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What's an innocent misconception about your hobby/profession that drives you up the wall? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by TealKat@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

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Like for example, how someone thinks because you work in IT you can fix their TV, or how if you're into music you must be able to play any random instrument.

I just like hearing pros rant about about their very niche problems.

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[–] HandsHurtLoL@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm at an advanced level of knitting and crochet. I wear a lot of the things I knit to work and I decorate my office with my crochet.

Almost every single person I met has uttered to me, "This is so good! You should sell these." They assume that 1) I would ever do this for a profit motive and 2) that anyone would even buy my work at the price point I establish.

I just recently finished a sweater vest (link in my profile) that used 8 yarns. The cost of just materials was close to $350. And then I also time my projects, which for torso pieces for me are never fewer than 100 hours. The sweater vest ended up being just shy of 184 hours. So once you consider the cost of labor and expertise, this sweater vest is worth over $2,700 at even minimum wage for the area I live in.

There's absolutely no way I would consider selling my work!

[–] eamus_catuli_@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ol’ yarn arts dilemma - why buy a thing when I can make one for 10x the cost??

[–] HandsHurtLoL@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

🤣🤣 So you get it.