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Litany and abecedarian

sparkchaser

sparkchaser

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Can you make me a hat like this?

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That is the hat of epic win.
 
I retired my hooks and needles years ago. I would rather paint my house , put up sheetrock,stucko, and do it all over again(not in that order ofcourse for those that know what I am talking about, then pick up knitting again.
Otherwise I would make it for you.:D
 
Robert said:
Looks like grounds for psychological evaluation to me, sparkchaser.
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LOL-I like the fake moustache bit, all that is missing is the beard.:lol:

I want one of those hats that Ignatius wears in A Confederacy of Dunces.
 
Not by me they're not. If people aren't prepared to pay for other people's skills they can damn well do it themselves.

Scandinavian Grace

$135 in Icelandic wool. If it were me I'd likely use something posher and it would cost a shit load more than that.
 
The tenner was a joke and I bet you make great stuff (which is what by the way?), seriously though I wouldn't pay anybody by the hour to make something for me.
 
Litany said:
Not by me they're not. If people aren't prepared to pay for other people's skills they can damn well do it themselves.

Scandinavian Grace

$135 in Icelandic wool. If it were me I'd likely use something posher and it would cost a shit load more than that.
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Do you think it's worth it? I mean material wise.
 
joderu95 said:
The tenner was a joke and I bet you make great stuff (which is what by the way?), seriously though I wouldn't pay anybody by the hour to make something for me.
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Most people wouldn't. There are too many sweat shop imports for people to appreciate how much time things actually take to make. If it's just a plain knit then it will have been made on a machine, but there's an increase in the popularity of crocheted stuff and there are no machines for making that. It has to be made by hand, so if you can buy it cheap then it's guaranteed to have come from a sweat shop.

You can see the sort of stuff I make on my blog. There are plenty of photos so you can skim through without having to read the boring stuff.

For this blanket, I had to crochet every individual hexagon (295 of the bastard things), iron them, then hand sew them together and crochet a border around the whole thing. There's no one who would pay for that amount of my time.

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This shawl took about a month and it pins out to the width of a double bed. It's pure cashmere and I wouldn't sell it for all the toffee in the world.

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But the yarn for that shawl cost me less than £20 and it kept me entertained for a month, so it's a pretty good value hobby. I'm lucky enough to be surrounded by people who want the stuff I've made, so monetarily at least I have very cheap crimbos. I only make stuff as gifts. That way I get to decide what I make, when I make it and I don't have to put up with people's stupid requests and pattern changes.
 
sparkchaser said:
Do you think it's worth it? I mean material wise.
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It's probably only about £10-20 of wool, and it's probably decent wool. There's the pattern writer and the knitter to be paid as well as the shop taking their cut. Without having the yarn in front of me to squeeze I can't really say what sort of yarn it is. Different breeds make different wool and it can be soft or itchy or you can get both sorts from the same breed depending on where in the fleece you take it from. I've not worked with Icelandic wool and I don't know what breed of sheep that refers to.
 
Wow Litany! Both items are absolutely drop-dead gorgeous:flowers:

The thing to remember about handcrafted items is that the value lies as much in the time (and often, tears) involved, as in the cost of the materieals-often more, much more. The crafter obviously loves his/her craft, or they woulld find other creative avenues, but coming up with a monetary value on such a work of love is often difficult. Add in the sheer frustration of 'muggles' offering/demanding 'one just like it, but red, white, and blue'...or "If I give you five dollars, can you make me one just like that?"..and you can see how a crafter might get a little testy:whistling:


OTH-the hat up above IS fun, and while my own skills are still wobbly at best, I'm sure Litany could whip one up in no time!
 
Litany said:
Most people wouldn't. There are too many sweat shop imports for people to appreciate how much time things actually take to make. If it's just a plain knit then it will have been made on a machine, but there's an increase in the popularity of crocheted stuff and there are no machines for making that. It has to be made by hand, so if you can buy it cheap then it's guaranteed to have come from a sweat shop.

You can see the sort of stuff I make on my blog. There are plenty of photos so you can skim through without having to read the boring stuff.

For this blanket, I had to crochet every individual hexagon (295 of the bastard things), iron them, then hand sew them together and crochet a border around the whole thing. There's no one who would pay for that amount of my time.

patchwork3.jpg


This shawl took about a month and it pins out to the width of a double bed. It's pure cashmere and I wouldn't sell it for all the toffee in the world.

ffwheel.jpg


But the yarn for that shawl cost me less than £20 and it kept me entertained for a month, so it's a pretty good value hobby. I'm lucky enough to be surrounded by people who want the stuff I've made, so monetarily at least I have very cheap crimbos. I only make stuff as gifts. That way I get to decide what I make, when I make it and I don't have to put up with people's stupid requests and pattern changes.
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In Greece there are mothers that pay other women to make bedspreads and like the second one of your pictures for thier daughters dowry. It is ALOT of work, done a few myself, you really have to love it. Nice job Litany.
 
Litany said:
It's probably only about £10-20 of wool, and it's probably decent wool. There's the pattern writer and the knitter to be paid as well as the shop taking their cut. Without having the yarn in front of me to squeeze I can't really say what sort of yarn it is. Different breeds make different wool and it can be soft or itchy or you can get both sorts from the same breed depending on where in the fleece you take it from. I've not worked with Icelandic wool and I don't know what breed of sheep that refers to.
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Thanks. I need to start saving up for one. Hehehe
 
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