Knitting, if done right, soothes the nerves and improves mood. Craftsmen with great experience often wonder whether it is possible to turn their favorite occupation into work. You need to think a hundred times before taking on this difficult task.
Instructions
Step 1
I like it - I don't like it. It should always be remembered that the finished product may not please the customer. And it doesn't matter that all the details were discussed. In the end: wasted time, unpaid work.
Step 2
Fees. For some reason, it happened so: people love hand-made, but do not like to pay for it. Every now and then you hear: “So much work! So much time! I can't do that! They estimate something right, but this rarely makes you want to fork out. Please note that you have to negotiate on the shore, otherwise you again run the risk of being left without money.
Step 3
I spend a lot of time, but I don't get much. If you take into account the wishes of customers regarding the payment of your labor, that is, reduce the prices for your work, it turns out that you work almost for free. The client pays for the yarn, which already translates into an impressive amount, if, for example, a sweater is knitted to order. What's next? In an amicable way, set the price based on the hours spent, and set the price per hour according to the difficulty. If you try to calculate the figure of your estimated fee, it will be scary to call it to the customer, because it will come out large. As a result: work hard, and for breakfast, bread without butter.
Step 4
Waiting time for a finished order. Here you have taken an order, for example, for an openwork napkin. They promised to complete it within two days. When another order arrives at this time, nothing bad will happen, the second client can wait a couple of days. But what if in the first case they order not a napkin, but a tablecloth? How long will the second client wait? As a result, he may change his mind because of your busyness and unwillingness to urgently start the task.
Step 5
No orders. Some craftsmen attach their creations to stores, where products are added to the price above the established one. This is a good decision, because many people will see the work in the window, which will increase its chances of finding an owner. The finished products can be published in specialized groups of social networks or on your page. Here, success will depend on the popularity of the page / group. If you want to make knitting your only income, it won't be easy without orders.
Step 6
With a regular flow of orders, you will not have time to create for yourself. Watching how others come up with different things, ask to decorate in a special way, you will undoubtedly have “I want the same” or a fantasy in the direction of “I would have done wrong to myself” and ideas will fill you.
