crafting supplies. I had just gotten a settlement due to my injury so it wasn't like I was taking money that was needed for something else. I used a lot over the past 7 years but no where near what I had bought. Two years ago I traded a lot of the supplies to a spinning wheel dealer to buy a spinning wheel and roving as I wanted to learn to spin my own yarn. Unfortunately after I had put in a fairly large investment in a carder and add-ons for the wheel, I found that it caused me more pain to spin. I even had to give up my knitting after having carpal tunnel and ulnar surgery on both hands and elbows. This puts my husband at an attitude that I wasted a lot of money on crafting and I don't really hear the end of it. In my opinion I feel I got lots of pleasure and enjoyment over those years and due to what I bought, I didn't have to buy as many new supplies as if I would have over time for all the projects I made. Yarn like fabric is expensive and you can spend up to $120 in yarn on just one project.
I've always wanted to sew and quilt and recently had someone teach me how and have just fallen in love with it. My husband has been surprisingly supportive in light of my previous crafting. I've been using a borrowed sewing machine from my Mom but it is giving me a lot of grief. My husband for Christmas looked online and bought me a used Viking so I'd have a machine of my own. He did say that we didn't want to put out a big outlay of money until I'm sure this is something I can continue to do. Which considering what happened before I completely agree with. He also let me convert our spare bedroom into a crafting room and gave me the home depot credit card to put in wall to wall shelving. Even more surprising he insisted I buy an entire roll of batting instead of just buying enough for my current project. I do think the difference is that he has seen the first quilt I made and really liked the job I did on it and is wanting me to make quilts for all his family members.
As for going into a quilt store or Joannes with me. Due to my medical issues he prefers to go with me when I go out, so I don't have the choice of letting him stay home while I shop. He could sit in the car and wait with a book but I think he is more nosey than that. He comes in with me and doesn't' really give me time to just browse. He is more of a get in, get what you need, get out kind of guy. I don't take it to heart as he is that way no matter what we are shopping for. If we can buy something online he'd prefer to do that.
Even with all that he is a wonderful husband and practically dotes on me to the point my Mom is trying to give him lessons on saying "NO" to me lol.