#hobbyhorse

[debbipete]

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[gjordis]

I haven’t done much art recently in the drawing sence, but I did turn like a third of a yard of fabric and some synthetic hair into this

Design is based on a bastard man I love very very much and man did it come together nicely

The og plan for this horse under the cut!

[redactedcalliope]

Hobby hippocampus!

[etym-a-day]

hobby, n.

First attested around the year 1400, this word originally referred to "a small working horse", and is probably a diminutive of a proper name, perhaps Harvey or Hubert, which may have been common names for working horses. Compare the now rare, mostly obsolete word dobbin, also meaning "a working horse or mule", which is a diminutive of Robert or Robin.

The modern connotation of "a favored pastime or activity" comes from the word's use in the compound hobbyhorse, "a child's toy in the shape of a horse's head on a pole for riding", which is first attested in the 1550s. These toys were originally either basketwork frames worn around the waist with a horse head and tail attached so that the wearer appears to be riding a horse, or larger versions of the child's toy used in morris dance celebrations, which often used real horse skulls on top instead of fabricated horse heads.

The first recorded use of hobbyhorse to mean "a favorite pastime" is in the 1670s. The connecting idea is that of "an activity that is purely for entertainment; something done which does not contribute to one's livelihood". The creation of hobbyhorses would have been just such an activity, and over time the word gradually became extended to other pastimes à la 'this is my hobbyhorse'; or 'juggling is his new hobbyhorse', etc.

The word used in the generalized context was shortened to simply hobby by 1816.

[horsegamesins-old]

It's finally done omfg This is Nori from Bellasara, largely based on his stable artwork

Now where tf do I find a stick

[eponi]

Eponi hobbyhorses (spring edition).

[sapsan-hobbyhorses]

6 a.m Fest...

Shine on, buddy

[poisoned-sugar11]

Genuine question how does one go about getting into hobbyhorsing (as in the sport) especially as someone who does not live in Finland (country where it started)