Since my boss as good as announced on Friday that I’d be working this weekend, I figured I’d better have a project ready to go that could stand some interruptions. Lengthy ones. Really lengthy ones.
Other than an utterly plain sock, I couldn’t think of anything much that I wanted to make… and then I remembered I’d been meaning to buy some wrist wraps for Crossfit (crossfit? do we capitalize it? I suppose we must, blah branding, blah, God, I’m a terrible IP lawyer).
Aaaaanyway.
When I looked up wrist wraps for purchase, I was frankly appalled. Really? $20 and up for a 3″ strip of quilting fabric? I really do understand that artisans need to make a real wage too, and I certainly estimate $50/hour and up for my production time on projects and I believe it’s fair… but there’s a point where I balk. Maybe it’s worth it to me to pay for a thing I really won’t make, but…
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