Do you want to earn either a part-time or full-time income from your crafts?

You could!

Please ignore the naysayers who say that it can’t be done.

It can be done, and I can prove it (because I’ve done it!)

Furthermore, I can show you how to do it.

If you want me to show you how to do this, I invite you to collaborate with me – because it is harder to do it now than it was when I was doing it – and I do not think anyone can currently do this independently.

You will need collaborators and supporters to do this.

So, let’s do it together.

I’m Amy Solovay. I used to earn my full-time living as a crochet pattern designer and subject matter expert.

I was also a full-time, liveaboard cruising sailor in those days.

My most impressive accomplishment so far: I crossed the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea in a 34’ sailboat with my husband, Mike.

We made that voyage in 2012.

It was like a working vacation for us. We traveled, cruised and sailed. Mike worked on his business (he’s the founder of a tech startup, but he was working on a different tech startup at the time), and I crocheted, wrote articles and published craft patterns.

Life was amazing!

It was filled with adventure and thrills and romance and excitement.

And, sometimes, it was terrifying, too.

But mostly it was amazing.

I wish everyone on earth could have such adventures!

But the truth is, everyone could have such adventures, if they want to.

(But if you don’t want to, that’s fine, too. Maybe you just want to stay at home and craft with your kids. No judgment from me if that’s your situation; I totally get it.)

Whatever it is you want to be doing, I’m guessing that sitting in a cubicle for 10 hours a day isn’t it.

So whatever it is you want to be doing – whether it’s crossing oceans, or spending more time with your family, or whatever else – if crafting fits into that picture, let’s talk. Because I can teach you what I know — and you can help me, too. We can collaborate.

I need collaborators, same as you will, if we want to succeed at this. I had collaborators when I was earning my full-time living at this. And I need collaborators now.

My sailing adventures came to an end, for reasons I won’t get into here and now.

Starting in 2014, I transitioned into writing for digital marketing agencies. I tried to maintain my crochet and craft sites, too, but I got overwhelmed and didn’t do a stellar job at that.

After 2014, my craft sites were mostly neglected because I was squeezing the occasional few-and-far-between craft project in between other priorities.

And then 10 years went by in a blur.

In 2024, I decided to re-evaluate my priorities.

I love working with digital marketing agencies; I truly enjoy doing that kind of work. But, I realize that I’ve been giving my best efforts to other people, making them rich while I struggle.

Is that what I want?

No. No, it isn’t.

So I pondered: Should I start my own digital marketing agency?

The digital marketing agencies I used to work for had clients in every vertical: tech, education, travel and tourism, beauty, health and wellness…They’re celebrities, cutting-edge tech companies, prominent universities, well-respected doctors, and the world’s best-known marketers.

I signed non-disclosure agreements with them. So, I can’t prove I did any of it.

And, I built their reputations for them, while neglecting my own.

But, in the process, I learned what celebrities, cutting-edge tech companies, well-respected universities, prominent doctors and the world’s best-known marketers do to promote their work.

So, if I were to stop spending my time doing these things for all these other people, and start doing them for myself and the crafters I admire…maybe I don’t need to start a digital marketing agency.

Maybe I should just do these things for myself and my circle of friends. And, maybe I could even earn a living at it.

So I decided on a different goal:

I want to build the world’s most authoritative craft site!

And, the world’s most authoritative craft site will not be complete without your voice, your vision and your input.

I want to be the voice who amplifies talented artists and crafters and helps propel them to get the fame and recognition (and also the income!) they deserve.

So let’s do this! Let’s collaborate.

First, please tell me this: What do you want to be famous for?

Every artist and every crafter who is famous for their creative work – every one of them has something in common: Each of them has something that makes their work unique.

Kaffe Fasset’s hook: He paints, knits, crochets, quilts, stitches and decorates; but the unifying element in each of his projects is masterful use of color.

Please comment now and let me know what it is you want to be famous for!

I look forward to checking out your work.

Love and hugs,

Amy Solovay