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ADDENDUM added 4/6: if you are at interested in participating, PLEASE email me at: stephanie (at) anti-factory.com THANK YOU THANK YOU! Maybe we can work something out?

this is an image of a hand crocheted "chanel" clutch purse i completed a short while ago. it's based loosely on a photo i saw on the internet (with a few liberties, but please don't mind them--just pretend it is an "exact" copy). at least, an "exact copy" as to the best of my ability rendered in crochet and using cheap acrylic yarn. it has two button closures on the front flap and i did my best to integrate the "quilted" squares look of the original. it's a first pass, not as intricate as future designs, and is also missing some small details and a removable strap. i just made it to see if i would like the general idea.

the project will include more complicated designs of other types of bags (pocket ones, hobo slouchy ones, clutches, etc--the gamut). the more complicated ones will involve written patterns so others can make the same because ultimately i want them to be made by not just me. actually, i'm sort of irrelevant except that i have to make the pattern.

a few questions:
--has anyone heard of people who do "crochet-for-hire?". in other words, are there grandmas (or something like them) out there that would be willing to get paid to pr

oduce one (or more) of such items?
--can such grandmas be hired?
--do you have a grandma like this or am i just imagining such possibilities?
--are you not a grandma but would be willing to be paid to make one (or more) of such purses using written crochet instructions and given a photo of the finished product?
--or would something else be a good motivating factor, like a barter system consisting of anti-factory clothing for a handmade purse?

here's the deal: i WANT strangely-made crochet purses in which someone is given a pattern of instructions and--for a fair wage or trade--they execute it to the best of their ability, which may even make it look odd and lumpy and not quite "right" in the end. it's about the "mis-translation" of high-end into a low-end medium, taking advantage of an individual's idiosyncratic understanding and skills of the thing. or they could look beautiful, it almost doesn't matter.

Crochet-for-hire...Fairly paid, locally made (in the US). PLEASE tell me if you know of such a thing!

ADDENDUM added 4/6: if you are at interested in participating, PLEASE email me at: stephanie (at) anti-factory.com THANK YOU THANK YOU! Maybe we can work something out?