What to Charge for Hand Dyed Yarn
Add up your yarn, dye, supplies, overhead and your time — get an honest cost per skein and a price that pays you fairly.
Undyed yarn
The blank skeins going into this batch.
$
Dye & supplies
What you used up for this batch.
$
$
$
$
Water, gas/electric, equipment for this batch.
Your time
Soaking, dyeing, rinsing, drying, skeining, photographing, listing.
hrs
$/hr
Profit margin
Markup on top of your true cost per skein.
%
Your price
Based on a batch of 4 skeins.
Suggested price / skein
$39.00
True cost: $30.00 · +30% margin
Undyed yarn$48.00
Dye, supplies, packaging$7.50
Overhead$2.00
Labor (2.5h × $25.00)$62.50
Batch cost$120.00
Cost per skein$30.00