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Crafts

Arkansas Granny

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2. Like you, I give most of my crocheted and knitted items away.

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2014, 02:36 PM

Jan 2014

I've had people offer me money to make something, but they only consider the cost of the materials, not the time it takes to produce something unique. It truly is a labor of love.

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"No, you cannot pay me to make you a blanket" [View all] MissMillie Jan 2014 OP

My dear MissMillie... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2014 #1

Like you, I give most of my crocheted and knitted items away. Arkansas Granny Jan 2014 #2

You can always tell when someone has SheilaT Jan 2014 #3

same here miss mille! Howler Jan 2014 #4

Quilter here. I smile and bat my eyelashes, and sweetly say, kcass1954 Jan 2014 #5

me too,,,, KarenS Feb 2014 #8

I make bobbin lace. Ednahilda Jan 2014 #6

Same here KC Feb 2014 #7

You could direct them to Etsy My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #9

Or nursing homes Warpy Mar 2014 #11

What I have found is Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2016 #14

I add up the hours it takes and tell them what my hourly pay was at my last job Warpy Mar 2014 #10

I actually have a scarf I crochet SheilaT Mar 2014 #12

Same here, and... pipi_k Apr 2014 #13