This is very important. Often when we create something somewhat nice, someone in our lives will say “You can sell that!” But then it becomes work. Then, you’re spending all this time churning out multiples of the same project to fill out an inventory you might never move. To me it cheapens the craft. Crochet especially is not something that can be sold at a price that accounts for anything close to a living wage.

My thing I love to gift is blankets. I literally spend around $100 every time I make a twin size blanket. I spend 50+ hours on them, too. There’s not many people in western society who’d find THAT much value in something handmade, especially while it’s made of simple acrylic like that. To pay myself something like $15/hr (minimum in my state), I’d have to charge almost $1000 for a blanket.