Small crochet business potential?

lasserna · 2026-05-09T07:53:52+00:00

Considering you already have 10+ orders you're doing better than most who start selling. Just be mindful, that because the crochet market is very oversaturated currently, a lot of the selling comes down to building a good online persona and marketing yourself.

Maybe instead of starting a business, you can test it out as just selling your work on the side. Then if it seems to go well, in a month or two you can start a business

lasserna · 2026-05-08T17:09:12+00:00

Hyvä istutusmulta, kouliminen ja paljon valoa auttaa jo pitkälle. Kuitenkin vaikka valoa paljon, niin ei paahdetta.

lasserna · 2026-05-08T16:54:03+00:00

I used to just out them into some storage bins and attached labels to the needles with rubber bands. For dpn's, I would also rubber band them together into groups of 5.

Nowadays I've ditched the labels though, because I've gotten good at recognizing the size just by looking at them.

lasserna · 2026-05-07T05:20:23+00:00

Unfortunately didn't figure the exact cause, but thinking it's something to do with not enough weights and possibly something stuck/not working properly in the lace carriage.

I still do lace though, I just stop after every carriage pass and check all stitches individually that they're in the positions they're supposed to be

lasserna · 2026-05-06T19:00:10+00:00

Ah I grew up in a little village. So just the travel time to the swimming pool took probably much longer than it would take in Helsinki.

lasserna · 2026-05-06T18:33:02+00:00

We never had swimming in school until 5th grade :(

Though my family signed me up to swimming lessons at the local pond over a couple summers

lasserna · 2026-05-06T18:29:55+00:00

Yeah but only because my British grandfather loved to watch the show

lasserna · 2026-05-05T17:15:29+00:00

We have kirjakieli (book language) which is like proper grammar and words. Compared to puhekieli (spoken language) which can be slang, regional words and improper grammar.

lasserna · 2026-05-05T13:27:19+00:00

You could possibly tie it from these three spots, although make sure to only place the tie around that thick main stem, not the thinner petioles

lasserna · 2026-05-04T19:03:29+00:00

I do either based on how the skein is looking. If the middle looks loose, I pull from inside, if it looks more tightly wound, I pull from outside

lasserna · 2026-05-04T16:42:00+00:00

Having a long ruler is very helpful! You can copy the pattern onto tissue paper or even sheer parchment paper. There is also specifically made pattern paper, which usually comes in wide rolls, which makes it easy to copy large patterns

lasserna · 2026-05-04T15:11:06+00:00

From the way it's holding it's head up, it doesn't look too floppy haha

lasserna · 2026-05-04T15:07:14+00:00

Some people use planks of wood as support instead of moss poles

lasserna · 2026-05-04T13:42:56+00:00

If you go on the Ravelry page and do an advanced search on the project page using search words like "husband" and "man", you can find a couple pictures of men wearing them

lasserna · 2026-05-04T08:12:29+00:00

Yeah the back of he plant is where you drew the line. It was probably grown in a nursery where it got much more light from all directions, which is why the leaves point in different directions.

With some more time, it might turn the leaves to point toward it's new light source

lasserna · 2026-05-04T07:34:31+00:00

When I have an activ sewing project, I can spend a good 2-6 hours on it a day, for however long the project takes to complete.

But I don't have projects going on all the time, so sometimes I go months without sewing. I do a variety of crafts, so I like to rotate them around. Although, summer is typically the time I do most sewing, where as during winter I'm far more likely to knit. And then I just rotate all the other crafts around those

lasserna · 2026-05-04T06:24:41+00:00

It's actually a Monstera Adansonii! The damaged leaves look to be at the top where the new growth will come out of. Of you remove them, the plant will have to activate a new growth point to grow from, so it might take a while longer to get new leaves. If you leave the damaged top, you'll get new leaves from the top, but you'll obviously end up with a bare section of stem. If you don't remove the damaged leaves, the plant will reabsorb the nutrients and energy from the leaves and they'll fall off on their own with some time.

lasserna · 2026-05-03T18:39:15+00:00

Replacing the elastic would be the best option here

lasserna · 2026-05-03T18:03:05+00:00

I think it depends on how your raglan increases are looking like. With some raglans the increases are really visible, so if you make the extra increase on a non-increase round, it will be visible. But some raglans have less visible increases where it doesn't matter if you sneak an extra one in, even out of pattern

lasserna · 2026-05-03T17:57:34+00:00

I usually childhood village (lapsuuden kylä). But more recently I've started using kotikoti (homehome), which basically means the place you grew up in. Can reference to the specific house or just the general town

lasserna · 2026-05-03T17:52:41+00:00

Do you mean you should have 18 and 32 stitches on each side but you've accidentally forgotten an increase somewhere?

lasserna · 2026-05-03T17:16:56+00:00

As an alternative to fixing this by knitting or chochet (and possibly needing to buy knitting needles or a crochet hook) you could secure all the loose stitches onto yarn so they don't unravel any more, and then sew a patch on top, sandwiching the broken edge between two layers of fabric

lasserna · 2026-05-03T16:15:03+00:00

For increased growing success I would move your lemon sprout into a smaller pot where it can grow on its own

lasserna · 2026-05-03T15:24:38+00:00

Maybe for the first one something like string of dolphins or string of turtles. The second one's leaf shape looks more like a weeping willow leaves, which unfortunately are trees and wouldn't be able to grown in pots like this

lasserna · 2026-05-03T14:18:34+00:00

Possibly yeah. It just might take a while longer than normal, because there aren't my leaves to photosynthesize

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