RE: My Grassroots STEEM Business Effort: 1,085 STEEM Earned From 3 Sales In Just 4 Days + Shop Tiffany Sterling Silver, Ray-Ban, Beer Steins & More For CRYPTO - All Personally Salvaged!
Lol! You should've but the 'steemsilvergold' tag on your post as well! These people would go crazy that you just find silver stuff on the streets :D I love it!
You're right we should start 'actually using' STEEM, but to be honest, I'm not ready to spend it, especially not at these prices. I wanted to sell Steem Merchandise a few months ago and did a poll on who wanted to buy with STEEM or Fiat, and mixed results there too (STEEM was already far below 1$ back then).
When STEEM is back at 1-2$USD I'm going to start spending - and, with that in mind, do you sometimes find decent pieces of fabric? So no clothing, but maybe shops or fanatic hobbyists that throw away rolls of fabric?
By the way, I love that you found that silver treasure and thought of me :D
To be honest, the sewing thimble is what made me think of you. I know it's not for knitting, but sewing and knitting are too close for me in the fabric of my own imagination. Silver was a bonus.
I hear you on the timing of spending. My aim was to make the items up for grabs not too expensive, but the purchasing power of Steem is relatively low now, and I understand the normal reservation. I have to try though and some good came of it so far.
As for any polls you run, don't let one from that past snapshot and sample size deter you in any way. As this wise little kid once said:
As for fabrics, I'm not recalling any I've taken or seen top of mind, but now that it's something you might be interested in, my eyes will be peeled for anything special. I do find baskets of good yarn at thrift stores. I've even bought them for people in the past who made hand-knit gloves.
The closest things I've found outside were:
52 Skeins of various colors of DMC 3 Pearl Cotton and 53 balls of various colors of DMC 8 Pearl Cotton. All new. All sold.
I'm going to shock you: I'm not knitting either :') I'm felting! Hahaha!
I will do a 'textile art for dummies post' for you when I find the time :D
They really aren't too expensive, and if I had FIAT I would ask to buy it in USD$ as the price is super fair :-)
I'm super picky (I only want silks, and the thinnest of silks or I won't be able to use it :D) and super poor, so don't look too hard - I also know how much postage will cost, so I don't think it will ever be economical. I was just curious - I would love to know how/where I can find some scraps or left-overs over here too. I'm now buying a lot of silk on eBay, secondhand sarees from India, works perfect for me :-)
Epic. These things can be hard to find in such conditions, or are expensive when bought new. You'll have made someone really happy :D