Today at work I saw a little girl with a crochet granny square tank top on and I thought it was the cutest thing ever. At first, I was SO proud and thought that she might’ve made it herself, so I complemented her on it. Her parents then proceed to tell me that they got it at T.J. Maxx.. and my heart just broke. I couldn’t even come up with a reply other than “oh.”
As someone who spends countless hours hand making items for myself and others, it breaks my heart knowing there are people out there having to crochet things for pennies just so that big name stores can sell them. I can’t even begin to describe how this makes me feel. Crochet isn’t something that should be taken for granted.










