I am not able to sit and do nothing. When my Grandparents came to visit, Grandma had crocheting along, she could talk and work at same time, so it's in my DNA! Now my MIL can sit and stare at TV for hours on end. In fact, when we visit her, she does not turn it off or even mute it, so I take the remote and it goes OFF. I refuse to try and talk with her over that noise and I value a visitor more than a soap opera.
Thrift store afghans could be unraveled and reused in Prayer Shawls which some churches make.
it appears women have golf, Bridge, Mall shopping, traveling on their agendas.