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Crafts

MissMillie

(39,053 posts) Fri Jan 31, 2014, 01:33 PM Jan 2014

"No, you cannot pay me to make you a blanket" [View all]

People always seem surprised when I turn down money to crochet them a blanket.

I'm flattered that they like my work.

I had more than 100 hour into the last blanket I made. Even if I thought my time were as worthless as $3/hr, I'd have to charge $300 or more for the blanket.

I have yet to find anyone willing to pay that kind of money.

I make blanket for people that I care about--and I give them as gifts.

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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