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Crafts

pipi_k

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13. Same here, and...

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Tue Apr 1, 2014, 11:13 AM

Apr 2014

like nearly everyone has pointed out, people who don't knit/crochet or do other crafts have no idea of the time factor involved.

The most I'll do is allow the person to buy the yarn (if s/he asks me specifically to make something), especially if it's expensive, since we're on fixed incomes here.

But as far as the time factor goes, I have a particularly unamusing (to me) tale of the Booties From Hell which is going to get its own thread in a bit.

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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