I've tried selling mine at about 6.95 which means I take a loss in terms of hourly rates but to be honest I think it's too cheap. I see other sellers charging 15- 20 a skein and selling loads . Either that or my yarn is pants.
Yes I saw around £15 quid and I did wonder that it was too much even though that still only works out at about the minimum wage time wise but I think that sometimes we under price ourselves. If we are to be seen as serious about our craft, we need to charge accordingly. I think if we don't charge what its worth people may think its naff. Which of course it is not! Would you consider pricing higher Stacey?
Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 32 Location: East Lothian, Scotland.
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:07 pm Post subject:
The Americans base pricing handspun on 15 cents a yard, so call it 10p per yard?
Or work out time at £6 per hour (including dyeing time) plus costs of materials plus 100% mark up.
Of course, it also depends on what it is. If it was a thick slubby singles at about 80 yards per 100g I`d expect to pay less than for 800 yards of very fine plyed yarn per 100g.
£15-20 per skein sounds about right to me for medium weight plyed stuff though. You could always write out a very basic scarf pattern for the yardage involved, photocopy it as a freebie and voila! Instant scarf kit. £20 for a scarf kit sounds much better than £20 for a skein of yarn to most people. _________________ http://spinningfishwife.blogspot.com/
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