A First Taste of Entrepreneurship

Late last night I posted a photo of my Slytherin scarf in progress on Facebook

The caption said "I've missed knitting"

When I woke up early this morning, I had three requests. This really gives me hope that I can actually earn money doing this. Will I be paid less than a homeless man? Yes, but that's alright.I knit because it's soothing and I love it. A lot of people complain because I'm robbing people who try to earn an hourly wage crafting. I think of it more in terms of a farmer. The amount of time put in to tilling and prepping the soil, planting the seeds, removing the weeds, fertilizing, dealing with bugs, and harvesting essentially means that when you're paying a few dollars for some carrots at the farmers' market, they too aren't really earning a livable hourly wage - depending on the affluence of the shoppers.

Sometimes I feel a bit guilty, as though I'm robbing those other people, but I want to earn money. I'm charging the same as the average Etsy seller. Fairness and profit don't usually go together.