Knitting Pricing Calculator
Hand-knitting is exquisite and economically brutal. Enter knitting item type, yarn cost, yarn weight and fiber, buttons or zippers, blocking supplies, care tag, packaging, shipping, hours to knit and hourly rate, pattern cost, platform fees, and target margin. Get materials total, labor, landed, recommended retail, and the market reality check.
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Inputs
Values update results instantly. Adjust fee assumptions to match your seller dashboard.
Product
What you are knitting
Materials
Total yarn cost (multiple skeins for sweater)
Weight affects time to knit
Fiber type
Buttons, zippers, closures
Blocking mats, pins, wash — amortized per item
Pattern purchase amortized
Branding
Care tag per item
Packaging
Garment bag, tissue, ribbon
Shipping
Average shipping to customer
Labor
Hours to knit — a sweater is 20-40 hours
Your hourly making rate
Fees
Marketplace fee percent
Fixed transaction fee
Target
Desired margin
Results
Live estimates based on your inputs and editable fee assumptions.
Materials total
$38.00
Yarn + closures + blocking + tag + pattern
Labor total
$450.00
Hours × rate
Packaging & shipping
$9.50
Pack + ship
Total landed cost
$497.50
All in before fees and profit
Recommended retail price
$995.30
Price at target margin
Profit per item
$397.97
At recommended retail
Achieved profit margin
Excellent40.0%
Profit / retail
Wholesale price (25% margin)
$765.68
For boutiques
What this means
Yarn $35.00+closures $0.00+blocking $0.75+tag $0.25+pattern $2.00 = $38.00 mats + $450.00 labor (25hr×$18) + pack/ship $9.50 = $497.50 landed. At 40%+10% fees retail $995.30 profit $397.97. Market hand-knit $150-250 → brutal math.
Knitting cost breakdown
Interactive breakdown of fees, costs, and remaining profit.
Distribution
- Yarn$35.005.9%
- Notions+pattern$3.000.5%
- Labor$450.0075.3%
- Pack & ship$9.501.6%
- Fees$99.8316.7%
Total $597.33 · 5 segments · interactive
Line-item breakdown
Dollar amounts, share of revenue, and visual proportion.
- Yarn cost
- $35.00
- Buttons / closures
- $0.00
- Blocking supplies
- $0.75
- Care tag
- $0.25
- Pattern per item
- $2.00
- Materials total
- $38.00
- Labor total
- $450.00
- Packaging & shipping
- $9.50
- Total landed
- $497.50
- Retail fee
- $99.83
- Recommended retail
- $995.30
- Profit per item
- $397.97
- Wholesale 25%
- $765.68
Assumptions used
- • Materials $38.00 = yarn+closures+blocking+tag+pattern
- • Labor $450.00 = 25hr×$18
- • Landed $497.50 = materials+labor+pack/ship
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Knitting Pricing Calculator
Generated 8/4/2026, 2:49:45 PM · Currency USD
Inputs
- Knitting item type: sweater
- Yarn cost per item: 35
- Yarn weight: worsted
- Yarn fiber: wool
- Buttons / closures cost: 0
- Blocking supplies cost: 0.75
- Care tag / label cost: 0.25
- Packaging cost per item: 2
- Shipping cost to customer: 7.5
- Hours to knit: 25
- Hourly labor rate: 18
- Pattern cost per item: 2
- Platform fee %: 10
- Platform fixed fee per sale: 0.3
- Target profit margin %: 40
Results
- Yarn cost: $35.00
- Buttons / closures: $0.00
- Blocking supplies: $0.75
- Care tag: $0.25
- Pattern per item: $2.00
- Materials total: $38.00
- Labor total: $450.00
- Packaging & shipping: $9.50
- Total landed: $497.50
- Retail fee: $99.83
- Recommended retail: $995.30
- Profit per item: $397.97
- Wholesale 25%: $765.68
Interpretation
Yarn $35.00+closures $0.00+blocking $0.75+tag $0.25+pattern $2.00 = $38.00 mats + $450.00 labor (25hr×$18) + pack/ship $9.50 = $497.50 landed. At 40%+10% fees retail $995.30 profit $397.97. Market hand-knit $150-250 → brutal math.
How it works
Methodology & formulas
This calculator is transparent by design. Review the steps and formulas so you can trust the estimate and adjust assumptions when your dashboard differs.
Calculation steps
- 1Sum yarn, notions, blocking, and pattern for true materials.
- 2Calculate labor cost which dominates hand-knit pricing.
- 3Add packaging and shipping for landed.
- 4Solve retail for target margin after fees.
- 5Show wholesale at lower margin.
- 6Highlight that chunky yarn (bulky) reduces hours dramatically versus fingering weight.
Formulas
- materials = yarn + button + blocking + tag + pattern
- labor = hours × rate
- landed = materials + labor + pack + ship
- retail = landed/(1-margin-fee%)+feeFixed
- wholesale = landed/(1-0.25-fee%)+feeFixed
Important assumptions
- materialsTotal = yarnCost + buttonZipperCost + blockingSuppliesCost + careTagCost + patternCostPerItem.
- laborTotal = hoursToMake × hourlyLaborRate.
- totalLanded = materialsTotal + laborTotal + packagingCost + shippingCost.
- Retail = landed / (1 - margin - fee%) + feeFixed.
- Wholesale uses 25% margin.
Worked example
Wool sweater – the brutal math
Wool sweater, $35 yarn, $2.00 pattern, $0.75 blocking, $0.25 tag = $38 materials. 25hrs × $18/hr = $450 labor. +$2 pack + $7.50 ship = $497.50 total. Target 40%+10% fees.
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