is entitled to charge as much as she wants for them. If she wants to SELL as much as she makes, she'll either figure out how to speed up her work, reduce her material costs, or something. While I respect the concept of hourly wages, sometimes you also have to acknowledge the market forces of supply and demand and return on investment. Too often people think of knitting projects as just something done in a person's spare time, while they're watching tv, so a $150 price tag is enough to cause severe sticker shock. My advice to Somer is to scale down her designs to fit baby heads (they would be absolutely adorable and make very special baby gifts from doting grandparents) and put together a book of these unique and whimsical knitting patterns to sell at these craft fairs. Or print out an individual pattern and stick it in a zip lock bag along with the materials to be able to make it. The important aspect is Somer's design work. After that, she needs to figure out how to make a living from her art and sharing it with the world. A fellow artist passed along a quote which made my husband and me wince, but also made us think and acknowledge the truth inherent in it: "If you make for the masses, you'll eat with the classes, but if you make for the classes, you'll eat with the masses." I respectfully have to disagree with your opinion here,