Selling My Creations

So I have now quite a collection ready to launch my online and craft fair selling. I have a logo designed, tags ordered and ready to go.
So where do you sell? I have a website www.thanco.weebly.com under construction from which I will sell. I will soon be opening www.etsy.com, www.folksy.com and www.misi.com shops. I will also be involved in stalls and craft fairs throughout Cheshire. So how will people know of me? Well there are a lots of ways now of getting yourself 'out there' such as Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, You Tube, Blogging and more, all of which I will explore. So there is still a lot of work to do yet but very exciting!

Starting out and finding your feet

So you've bought your first hook, your ball of wool and you're ready to go, so where do you find your patterns?
Well I bought the books, read the internet and watched the videos. I then started to find my own comfort - the way I liked to learn, the size of needle and wool and what I liked to create. I found watching videos on YouTube best, as reading the information could sometimes be confusing if you don't know the terminology correctly or if you don't know the origin of the material as the UK and USA have the same terminology for crochet, but they actually mean different things. I quite quickly realised that hats where more difficult than a scarf say as it requires counting and markers. I also realised that until you are comfortable and found your tension, something that's a pair, handwarmers for instant, may dishearten you as you may create a pair that aren't the same size.
You will, however, settle in and find your tension pretty quick.