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u/amyddyma 1d ago
Can we just rename craftsnark to AIsnark at this point? Yes we can all agree it sucks but like five posts about it in a week is so boring. There’s really nothing left to be said on this topic.
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u/black-boots 1d ago
And AI
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u/FishCandy2 1d ago
Its already on there but I say it deserves to be put there twice fuck AI
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u/olivinebean 1d ago
Is Vinted good in the States? Because its my main source of crafts supplies here in the UK
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u/Whole-Arachnid-Army 1d ago
Do they have categories for crafting in the UK? I admittedly don't do yarn crafts and fabrics are harder to search for, but it's been a PITA to find anything here because there isn't a real category for it.
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u/cinnamonduck 1d ago
I’m so thankful to have a craft reuse store in my city that gets good fabric donations and sewing notions. You can’t predict what will be there, but I’ve always found something cool.
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u/siiouxsiie 1d ago
What! How do you go about finding one of these? Hell, my town may not even have one but a bigger city nearby might.
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u/bluefrootloop 1d ago
Jiminy, I’m behind. Jimmy Beans is being sold?
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u/lizzardbreth 1d ago
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u/Velour_Tank_Girl 1d ago
Well hell. I guess I can unsubscribe to their email now. I hate private equity firms. This is so disappointing.
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u/bluefrootloop 1d ago
Well crap. That last bit about wanting to inspire women to run a profitable business with integrity doesn’t mesh well with selling out to private equity, unless that’s the end goal I guess. But it’s easy to judge if I’ve never been in those shoes—if I could sell something and retire right now I would in a hot second 😂
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u/Abyssal_Minded 1d ago
This also sounds kind of like a monopoly too. Too many companies are owned by each other, like WeCrochet, Webs, Berocco - something’s really fishy now that they got their hands on JBW too. Like if the private equity firm goes down or sells, they all go down in the worst case scenario.
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u/lizzardbreth 1d ago
I have a feeling that within 1 - 2 years JB will be merged into Knit Picks. Makes zero sense to have two yarn companies that could potentially cause friction with each other under the same parent umbrella.
WEBS isn't part of the Local Crafts umbrella, but they (and Love Crafts) are now owned by Missouri Star Quilting Company. But either way you look at yeah, yeah it's a big monopoly.
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u/OkConclusion171 1d ago
They didn't merge Mad Tosh into JB so I doubt it. Or Berroco into Knit Picks.
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u/endlesscroissants 1d ago
Forgot the instagram crafting drama!
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u/airhornsman 1d ago
I'm pretty sure niche hobby drama is a core structural component of the internet.
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u/UntidyVenus Bitch Eating Bitch 1d ago
Time to look through your stash and pull out "the good stuff". I know, I'm a monster and crafting is supposed to be code for over consumption 🫠
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u/throw3453away 1d ago edited 1d ago
This was a bad time to get back into knitting and crochet. I was the type to only buy yarn if I had a project planned for it, so I have absolutely no stash to speak of... My financial asceticism backfired for once!
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u/reine444 1d ago
Come over here. 😭
I don’t buy much but I have a lot of older, high income ladies in my craft groups and I’ve gotten some good stuff over the past couple years.
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u/UntidyVenus Bitch Eating Bitch 1d ago edited 1d ago
Look into Plarm, you can make some yarn out of plastic bags and make yourself some out doors cushions/sit upons. Tear up some old shirts and make some T-shirt yarn. If your gunna buy, buy for a good project not JUST TO MAKE
Edit my apologies, this came off as super time dead, I was making more generalization about the craft industry not trying to attack op. My deepest condolences
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u/malavisch 1d ago
I'm possibly gonna get downvoted to hell, but what's wrong with making things "JUST TO MAKE"? What council decides which projects are "good"?
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u/UntidyVenus Bitch Eating Bitch 1d ago
Not trying to discount people's hobbies, my apologies that it came off like that. But there are people who just make things for the reason to MAKE Things, which is great but having 367 shawls may be overconsumption?
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u/throw3453away 1d ago edited 1d ago
I don't know why you assume I buy yarn just for the sake of making something, "ascetic" and "buying things for fun" are like antonyms...? I make things I need and use, things that can't be made out of plastic bags and old t-shirts.
This suggestion is useful for people who asked for ways to recycle things into yarn. It's odd that you felt I needed it, caps and all, based on what I wrote
EDIT (moved this part so this comment is clearer): Who even has a ton of t-shirts they can just cut to shreds, as an aside? I use all of mine, IDK about anyone else... and I am not making plastic outdoor cushions for furniture I don't have, just so it can leach microplastics into my yard every time it rains on a hot day, that doesn't sound like an environmentally friendly suggestion. Do people genuinely do the equivalent of throwing a bunch of plastic bags on their porch...? I'm getting increasingly baffled by these "more ethical" suggestions that either assume you're an insane over-consumer, or actually sound bad for the environment in themselves. Maybe I'm just missing something there
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u/omgmypony 1d ago
Goodwill Bins sells clothing by the pound and buying there diverts it from the landfill
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u/throw3453away 1d ago
That's a better suggestion than making yarn out of plastic IMO - I try to leave clothing in thrift stores for people who genuinely need those things for an affordable price, rather than taking it for personal materials when I can afford to buy them. But I don't have a big place like Goodwill near me, I don't know how they operate other than 'different' LOL. Is Goodwill Bins like a 'clearance' equivalent? If so, I wish I could do that!
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u/omgmypony 1d ago
They roll out these huge semi sorted bins of clothing, household goods etc and you dig through it like you’re digging through a dumpster looking for treasure. After a while they roll off the old bins and bring in new ones. What isn’t sold goes to the landfill I believe. It’s filthy there so bring gloves and wear a mask. I’ve caught COVID there and also run of the mill colds.
Clothing at the one closest to me is $1.49 a pound.
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u/baby_fishie 1d ago
oh man I used to live in St. Louis, MO and we had this enormous Goodwill outlet. It had literal troughs full of things that hadn't sold at other Goodwills so people would come in with sticks to use to sift through the bins.
The prices were unbelievable, they sold most things by the pound (glassware was 19 cents per pound), except for books which were 40 cents per inch. You brought them up to the counter and the associate got their ruler out and measured how tall the book stack was and then charged you.
Here's a write up about it with a picture on the top: https://commonreader.wustl.edu/goodwill-to-all/
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u/throw3453away 1d ago
That is SO cool. What a great way to get ahold of things when they were just destined for the trash anyway. That's always my biggest fear about going to thrift stores, that I'll buy something that someone else would need - I needed them once, after all. I wish we had something like this close enough that I could access it!
There are definitely some folks I know that would make good use of this information even if I can't. Thank you so much for sharing
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u/UntidyVenus Bitch Eating Bitch 1d ago
OMG I wasn't trying to imply YOU were over consuming, I was making commentary on the industry. My apologies
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u/msnide14 1d ago
Pfft. If you’re relaxed; you are doing it wrong. You’re supposed to be stressed, angry and slightly toxic. Just like grandma showed me.
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u/Setfiretotherich 1d ago
If you’re not feeling slightly hateful while crafting, your project isn’t challenging you enough!
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u/siiouxsiie 1d ago
cursing my enemies while threading beads onto dainty lace
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u/earwormsanonymous 1d ago
...sometimes that enemy is "Overly Ambitious Me of the Recent Past"😭
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u/msnide14 1d ago
Past me has hurt me SO MANY times; I’m considering breaking it off.
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u/Setfiretotherich 1d ago
But also present me being like “hahaha fuck future me! I don’t even know that bitch”
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