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i started selling craft about 8 years ago (until then i had been a visual artist (painter), teacher, barrista, spca worker etc.etc.). i have been full-time at my craft for 4 years. what i do is constantly changing. i started out with fabric "quilts" - covers and pillows. then i started rug hooking. to make enough product to support myself and the shops i was selling through, i went back to painting but this time "practical" objects - mailboxes etc. i always knit and was knitting baby clothes and started sewing children's clothes from vintage fabrics (especially reclaimed chenille bedspreads). last winter i started knitting scarves. that led to my need to learn how to spin (i couldn't afford to buy the yarn i wanted to use and then sell the product). so now i'm just spinning and knitting. every once in a while my past comes back and i get an order like this one (18 small hooked mat ornaments and 18 painted wooden magnet/ornaments) and i do it...