Blankets are the project crocheters most want to sell and the one they most struggle to price. They use a lot of yarn, but they use far more time — often dozens of hours. When you price one honestly, the number can be a shock to you and your buyers. This guide shows how to calculate a crochet blanket price, why it comes out high, and practical ways to make blankets profitable anyway.
How much should you charge for a crochet blanket?
Price a crochet blanket by adding the yarn, packaging and a small overhead to your hours multiplied by an hourly rate, then adding a profit margin. A throw using 12 skeins at $7 and taking 35 hours at $15 an hour comes to about $806 — which is why many makers sell blankets as commissions or choose faster designs.
The number is high because the work is large. The rest of this guide is about working with that reality rather than hiding it.
What does a full blanket calculation look like?
A throw-sized blanket, 12 skeins at $7, taking 35 hours:
| Cost | Amount |
|---|---|
| Yarn: 12 × $7 | $84.00 |
| Your time: 35 hours × $15 | $525.00 |
| Packaging | $5.00 |
| Overhead: 5% | $30.70 |
| True cost | $644.70 |
| Price at a 20% margin | $805.88 |
Your time is over 80% of the cost. There's no trick that makes 35 hours of skilled work cheap.
What happens if you price it at "what people will pay"?
Say you list that blanket at $250 because it feels like a normal price for a blanket. After the yarn and packaging, you'd earn:
($250 − $84 − $5) ÷ 35 hours = about $4.60 an hour
That's the hidden cost of pricing by feel: you're still paying for the blanket — with your time.
How can you make blankets worth selling?
The answer is usually to change the blanket, not the hourly rate.
- Use chunkier yarn or bigger hooks. If the same size blanket takes 12 hours instead of 35, the honest price drops a lot. With the same $84 of yarn, 12 hours comes to about $353 at a 20% margin — and at $250, you'd earn about $13.42 an hour instead of $4.60.
- Offer smaller sizes. Baby blankets and lap blankets take a fraction of the time.
- Sell full-size blankets as commissions. Custom colors and sizes justify the full price, and a deposit protects your time and yarn cost.
- Batch popular designs. Repeating a pattern you know well is faster than a new one every time.
- Sell the pattern, too. A written pattern earns from your design without costing hours per sale.
Should you charge a deposit for blanket commissions?
Many makers do, because a blanket represents a lot of yarn and hours before the buyer receives anything. A common approach is a deposit that at least covers materials, with the balance due before shipping. Put your timeline and policy in writing so both sides know what to expect.
How do Etsy fees affect a blanket sale?
On large-ticket items, Etsy's percentage fees add up. On an $806 blanket with free shipping, Etsy's US fees (listing, 6.5% transaction and 3% + $0.25 processing) are about $77 (Etsy's fee policy). If the sale came through an Offsite Ad, the extra fee is capped at $100 per order. How much Etsy takes per sale breaks it down.
If this is on your list, see our guides on how much to charge for amigurumi and how to price crochet items.
