Answering your Questions | Small Crochet Business | Studio Vlog |

Hi Everyone, it's time to answer all the questions you left for me on Instagram and on my last YouTube video.
Below are the questions:
1. What is the top 3 cost/time saving tips you've learnt?
2. how do you avoid hand or back pain after crocheting so much in a few days/weeks.
3. Do you ever have a little brain rest, seeing designing all the time?
4. Top 5 items you’d want to crochet in the future?
5. Top 5 items you don’t enjoy crocheting?
6. How do you know how many items in inventory is good enough to open my shop?
7. When you opened your shop, how many followers did you have on IG? Does that really matter?
8. What platform worth selling patterns, Esty or personal blog? I need a piece of advice.
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9. Any tips for neat yuyu stitches to make them look squarish?
10. How you calculate and price your amigurumi patterns?
11. How you market your product on social media at first till now? Do you create any schedule?
12. May I please be one of your testers?
13. How many hours do you work on your business and how do you manage your time?
14. What programs do you use to design/edit your patterns? They’re very pretty.
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15. How do you maintain your love/enjoyment for crochet after making it your job? So many people lose that spark when they monetize their hobbies, but you still seem so passionate and happy about your art!
16. What size hook do you use on your projects?
17. Do you struggle with motivation to type patterns?
18. How do you start a crochet business? I’m 14 and fun fact my name is Emi.
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19. What is your goal for the future?
20. Where do you get your packaging materials? It looks so good!
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21. It can be up to a year until you can reveal designs and stuff? That seems like a long time! Can you tell us about the process that goes on behind the scenes with these collabs?
22. Do you ever get burnt out from crocheting amigurumi?
23. Have you done other crocheted items like blankets or wearables?
24. How did you and your husband meet - does he crochet, or have you attempted to teach him?
25. Do you have any alternatives for people like me who want to design patterns but we’re not given the ability to draw? How can we make sketches using other tools besides drawing it out?
26. I’m curious about your design process…I’m curious about where you get your inspiration, and how you go about creating, from where the idea for the toy comes from in the first place, right up to making that idea a physical toy in your hand?
27. How did you get into making and designing amigurumi, what or who inspired you the most in your craft to bring your lovely creations to what they are today?
28. Can you tell us where in your home you crochet?
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29. How you keep your hands from cramping up while crocheting. Do you take breaks during your crochet sessions?
30. Do you have a long-term plan or vision, like a 10-year (+) plan of where you want your business to be?

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