Crochet Market Vlog 🦞 Results & shenanigans 
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- In this market vlog we have a little of everything - crochet, hail, a baby saying POOP, small business drama 👀
This was my 5th ever market and even though it wasn’t the busiest market I’ve been to, I’m not mad at my results!
How did you like the ending? Was it cringe? I had a good time 😂
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I’m from Deep South Texas and I’ve done 11 markets in 6 months and I gotta say more than 80% are resellers of mass produced items ☹️ but I feel as a crocheter that makes everything handmade I get so many compliments and I really feel the appreciation of my craft.
Holy moly, that’s a lot of markets and a LOT of mass produced sellers. I’m so glad your work is being appreciated! You must do good work and I bet it’s refreshing to see something handmade
@@CatCakeCrochet yes! I might have a market addiction problem 😅
Hey that’s my face 😂 I always love when that happens. Thanks for the shout out. I’m glad you like my cactuses. I hope you make some!
I wondered if that other crocheter was buying that stuff from temu or something. I wasn’t gonna say it but I see others in the comments speculating. They maybe do make them but dang she had a lot!
I hate going to markets with only resellers. Much prefer handmade. I wish places would do handmade only.
Man I would hate to jump to conclusions but other people are saying they’ve run into that same scenario. If I ever see the vendor at another event I will make sure to ask if the items are made by her. I just assumed they were and was giving her a ton of compliments lol
omg im obsessed with the pink cactus it was very creative of you to use the textured yarn to make it look like little cactus needles ! 😊
Thank you! I got the idea from a book I checked out at the library, such a cool effect!
I give my daughters one of the plushies I’ve made for them and their own crochet hooks. They also sometimes hold my hooks and I put my hand on top of theirs and they “help” me crochet. One of them also is really into helping me stuff my plushies. They are 20 months!
That’s so sweet!! Maybe I need to follow in your footsteps, my daughter likes to pretend to put on makeup when I’m getting ready in the morning so maybe crocheting can be another activity we do together ♥️ thank you for commenting!
omg I saw your comment about the temu resellers on someone else's vlog, and came to see for myself :) thanks for the podcast plug!
Thank you! 👀So what’s your opinion, do you think the seller I showed in this video is reselling crocheted items?
50:31 are you sure that crochet booth wasn’t reselling? At those prices and wondering how she was able to crochet so very many?
Do you think so? I took a photo of my banana keychain and reversed image searched it but I don’t see anything coming up exactly like it. I didn’t ask her if she made any of the items herself so maybe 🤔
Yeah, I am wondering too if she made those items herself.
Aloha from Hawaii 🌴 It depends on the promoter. Here in Hawaii alot of fairs are handmade only. You have to show them,what you're selling. Than you get approved. Personally if i go to a craft fair i ONLY buy handmade.
That sounds lovely, I’ve always been someone who goes to craft fairs, but I definitely think that having my own crochet booth has given me more of appreciation for handmade goods
Hello from Finland ❤ I love watching your videos and I must say I've been wondering why on earth those orange flowers haven't flown off the table already!! They're absolutely beautiful, if I lived any closer i'd buy those lol. Please keep making videos, these are my favorite content to watch while knitting or crocheting
Most craft fairs state in their vendor registration whether or not the products are to be handmade. You are doing great and always try to stay positive. 🥰
I’m always so impressed by your creativity and generous spirit. That banana keychain would have taken me at least two hours to do. I have no idea how she can make so many, and I would have also bought one!
I was wondering, would share how long your lavenders are? Mine are 12 inches and keep falling out of a variety of vases.
I love that you are standing firm on a reasonable price and that some things just take too long to be marketable.
The stems are 16 inches long and the flower portion on mine is 9 inches. Are they falling out because the stem is thin so they’re floppy?
I rave about these thick stems I love from Amazon, they’re sturdy but you can still bend them. On some of the bouquets I cut the stems to make the flowers have different heights and I tell customers they can use wire cutters to trim the stem and then hot glue or superglue the yarn down.
These are the stems I use (the link is associated with an Amazon storefront I am working on so please feel free to close the window and search the stems again if that makes you uncomfortable)
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I am new and wish I had known about sooner! You are an amazing crocheting!❤
Found your channel and truly enjoying it.. BINGE WATCHING ❤😊🎉
Hey there from just north of Edmonton Alberta. I run a market in Edmonton and I always check the vendors products before letting them into the event to make sure that they have less than 20% is not handmade. As a crochet I refuse to do markets that allow mass produced or resellers or MLMS.
I like that rule! It’s hard to price your items correctly when the person next to you is selling manufactured goods for a lot less 😵💫
I also love having flowers at all of my markets. And I do $10 each or buy 4 get 1 free. I only do simple flowers so it’s worth it. I do sunflowers (smaller version), lavender, rose, carnations, forget me nots, daisies, and tulips. I’ve made a bunch right when I picked up crocheting again and I haven’t sold them all yet, but I find that this new pricing has been working well for me! I Definitely understand not making the more difficult flowers with lots of pieces because it’s definitely not worth it!
Thank you for the suggestion! I like the idea of making them all the same price, I definitely need to explore other flower patterns to see what I like the best
I'm so impressed with what you get done with your girl home alle the time! You are way more produktive than me, and my 2,5 year old is in daycare and i'm home alle day (but pregnant and stressed out) but you are such an inspiration! 🎉
I personally find it unfair to have resellers at craft markets, it could take sales away from people who actually make their own products :o
Definitely feels like they should change the name from craft fair to “outdoor market” if not everything is handcrafted 🤔
I was like hey that's me lol
Awww not the sleep regression, sending you hugs to get through it❤ always love your setup!
I’ve sold at strictly crafters shows but also I’ve sold at shows that were open to all vendors. It depends on the regulations of the event sponsors. If there are booths unclaimed by crafters, some promoters will allow in non craft vendors. It’s never really affected my sales but I love the strictly crafters shows best. I think you are doing great!
Ohhhh maybe that’s what happened, maybe there wasn’t enough hand crafted vendors. Thank you for your kind words!
Yes, I think you’ll be able to stand out more if you have 100% handmade items! people were so shocked that they could take a look around at my table and appreciate that every single item is handmade. Because I think they know that not everything is handmade at the other booths, if that is the case. Experienced craft show goers might be able to tell the difference a little more than newer people. But we aren’t knocking everybody who’s trying to run their own small business. I think it becomes questionable if people are marketing as handmade and it’s really not..
My guess was that the lobsters were a Friends reference. But, Stephen King is super cool too. Now I have a new podcast to check out. :)
I’ve done a few craft shows with my jewelry. I make bead woven jewelry and I’ve picked up crochet just this year. Our craft shows here in west Michigan are only hand crafted items. The contracts are very clear on that point. I’ve seen show organizers walkup to a booth and tell them they have to put away their imported /factory made items. They then go around to the other vendors and apologize and tell them that vendor will not be invited back. I already have anxiety and conflict like that sets me on edge. I guess I don’t understand why people can’t follow rules. Oh well. Also. Good point about buying used yarn. You never know if it will smell like cigarettes or a gross basement.
Try the tulip pattern, it’s super simple and works up quickly :)
Girl you literally made me laugh out loud with that ending 🤣
Also I think it’s normal to be frustrated when people are selling mass produced stuff at a handmade market. I don’t care so much about cool clothing or just like unique stuff. But MLM’s and just big ole reseller booths that you can feel the lack of passion and creativity I don’t particularly like seeing at craft fairs as a vendor or a shopper. I think there’s a place for everyone but handmade markets should be just that, handmade. And I’ve attended many markets that wouldn’t allow anyone to sell non handmade items with their handmade items. So you couldn’t do both. Every market is different, every coordinator is different and runs things differently. I just feel like you never really know what you’re gonna get or what is normal and not normal lol. Ultimately it’s the organizers job to say what can and can’t be sold but if I was running a handmade market I would for sure make it a rule you have to only sell handmade items and it would be juried and no similar booths would be anywhere near each other. That’s just because I know what it feels like to be a vendor myself but many coordinators do not.
LOL I’m glad it made you laugh, I felt so cool pretending to be you 😎
I definitely don’t remember seeing a ton of MLMs or the carnival toy people at this craft fair before, now that I think back on it, I feel bad for the other vendor, and I kind of wish that I had spoken up with them. They were just trying to get support to go talk to the coordinator and I was too chicken ☹️
Im going to start making flowers. Can you tell me what color and what kind of yarn you use. Thank you so much...❤❤❤
Can you please send me a link for the Steven king podcasts. That sounds so fun.
My son is almost 2 and what I've done since he started showing an interest in my yarn and hooks is give him my 20mm hook and a skein of big fluffy blanket yarn and let him sit down and "crochet" with me. Each time I give him the same hook and same yarn (ones I don't use much or I'm not worried he's gonna mess it up or anything because it's so big). It helps a lot but sometimes he does still try and "crochet" what I'm working on lol I just have to tell him to make me something with his instead.
I gonna try this! I think I have a huge hook lying around too 😂 thank you for sharing
@@CatCakeCrochet no problem hope it helps
I love your videos, I found a gorgeous carnation tutorial by Naztasia on YT, just in time for Mother's day, and I made my mom a bouquet of roses and carnations to go with her gift, she loved them ❤😊
Ooooo thank you! I’ll look it up, I haven’t tried carnations yet! What a beautiful gift 😄
the bernat tadpole, you didn't know what color it was, its "smoky green" ❤
I wonder why the other crochet booth was put so close to yours but maybe because of the weather and moving to Sunday they just had to do the best they could with filling the spot.
The stingrays are lovely to make and I find that a parent will pick up another smaller item for their children who didn't attend the markets (keeping the peace )
Thanks for mentioning the sunflower video, I really want to make flowers but haven't had any luck with doing it yet but going to start off with lavender and my big goal for flowers is to make the yellow-purple Lilly from a Disney Rapunzel movie I think (god I'm so old I don't keep up with the fairytales anymore)
How cool! Your flower will turn out great! I think the pattern I used to make my lillies is also by Hookok! I like their tutorials a lot. Yes I’m not sure why the other booth was put so close to me, the two manufactured plushie resellers were near each other too
I love the chubby toad!!! Would you mind sharing the pattern?
It’s the pocket frog pattern listed in the description, I just use Bernat it came out enormous 😂
Mainer here!😂 Super cute lobsters!!
They’re so fun! If I make them again I will use a smaller hook because they were enormous 😂
@@CatCakeCrochet they were just about life sized. Hahaha
Omg I’ve been looking for that yarn 😭 😭 😭 (the bernat one you got on clearance at Joann without the tag)
It’s discontinued 😩😩😩💔💔💔
😮 do you think it was discontinued because it smells a little weird? If you pay for shipping I could mail it to you? I never ended up making anything with it
I’ve been having issues with venders selling temu and Aliexpress crochet and selling them way cheaper and people compare my price to theres, frustrating but like people who crochet will gravitate towards more unique designs. It just makes prepping for markets harder bc you have to create or find patterns that are more complicated to make.
Oh my gosh that’s awful! What a scummy person you have to be to pass off handmade items as your own
I need to find a good lobster pattern, I'm afraid of the one you made though cus of all the wiggly parts 🤣 my booth is gonna look just like yours eventually cus I borrow allot of your pattern suggestions and thank you for following me back on Instagram 💕
😂😂 I can’t wait to see your booth! It really warms my heart that you are getting good suggestions from me because half the time I’m just winging it 🤪
@@CatCakeCrochet we're gonna be like that Spider-Man meme pointing at each other🤣🤣🤣 I'm already thinking ...stamp???? 🤔🤔🤔🤔😂😂
Melly inspired crochet reviewed a free lobster pattern on a recent vlog :)
@@MoniqueinCanada thanks
Hi! Do you use the dollar tree yarn for any patterns in particular other than accent pieces? I find that they are much thinner and I’m not 100% sure what to do with it yet
I haven’t recently but I really liked the dollar tree yarn for this little bird pattern,
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But it was putting them in Easter eggs so I needed them to be small lol. That pattern is perfect for the little bird on a swing car hangers though!
How much yarn did the lobsters use? Thank you!!
I believe for the two lobsters they used at least one whole skein, but I’m not 100% certain because I used part of a half used skein and half of a brand new one.
If you try the pattern I forgot to mention in the video that the instructions do not not to keep the claws positioned so the smaller portion is facing inward (towards the lobsters head) and I had to go back and redo part of the arm because I had 2 claws facing outwards lol
Love the name cat cake and the story zIm 84 and listen to you while i crochet or do other crafts I'm so impressed it you younger women that have donated your time to crafts rather than TV or phone Lovely to see things that you have made and confident tosell your items You inspired me to learn to make flowers Only problem is i keep making them have a tote filled zLucky i have 9 children and 30 grandchildren They always shop at my craft room
11:53 wonder if your baby’s aggression towards your crochet is showing how she really feels about you leaving her ❤ try explaining why you are doing what you do - it’s hardest when she’s an only child too - she relies on you so much.
That’s a good idea, we talk so much all day long but I don’t always remember that I need to be explaining what I’m doing while I’m doing it
Just a tip on used yarn. If you put the skein/ball inside a nylon sock ( tie it closed) you can wash & dry according to the care instructions without it getting knotted or unraveled.
My son was about 18 months or so when I started crocheting, he was always getting into my yarn and hooks so finally I took him to the craft store and made a big deal about getting him a hook and when we got home I gave him a small stretch of yarn with a few chains on it and he would sit on the couch next to me and “crochet” while I crocheted. After a few times it lost its magic to him. Now he will occasionally ask if he can crochet with me but I think now as long as he gets something every so often he’s happy 🤪
This is some good advice!! I asked my daughter if she wanted to help stuff a plushie I was making and she had a fun time putting the stuffing in and then finding random things around the house to shove in too lol I’m going to give her her own hook and yarn too 😄