One for the crafty ones.

[busybusy]

Firstly I like crafting - but I am rubbish at it but I have noticed that some of the users of this site are more talented than myself and this may be of some interest.

Anyhow I digress - I recall reading an article in one of my craft mags that the cross-stitches featured are tested by real people who work from home. I have no idea how you find this job, but this job does exist. I guess you could try contacting the editor of the mag or something.

Apologies if this doesn't make sense I have had a sneaky glass of Aldi's white wine which is rather lush and excellent value.

 

[Flitterbug]

This is an interesting one - I hadn't heard of it before, I do like a bit of cross stitching but the "barely started" sampler sat behind our sofa that I bought whilst I was pregnant will tell you how good I am at actually sitting down, doing them and completing them hahaha

I don't know how you would go about getting the job - a bit of googling might tell someone the answer

 

[Chammy]

Firstly I like crafting - but I am rubbish at it but I have noticed that some of the users of this site are more talented than myself and this may be of some interest.

Anyhow I digress - I recall reading an article in one of my craft mags that the cross-stitches featured are tested by real people who work from home. I have no idea how you find this job, but this job does exist. I guess you could try contacting the editor of the mag or something.

Apologies if this doesn't make sense I have had a sneaky glass of Aldi's white wine which is rather lush and excellent value.

Oooh I have cross stitched in years, like 20 of them. Still playing around with my first piece of crocheting which is extremely wonky haha might be worth a google ;D

 

[Chammy]

http://makeandcraft.com/product-testers/

This one by any chance?

 

[busybusy]

No, but very similar, the woman used to get the cross stitch for free, and get paid for doing it.
The mag was cross stitch crazy, or maybe cross-stitcher.
I haven't been on the wine again but I just to get loads of the £1 for 3 issue deals on the magazines. Then sign up for my husband, then me again etc. This was in the good old days when quidco used to pay out £5 for every magazine sub - keching kerching.
By the way I too have many unfinished cross stitch projects. I am flitter when it comes to craft - I think it is a sign of high intelligence!! LOL

 

[caledonia1972]

I have a friend who does something similar knitting up samples for yarn/pattern manufacturers such as Sirdar. It pays VERY poorly, I think she gets about £20 for knitting a full jumper, and if you're a knitter you'll know how long that would take.

However she does it because she would be knitting anyway, and making things for other people saves her money on buying yarn and her family from being landed with things that they don't really want...