First time I met with canvas was in a high school class, but after that we became good friends :) 

And the beads.. One of my best friends (Sibel) made me wonder about them at the beginning of the year 2000, after the bank we were working for was collapsed... 

These kind of hobbies can take you far and away from your daily life stress. You always have to count, and cannot think something more than what you are doing at that time... Two reds to the right, five greens to the top, etc.. :)