Creative hobbies often draw attention, but not everyone respects the effort that goes into them.

When a college student mentioned her love for crocheting in class, one classmate decided that meant free labor.

Now she’s left wondering why saying no makes her the bad guy.

You’ll want to read on for this one.

AITA for not crocheting a blanket for someone I don’t know?

I am a (19F) avid crocheter. I have been doing this for roughly five years consistently — it’s my favorite hobby.

For context, I am currently in college, and in my writing class, there is this girl who I have had maybe five full conversations with.

We are 100% not friends or acquaintances.

She sets up how the conversation first started.

We are doing a compare and contrast essay on two random things.

I chose to do types of yarn because I know it like the back of my hand.

My teacher jokingly asked me if I was going to bring him a crocheted blanket to show off for the class, and I was joking back.

Her classmate didn’t seem to realize it was a joke at all.

After class, this girl comes up to me and asks if I can crochet her a blanket for free because “You seem to do it all the time, so it can’t be that hard.”

I laughed because I seriously thought she was joking.

She was not.

Her classmate suddenly became irritated with her.

She got mad at me after I told her no and then called me selfish.

I told her I don’t know her, and I am not comfortable making her something like that.

Now it’s caught the attention of the rest of her class.

Some people in class are telling me to suck it up and just do it so she could stop complaining, but the other half agree and think it’s weird that she’s asking me to do it.

AITA here? I feel bad for saying no, but I also don’t owe her anything.

She might be good with a crochet hook, but she’s not stitching for free.

What did Reddit think?

Doesn’t her classmate have any manners?

People really don’t appreciate how much time and resources go into a hobby like this.

The answer of whether or not she’s in the wrong is glaringly obvious to this commenter.

A firm “no” speaks for itself.

Turns out the only thing harder than crocheting a blanket is weaving boundaries with entitled jerks.

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