tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440603490259597083.post3139380211484748992..comments2024-03-20T05:17:57.528-04:00Comments on How to become a Professional Knitter - Robin Hunter Designs: Pink Collar GhettosRobin http://www.blogger.com/profile/01240699910272614928noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440603490259597083.post-40364779122519286082012-04-04T19:15:31.519-04:002012-04-04T19:15:31.519-04:00From my perspective, it's less an issue of &qu...From my perspective, it's less an issue of "someone in charge" keeping women down (consciously or unconsciously), but more of knitters taking designers for granted and not being willing to pay more for patterns or yarn.<br /><br />My knitting group recently had a tiff when one person asked in our forum if someone would give her a copy of a (for sale) pattern she wanted to knit; I said she should either pay for the pattern or choose a free pattern instead, and several people argued me down. I was shocked and disgusted that people I consider my friends were shamelessly taking from designers and felt entitled to get patterns for free. If people aren't even willing to pay a few measly dollars for a pattern, how are designers supposed to earn a decent wage? I think some of it is ignorance (of how much time and expense it takes to develop a pattern, get editing, testing, sample knitting, photography, etc.) and some of it is selfishness -- people are only thinking of the money in their own pocket, not the designer's pocket.<br /><br />Designers aren't too shy about talking about this topic, but I don't think the discussion has spread to the Average Knitter, and as long as the pattern consumers are unwilling to pay much for patterns, this will continue to be an underpaid industry.Susan Moskwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396067812136053876noreply@blogger.com