RE: Needlework Monday: Embroidered Patches
Thank you, I'm glad you liked my slogans! :) Yeah, I'm akways saying the only reason the US doesn't have slum areas the same as developing nations is because the police punish the homeless people and throw out their tents and blankets, even in winter, and make them move or arrest them. The government only wants to hide that there are so many suffering people so the rich people can go about their day without feeling guilty. It's infuriating that instead of helping people they would rather kick people who are already down. :(
Thank you for the good wishes for Maggie. :) And yeah - Etsy tells crafters to pay themselves an hourly wage, but that would make hand knit or embroidered or woven or any other slow craft HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. Unless you have a celebrity endorsement maybe, most people won't buy that!
I sometimes dream of this celebrity endorsement... you know I knit a sweater and someone pays 400 Euro without asking :-DDD (while calculating in my head, its still much too cheap, as the good quality wool - which I never use- would cost around 60-100 euro)
And with the police, its the similar here. Homeless people are not allowed to stay in warm places like the subway or train station, they get reported and/or expelled. But it varies from town to town, how hard the administration takes action.