My story
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Gloves Galore
Oh my goodness. How many pairs of gloves have I knitted? Trust me as I type this it feels like too many. Best estimate is around 250 pairs. This is over the course of a few years. Gloves people? Please can we move over to hats for a while? Just not scarves. They take forever!
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Delivering the Goods
Why is the delivering of our creations now such a source of stress? Do we as small traders not have enough to worry about with out adding this? A service which is actually outside of our control. We pay for the service. The service provider fails and we get our asses kicked. Personally, I can’t
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Difficult times ahead.
I fear we are all facing difficult times. People that I have had the pleasure of meeting whilst running Grans are all saying the same things. Sales are down! Profits are being squeezed. Why? Materials are getting more expensive. Overheads are going up but what is worrying me more is the flood of cheap, second
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Being your own harshest critic
I know it. Every crafty person I know or speak to knows it. We are our own harshest critic. Why? We craft because we like to create. Usually it starts by us gifting our creations because we want to give something special and unique. Then people suggest we should sell. I don’t know about you