My great grandmother used to knit blankets for the whole family. I still have the baby blankets she knitted when I was born. She died when I was ten, so she was not able to pass the art onto me unfortunately.
But a few years back I taught myself to crochet and now that it's getting cold out, I'll be making some new scarfs and hats, maybe a blanket or two. It feels really great to be able to create a useful object from nothing. And it feels even better to gift something you created to someone and see the look on their face when you tell them that you made it.
Crochet, knitting, and even sewing is like meditation. Your mind clears and your hands start to move and create with nary a thought in your head. It's quite zen. I highly recommend trying it. I think I may teach myself how to quilt next and make something useful out of old band shirts and ratty clothes.
If anyone is interested I can recommend a few books and I have patterns as well. Can we post pdf's here? YouTube is the best resource for teaching yourself the stitches as there are countless instructional videos.
Crochet is the cheapest to start with imo. You only need one needle to start and a ball of yarn. Make yourself a new winter hat femanon! Join the long line of women before you who fashioned the clothes people wore before Taiwanese sweatshops were a thing!