I said I would be happy to do that and told her the price would be $10
She wrote back and told me a sad story of how she realised $10 'wasn't very much' BUT she was very poor, her wedding was on November 30th, she had a lot of bills, didn't know if she would have enough money yada yada yada......
I wrote this back
The things I make are one offs and works of creative
art. I have to pay for the materials used. Check out my facebook page and look
at the pictures of my work - it isn't the fact that $10 isn't much - but that
you think my work is not worth paying for - go and buy something from Target and
see how much they charge for a mass produced article. If I could afford to give
them to you for nothing, I wouldn't be putting a price on them, would I
?
Well, she replied - a blistering message, calling me stingy, and unfeeling, that I was 'up myself'' that she never criticised my work (did I say she did?) and that I could stick the hat and booties where the sun doesn't shine......( well not in so many words , but you get my drift)
This sort of thing makes so angry - I had another woman last year ask me if I would make a Queen Size Wool Eater Blanket in pure wool - when I told her it would cost her over $200 ( I was not charging the full price) she was so astounded, she said she thought it would be about $20.00 !!!!! Twenty dollars????????? for a Queen size blanket with about 10 or more kilos of yarn in it????
Where do people get this mad idea that knitting and crochet is worth nothing??
I am so mad at this idiotic woman I could SPIT!!!
Rant over - back to some nice soothing knitting and cup of lemon and ginger tea......
5 comments:
We'll said Yvette -I totally agree with you.
Thanks Dorothy - it is so prevalent nowadays - hand made is so looked down upon by a lot of people....
Hi Yvette,
That sort of comment from some people does not surprise me....I've had things like that happen to me too. $10 is not a lot of money and as we knitter's and crafter's know....you don't always get paid as much as you should considering the time things take to make. As for the queen size blanket...$20...that one is from Mars I think. lol.
Cheers, Anita.
Oh Yvette, it has happened to me so many times.Just be comforted by the fact that, we know you are an amazingly talented, and charitable lady xx.
That was so rude of them. Purhaps they should learn to knot themselves. My sisters and I started knitting and embroidery at aged five. Isn’t it great that the younger generations are showing an interest now. I have been searching for a banana bed sock pattern and a long tailed pixi hat with a pompon on the end. Have you seen a pattern like this??.
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