Whether you sell at a craft fair, church bazaar, Etsy shop or to family and friends, I'd love to hear about it. And if you make a living selling knits, we'd all love to hear about that!
Whether you sell at a craft fair, church bazaar, Etsy shop or to family and friends, I'd love to hear about it. And if you make a living selling knits, we'd all love to hear about that!
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People ask me all the time why I don’t sell what I knit. As an independent contractor (book indexing), my time is worth about $60 an hour. I can’t get enough for a knitted item to make it pay at least as well as my regular work. The cottage industry concept will work for some people, but it just doesn’t work for me.
Cheers,
Carol
I find that people really don’t want to pay what handmade items are worth. I made a baby afghan for someone at work one time and I only got 5 or 10 dollars more than what the yarn cost. I get more enjoyment from knitting gifts for people who appreciate them and know the value of a handmade item.
I’ve been asked to sell things I’ve knitted, but they’ve been in use. I designed and copyrighted a scarf pattern that others are making and selling – violating my copyright – but they really aren’t charging enough even to pay themselves a decent wage – I don’t have the heart to go after them.
I don’t knit much as I am not that good at it. I made several very simple, long scarves, garter stitch in Homespun and they looked nice. I made them for a charity event and put on a price of $12.00. They sold so I guess people liked that look more than my trendier crochet scarves:-)
I designed a wrap for my daughter (I later learned this type of wrap is called a ruana)which I crocheted since I am a very slow knitter. One of her co-workers liked it so well that she had me make five for her at $50.00 each. I’ve also made several as gifts for family members. I was thrilled to know I could make something that someone would buy. I figure I earned nearly $1.00 an hour.
I make fun fur scarves, baby afghans, hats. I sell the scarves. I do a craft fair once a year and also sell to family and friends. I charge $20 a scarf and keep half, which just about covers the cost, and the rest goes to my Business and Professional Women’s scholarship fund. It’s how we raise money for it. My friend also knits them and we have done real well in the three years we have been doing it.
I started selling knit items when I was 12. I found that I can’t make a living at selling knitting but it is a nice source of a little extra money. I have a set formula for what I charge for hand knitting and it more than covers my cost, but if it comes to $1 per hour, I would be thrilled. I once knit a sweater and figured that I made 15 cents an hour. That’s when I bought a knitting machine, used it for twenty years and was able to make a decent living that way while I was a stay-at-home mom. I now have other employment but still do requests from former customers. I love to knit and sells some of it supports my habit.
Hi, I’m always interested in other business owners, I run a small transcription service for courts and lawyers in MA. What is book indexing? I’m always interested in other businesses.
Camille
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I’ve been selling knitted dishcloths at a local farmer’s market one day per week through the summer. I’ve tried other things and sometimes potholders will sell too, but rarely will they buy anything else. I only get $2 for the dishcloths which barely covers the price of my yarn. I tried $3 each, but they wouldn’t pay it. I thought cooler weather would improve my sales, but instead we got even less customers so I’m quitting and giving my stuff to friends and family.
I do a lot of homemade knitting and crocheting its my hobby I do sell a little bit my prices aren’t to high gets me mad when they want it cheap I sell it at a fleamarket