Crochet Price Calculator: What to Charge for Crochet Items
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Price a crochet piece from your yarn, your time and the selling fees: price = (materials + hours × hourly rate + fixed fees) ÷ (1 − fee %). Don't know the hours or the yarn yet? Put in the size and stitch, and it counts the stitches, the yarn and the time at your speed. A 50 × 60 in single crochet throw at $15 an hour comes to about $660 on Etsy.
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Crochet pricing chart: common pieces at $15 an hour
Flat pieces in worsted weight yarn, worked out with the calculator's own numbers: 3.5 single crochet and 4 rows an inch, about 0.07 yd of yarn a stitch; C2C tiles about 1.1 in across and about 1 yd each; 20 single crochet or 3 C2C tiles a minute; $6 a 364-yard skein, 10% extra yarn, 1 hour of finishing, sold on Etsy (US). Your speed and yarn change every number, so use them as a starting point.
| Piece | Stitches | Yarn | Hours | Etsy price | Wholesale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dishcloth, 8 × 8 in, single crochet | 896 | 69 yd, 1 skein | 1.7 | $37 | $19 |
| Placemat, 18 × 12 in, single crochet | 3,024 | 233 yd, 1 skein | 3.5 | $70 | $33 |
| Pillow cover (front), 16 × 16 in, single crochet | 3,584 | 276 yd, 1 skein | 4.0 | $75 | $37 |
| Baby blanket, 30 × 36 in, C2C | 864 tiles | 951 yd, 3 skeins | 5.8 | $120 | $60 |
| Baby blanket, 30 × 36 in, single crochet | 15,120 | 1,165 yd, 4 skeins | 14 | $255 | $130 |
| Throw blanket, 50 × 60 in, C2C | 2,430 tiles | 2,673 yd, 8 skeins | 15 | $295 | $150 |
| Throw blanket, 50 × 60 in, single crochet | 42,000 | 3,235 yd, 9 skeins | 36 | $660 | $330 |
Single crochet blankets cost more than most buyers expect because they are dense and slow: the same throw in C2C takes less than half the time. If a piece won't sell at a fair price, change the piece (smaller, C2C, chunkier yarn) before you change your rate.
How to price crochet items: the formula
- Materials. Yarn plus everything else that goes into the piece or its packaging. Count whole skeins if leftovers won't get used.
- Time. Hours of crocheting plus finishing: weaving in ends, the border, blocking, photos. Time yourself on one minute of your usual stitch to get your speed.
- Pay. Hours × your hourly rate.
- Fees. Divide materials, pay and any fixed per-sale fee by (1 − the fee percentage), so the shop's cut comes out of the buyer's money, not yours.
- Round up to a price that reads well: the next dollar under $50, the next $5 above.
Making a custom piece from a photo, like a pet or a family portrait? Count the extra colors: every color change slows you down, so lower your speed for picture blankets. The crochet pattern generator gives the stitch count and the yarn for each color of a photo pattern, and the crochet letters graph does the same for a name.
Questions
How do you price crochet items?
Add up what it cost you and what your time is worth, then make sure the selling fees come out of the price, not out of your pay: price = (yarn + other materials + hours × hourly rate + fixed fees) ÷ (1 − fee percentage). At $15 an hour, a 50 × 60 in single crochet throw takes about 36 hours and 9 skeins, which comes to about $660 on Etsy.
What hourly rate should I charge for crochet?
At least your local minimum wage, and more as you get faster or make harder pieces; $15 is the starting value here because it is above most US state minimums. If the price looks too high to sell, the answer is usually a smaller or quicker piece, not working for less.
How long does it take to crochet a blanket?
Count the stitches and divide by your speed. In worsted yarn a 50 × 60 in throw is about 42,000 single crochet; at 20 a minute that is about 35 hours of stitching, plus finishing. C2C is quicker because each tile covers about an inch. Speeds vary a lot from person to person, so time yourself for one minute and put in your own number.
Why divide by (1 − fee %) instead of adding the fee?
Because the fee is a percentage of the final price, including the part that pays the fee. Adding 9.5% to your costs leaves you short; dividing by 0.905 makes what's left after fees exactly your costs and your pay.
What are Etsy's fees on a crochet sale?
In the US in November 2026: $0.20 to list, a 6.5% transaction fee and 3% + $0.25 payment processing, so about 9.5% + $0.45 a sale before Offsite Ads, which can add 12 to 15% on sales they bring. Pick Custom and put in your own numbers for other shops or a card reader at a craft fair.
What is wholesale price for crochet?
Half of your retail price is the usual wholesale price for a shop that resells your work. The calculator shows what that leaves you an hour; if it's too little, sell wholesale only the pieces you make fastest.
Is it free?
Yes, with no sign-up. Our paid tool turns a photo into a full crochet pattern with yarn colors, a graph and row-by-row instructions, which is one way to make custom pieces people will pay more for.