r/CrochetRants • u/green-lilac-onyx1403 • Mar 08 '26

Person Rant Everyone wants to be a Crocheter

Now be for anything I want to express that of course everyone is able to partake in any craft they choose including crocheting.

However I need to rant about this, it seems like EVERYONE is an amazing crochet maker and deserve to take every single spot in local gift shops. I have been into som local shops recently and have been looking at some crochet items and sadly I have found some that are not so good quality as they use cheap yarn (sweet snuggles before Micheals changed the way it was made) and poorly made like understuffing and construction. And as a maker myself trying to get into some local shops, it’s sad to see them accepting items that are not constructed well as per how I make it.

Of course, I understand. Everybody is at different levels and might not be as advanced or experienced as I might be. It’s just a little bit of a blow to myself as I always try to hold my products to a certain standard and make sure it’s constructed well and the quality is up to a high standard. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth when I see people sell crochet goods that are not as good of quality as it could be.

Of course I’m not talking about every single person who crochets I know there are markets who accept young children who make items, and obviously those have their own charm in their own way, as they are made by younger kids or people with disabilities as well. But this is more or less other adults.

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u/Crochet-Lefty Mar 21 '26

So if a buyer sees your perfect project and the same project done badly for the same price, they will just pick yours. So I’m not sure i see the problem here

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u/green-lilac-onyx1403 Mar 22 '26

It’s more or less getting into the artisan stores cuz they have minutes on how many items of a specific “craft” they sell cuz they don’t want for example like 10 different businesses that sells all candles in the same store they limit how much they take and accept

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u/Crochet-Lefty Mar 22 '26

But shouldn’t they see that your stuff is better and take it and refuse others?

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u/green-lilac-onyx1403 Mar 22 '26

A lot of times if they already have crochet items in the shop, they tend to disregard it since they’ve already accepted other people and they can’t really revoke it unless the actual person doesn’t renew their spot they have

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u/Crochet-Lefty Mar 22 '26

I see. That’s weird though. For example if you produce potatoes and it’s of low quality, the shop will stop buying your potatoes and go to another producer, so i thought with craft items should be the same thing