Totally. Knitting is one of the most practical skills someone can have. It’s math, textiles, logistics, engineering, and cozy. You can also take control of what materials go into your clothing, too, like by sticking to organics and staying away from synthetics that break down faster and shed microplastics.

Hell, I got into fibre arts and went so deep I started visiting farms to buy my own fleeces, paying small hobby shepherds directly.

Ravelry.com (I’m not a shill, it’s just a great site) is good for searching patterns, organizing favorites, and it has a knitting calculator for conversions.

You don’t even have to knit a bowl to felt it, you can just felt wool roving over a flat circle form, cut it off, blow up a balloon inside and let it dry.