Here’s a pretty ingenious way to make some cash off of a hobby.  I spent some time up front creating and have been selling with very little effort ever since.

I love to crochet.  I’d love to make a living crocheting my heart out.  But alas… no one seems to want to pay me a decent hourly wage for my talent with yarn and hook.  A year or so ago, I came up with the brilliant idea of selling patterns on Etsy.  I sell crochet patterns, but you could sell any other craft pattern — sewing, knitting, jewelry — anything you like to make others may like to make too.  What I love about selling patterns is that I can sell the same one over and over and over again—making it a passive income opportunity.

It really is very easy.  First, come up with a pattern.  I’ve crocheted for a long time and realized I was already changing patterns around and substituting techniques.  I also thought about what I like to crochet and tried to create something to meet that need.  One of my first patterns was for a hat pattern to fit every family member. [Read more...]