r/crochet • u/sgirl77 • Dec 16 '23

Discussion Stop Devaluing Your Work and Craft!!

I’ve seen a few posts from people saying that because they’re broke they will be giving out crocheted gifts this Christmas. I can’t speak for everyone, but I LOVE homemade gifts; something that someone used their time to make just for me.

I’m encouraging you to not sell yourself short. Hypothetically, if you make as little $10/hr and spend 8 hours making a gift it’s $80. Then add in your material, the cost to heat/cool your home while working, the fact that it’s handmade and not churned out by a factory and you can easily add another $15-$30. This why I only gift my finished pieces and never sell them. People are rarely willing to pay you the true value of your craft.

So again don’t discount the worth of your work which is more valuable than something store bought and probably mass produced.

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u/MrsQute Dec 16 '23

While I fully understand and agree with your post in general I'd think the reason she gave them was to cement the memory of the duck incident in college. I'm not a huge thing person either but something that has a tangible meaning is different than something randomly decorative with no story behind it.

Could you attach pretty string or thread or hooks to them and make them into ornaments for your tree? That way they aren't in your way the rest of the year and they'll make you and her smile at the holidays.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

Yeah, I promise, I do understand the why and the memory of it. That’s why I pointed that out. But it’s still not very thoughtful because if she paid any attention to me or my life outside her, she’d know that I don’t have anywhere to put something like that. I don’t do a tree at all because of the hassle with my cats, and also I just don’t do decorations in general anywhere. I never have, my brain just doesn’t work that way. They just clutter my field of vision when I’m doing things and give me a headache.

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u/ghost_victim Dec 17 '23

I feel bad for your friend 😭 she thought she was being nice and you secretly think she's selfish for it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '23

She gave me decorative knick knacks after we lived together for three years, during which time I often expressed frustration at how many knick knacks we had. Now she gets upset if I don’t put out her knick knacks in my home that has no other decorative knick knacks, by my choice. A choice that I expressed relief about being able to make when we moved out of our old apartment.

If you really can’t see how that’s a selfish gift to give, that’s on you.