I take it that you coined this term all by yourself?  This is the only use of &quot;instigative hobby&quot; that google knows about. I think you need a better adjective than instigative. Nothing about  instigative makes me think the distinction is between the consumption&#x2F;creation of goods. I don&#x27;t agree with your conclusion but at the very least &quot;creative hobby&quot; seems like the obvious choice. I am not sure why I can more easily teach and talk about woodworking to someone than I could if the subject was video games or wine. This certainly does not match up with my experience with my hobby of book consumption or the experiences of my friend who is a wine sommelier. But most importantly I am not sure why I would prefer the creation of relationships where the dynamic is based on a knowledge asymmetry in my favor.