Do you have a dream of becoming a self-employed crocheter? Are you unsure of how and where to start?
Then continue reading!

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I’ve been self-employed for almost 16 months. I spent years before going full time just spending time practising my skills, posting to Instagram and sketching. But it took me 8-9 months from when I decided to go self-employed to being able to live off my income.

1. Crochet every day or as often as you can

Spend your free time crocheting, experimenting, practising and honing your skills, read books and magazines, go online, take photos of your process and finished products.

2. Have a savings account or a part time job on the side.

This way you can focus most of your time on your business but still make sure you get money to pay your bills.

3. Research the crochet market

What are other crocheters doing? What are they’re prices and who are their customers? What do they post on social media?

4. Use social media.

We’re so lucky we have social media to spread our message across continents. Use hashtag to describe what kind of work you do, follow and interact with other crocheters in the same field as yours and post consistently.

5. Define your brand.

How are you working – what’s your inspiration, what kind of work do you like to do in that field?

6. Work with other people.

Find other people in the same field as you or someone who you feel you can work with to help each other get more customers or just get your name out there.

7. Hang up flyers at your local library or reach out to a local newspaper.

You can try and get your name out there in your town or local area.

8. Continue to do what you love.

Even though you are not making any money it will happen for you eventually. It doesn’t mean that you have to break yourself and work 70 hours a week to reach that goal. It takes time and hard work but remember to stay true to your work and take breaks as well so you don’t wear yourself out.

9. Cut down your expenses

The fastest way to make a living from crocheting is to cut down all unnecessary expenses. The less bills to pay the less you need to earn to make a living.

Ideas on how to earn money on your crochet:

– start a youtube channel
– make an online or in-person crochet course
– post videos to Youtube, photos to Instagram
– crochet online or in person
– write an e-book, patterns or sell video tutorials
– start a blog where you share your knowledge
– sell your ready made or custom made products