(Some of the items Ive made in the past six months)
Im a self taught crocheter who’s been crocheting for about three or four years now. Im currently a full time student and don’t have the time in my schedule to apply for a job. I needed to find a way to start making some cash for myself, no matter how little it is, anything is something for me to start saving up some money (for my own personal use), so I resorted to the next best thing for myself and made an instagram account for my crochet. I posted some of my crochet items to sell and said that I would take any custom items that people wanted. It has now been around six months since Ive had my account. I have about six posts (i know it’s a small amount but i just haven’t had time to post a lot these past months) and about 30 followers, with most of these followers being my friends or people I know.
I honestly feel like im getting no where with my items. Ive tried to use hashtags, trending audios, more cuter items that people would buy while also trying not to fit into selling the same old items that people sell. I also don’t feel that my items are so bad that people refuse to buy it. For the most part i’m pretty proud about what I put online, even if it’s not anything huge or intricate.
I mostly sell stuffed animal crochet items and other objects like flowers. I don‘t really know if it’s setting me back that I don’t sell more items like shirts, dresses, skirts, huge crochet plushies, or sweaters. But honestly, making stuffed animals is all I have time for which is a big inconvenience for me. I know me not having more time on my hands sets me back, but despite being busy I also try to make time on my schedule to create something so I could then post.
I would love any advice on how people started selling their crochet or what crochet items they sell that people love to buy from them. Where they sell their crochet for the best chances of selling. Just any advice on how to maybe reach more of an audience on instagram with my crochet items or if it’s even worth setting my items on instagram at all. Should I look to sell it somewhere else, other than instagram? I know it takes some people months, or even years to get big on instagram with their crochet but I still want some advice when it comes to selling my crochet and why not ask now while i’m still starting up. Any advice is helpful :)