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Crochet Pricing Calculator
Price your crochet so the hours you put in actually get paid — and see what the 3× materials rule really earns you.
Materials
For one finished piece.
Partial skeins are fine, e.g. 2.5.
Stuffing, safety eyes, buttons, zippers, pattern cost.
Your time
Include finishing and weaving in ends.
Packaging, overhead and margin
Hooks, tools, photos, craft-fair fees.
Enter a price (or leave 0)
Fix the highlighted fields to see your price.
How this works
Adds yarn and other materials, your hours at your hourly rate, packaging and overhead, then applies your margin, and compares the result with the common 3× materials rule.
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FAQ
Add your materials (yarn plus stuffing, eyes, buttons and so on), your time at an hourly rate, packaging, and a little overhead for tools and selling costs. That's your true cost. Add a profit margin on top and you have a price that pays you for every hour, not just the yarn.
It's quick, but it ignores time — and crochet is mostly time. A hat and a blanket can use similar amounts of yarn but take wildly different hours. The calculator shows what the 3× rule pays you per hour for your project, which is often far below minimum wage for larger pieces.
Pick a rate you'd genuinely accept for the work — many makers start near their local minimum wage and raise it as they get faster and more in demand. If the resulting price feels too high for your market, that's useful information: it may mean choosing faster projects rather than working for less.
Enter the price you're thinking of charging in the optional field to see what it actually pays per hour. Then look at the biggest cost bars: faster patterns, bulk yarn buying, or offering smaller items alongside large commissions usually help more than cutting your hourly rate.
Etsy takes fees on every sale, so the same price leaves you less. The "If you sell it on Etsy" panel shows the fees and your profit after them for the recommended price. Craft fairs have their own costs — booth fees belong in overhead.
Guides for this tool
Selling Crochet on Etsy vs Craft Fairs: How to Price for Each
The same crochet hat costs you different amounts to sell on Etsy and at a craft fair. Your pricing should know the difference.
Hamza Iqbal
4 min read
How to Price Crochet Items: A Simple Formula That Pays for Your Time
Crochet is mostly time. A pricing formula that ignores your hours will always come out too low.
Hamza Iqbal
4 min read
How Much to Charge for Amigurumi and Crochet Plushies
Amigurumi uses very little yarn and a lot of patience. That's exactly why it's so often underpriced.
Hamza Iqbal
4 min read
How Much to Charge for a Crochet Blanket (and Why It's So Hard)
A crochet blanket can take dozens of hours. Here's how to price one honestly — and what to do when the honest price is a shock.
Hamza Iqbal
4 min read
Is the 3× Materials Rule Right for Crochet? What It Really Pays Per Hour
The 3× rule is quick and easy — and for most crochet, it pays less than minimum wage.
Hamza Iqbal
4 min read
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