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How long did this take for you to make?
this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2026
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Because I was making the pattern up and i had some health problems where i didn't feel like crocheting for like a month in the middle, I'm not sure. I'm planning to make another one to take pictures of the process. I'll try to get a time on it when I do, but it should take less than an hour
And how much does it cost you to make these?
I'm not sure? Probably less than $1
I think you could make a living of this. If you can crank out 160 of them a month, which is roughly 8 per day, I think you could sell these for $20 each. $19 profit if you do it all yourself. Just gotta make it trend on whatever social media. Eventually the orders will drastically outpace your production, but financially I don't see the business as being profitable if it tries to scale to demand. It is absolutely a small business, but I think as a 1 person business it's a viable highly profitable business.
That would be amazing, but I'm not very good at the whole social media thing :'c I'm trying to figure out how to sell them just to make a little extra income since I'm not really able to work. I haven't gotten much engagement on the Instagram posts I've made. I'm thinking about getting a booth at a local flea market or something. I'm also typing up the patterns as I make them and thinking about selling those on Etsy or somewhere? I don't know. I don't really have anything concrete
orbtastic!
Nice!
Thank you! I'll send you the pattern once I get it typed up?
Perfect!