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06-14-2021 09:05 PM
06-14-2021 11:10 PM - edited 06-14-2021 11:14 PM
Remember the granny square crop tops? I had one. And I loved it. It didn't stretch because it was made from acrylic.
eta I wore a strapless bra with it or as a vest. Because it has holes in it, you know.
06-15-2021 07:07 AM
Where is ALTRARIBA (sp?). Those tops would be so easy to make - and so cheap to make! Once, in my youth, I crocheted myself a 2-pc bathing suit (it was lined). Couldn't wear it in the water... but it was cute! Also made a few crocheted tank tops. Just make 2 very large granny squares and add shoulder straps.
$245?? boggles the mind.
06-15-2021 09:18 AM
Yes, easy to make (if you know how to crochet) and depending on the type of yarn - could be expensive or inexpensive.
A good cotton yarn could cost more than $50 per ball/skein/cake. Maybe 2 balls per tank.
And - hand crocheted - even at a minimum wage hourly rate?
Just as an example using $17 an hour - and it takes 10 hours to make this tank top:
Unless you're using slave labor in a third world country and inexpensve yarn ... hand crochet doesn't come cheap.
06-15-2021 09:52 AM
@ALRATIBA -- first off, I apologize for botching the spelling of your nickname.
Well, if I'm doing the labor, and not paying someone else, then that part is free to me. I've never spent $50 a skein for yarn - but that's just me. I usually made small vests (hats, pillows, etc) out of scrap yard. Now that my carpal tunnel and arthritis are so bad, the only items I can crochet are potholders and pan scrubbers. I envy anyone who can crochet these days.
06-15-2021 10:31 AM
My SIL and I are crochet and knitting "junkies." We always have several works in progress.
If you like to work on small things with scrap yarns - you should really look into freeform crochet.
Check out Pinterest or just google "freeform crochet" and select images.
It's fun to do and you are only limited by your imagination!
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