Budapest Craft Community — A home for makers, by Lucie

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Slow Mondays.

Notes from the studio, the business, the days when nothing gets finished. Honest, free, no marketing emails.

May 19, 2026·6 min read

Why I stopped posting every day

For three months I tried to grow Budapest Craft Community to 10k followers. I learned a lot. Then I quit doing it. Here's the math, the burnout, and what came after.

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What knitting cured (and what it didn't)

🌱Slow growth

May 4, 2026·4 min read

What knitting cured (and what it didn't)

After two years of knitting almost every day, I can be honest about what it actually did to my brain — and what it definitely didn't.

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The real cost of running a tiny studio in Budapest

💼Building, quietly

Apr 22, 2026·8 min read

The real cost of running a tiny studio in Budapest

Rent, yarn, insurance, the espresso machine I shouldn't have bought. A full breakdown of my first six months as a one-woman craft business.

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🎥Vlog

Apr 13, 2026·2 min read

Vlog — A quiet Saturday at the studio

Ten minutes of footage from a Saturday workshop. Coffee being made, four people learning a chain stitch, a slow afternoon.

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🌿Slow living

Mar 30, 2026·5 min read

Five makers who changed how I see craft

Not a list of influencers. A list of five people, mostly on small accounts, who taught me something I needed to know.

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🪡Behind the scenes

Apr 29, 2026·3 min read

Behind the scenes — how the May calendar happened

The poster you saw on Instagram took six drafts, two pricing changes, and a near-cancellation of the friendship-bracelets workshop.

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