Check-In Post - October 12th 2024

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question: What piece of advice would you give someone interested in trying your favourite craft?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[m_findlow]

Such a shame. The craft markets of days gone by seem to be just that.
I took Mum to one last year which was our local council monthly and almost all the "craft" stalls were just selling cheap imported jewellery. Very little was made by hand. Even the stalls that used to sell cards and soaps were gone. There were maybe one or two knitted item stalls with a very small offering.
Maybe it's the cost to hire a stall or the poor margins, or maybe people just don't fancy the handmade stuff any more. Sad either way. :(

[badly_knitted]

Probably the cost balanced against how much they're likely to sell. My local council charges the earth for everything, we have so many shops empty on the high street because rent and rates are so high. We've lost some of the most popular stores both during and after the pandemic.

The two jewellery stores were both selling handmade things, and the crochet stall many of the designs were her own, so that was good to see. It is sad that such markets seem to be fading away.