Pingwish

Pingwish is a free hobby-discovery site built around starter setups: researched, beginner-first equipment lists for creative hobbies. Each setup separates the true essentials from the nice-to-haves and the gear you can skip entirely, with honest picks at realistic budgets, so beginners don't overspend before they know whether a hobby suits them.

The catalogue covers 45+ creative hobbies including watercolor, acrylic and oil painting, pencil and charcoal sketching, urban sketching, calligraphy and hand lettering, knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross-stitch, macrame, needle felting, polymer clay, resin art, soap and candle making, bookbinding, leather crafting, linocut and screen printing, and film photography. Alongside the setups are comparison guides (watercolor vs gouache, knitting vs crochet, acrylic vs oil), beginner mistake write-ups, budget builds such as a sketching setup under 20 euros, and themed collections like crafts to make and sell.

Pingwish also offers free shareable wishlists: a list can be created and shared via a link without an account, with claim-based visibility so groups avoid buying duplicates. The site runs entirely in the browser, requires no signup, and contains no ads.