RecCreate has been profitable since December, and Chick pays herself a salary of roughly $5,500 per month, she says. Liz Chick in RecCreate Collective's Brooklyn studio CNBC Make ItWithout a professional creative outlet, Chick created a personal one. The funds came in handy when, nine months later, she found her perfect studio space. She started renting it for $2,800 per month in March 2023, subleasing it out while she built a plan for RecCreate Collective. 'Vibes are expensive'Back in the studio, Chick watches Emhoff teach attendees how to use duplicate stitches, which go on top of existing ones, to embed images onto knitwear.

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Persons: Liz Chick, Ella Emhoff —, Kamala Harris —, Chick —, It's, she's, Chick, RecCreate, she'd, Chick thrifted, I've, saran, —, Earnest, She'd, refinance, Emhoff Organizations: CNBC, YouTube, Parsons School of Design, RecCreate Locations: Brooklyn , New York, Chicago, New York, RecCreate Collective's Brooklyn, San Francisco