This is knit: Creatives, your time has come

It's one of the many ways we've tried to fill our time in lockdown, but knitters are much higher in demand than you may think and are earning money for their skills
This is knit: Creatives, your time has come

Handmade knitwear pieces can sell online for over €500.

As they say, lockdown has brought us back to basics, and one of the basics that has soared in popularity since the pandemic began has been the art of knitting.

According to Forbes, the global sales for wool kits from Spanish-based company, We Are Knitters, grew more than 75% weekly when the pandemic began last year. Their Instagram followers doubled to more than 600,000, while Wool and the Gang, which sells similar beginner to intermediate knitting kits saw a similar spike, with nearly half a million followers on their Instagram page alone.

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