Fair price for a handmade blanket?

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Hey all recently ive been making far too many blankets and my fil goes to bootsales every sunday (generally as a buyer but he has an old tv and other things he wants rid of) ive decided to take some down but im at a loss as to what a fair price? I used baby yarn and have white, pink and blue blankets(about 5 to sell) and it cost me £3 to make each blanket (2 balls of 1.50 baby yarn from b and m), whats a fair price to charge? i had a look online but some are going for 40-50 quid and im not charging that for a blanket.... sorry if im in the wrong place but anyone got any idea?

It doesn't matter what they cost to make, it matters how much time went in to then! Pay yourself per hour on top of materials and then you're on the way to a fair price. Also you won't get anything for them in a bootsale, I'd try a local FB selling page for baby stuff. Or etsy.com

(only use etsy if you're going to make more..too much faff for only 5. But definitely look up some local fb selling pages.

Just type in your local town and then selling in to FB search and loads will pop up then you request to join.

Sadly I dont think a boot sale is the place for a high return. If you want to charge more (and I think you can!) then you need a stall at a market or a facebook selling page or similar.

I dont want a major amount of money tbh it costs me about a day to make each blanket, but again its a relaxing thing for me and calms my anxiety, its good for me to do it. would 5 pounds be fair?

I dont WANT to charge more just wondering what a fair price is?xx

How big are they? What kind of wool? I would hope you would have no problem getting £5, but people are tight at bootsales!

At least £10 -15 I would say. More if you were actually bothered about charging for all the time you put in.

Can you post photo one of your blankets

If you're not fussed about being paid, you could make them for a local neonatal department or children's hospice. It's hard to get through to the right person but tiny hats etc are very useful & helpful.

Its baby wool/yarn sold at BnM im a bit of a novice when it comes to wool itself (used to make them with my nan and give them to charity wool was always supplied for me so didnt exactly know the difference between one yarn and another) it was only 1.50 for a sizeable ball but it is good quality so idk really... I dont know how to upload a photo either sorry.

sorry didnt see your other question, my blankets are 30 x 50 and 30 x 30 (i have 3 of each so 6 to sell not 5 just counted them out) I made 5 of each but will be keeping four for myself and baby (14 weeks pregnant)

Hmm. I get why you want to sell it cheaper but actually you're devaluing what you (and others do). There's a guy called mollie sparkles (yes that's right) who wrote on his blog about how especially women undervalue craft ability and undersell themselves. I think he's a bit heavy handed but the idea is quite interesting.

more makes a good point about devaluing the work of other people but as you are only doing 5 I wouldn't worry. Think giving them to the neonatal ward is an AWESOME idea. Op have you been in touch with MN if you're in a knitting mood? There is a group that make special blankets for people who have lost loved ones isn't there?

I see what you're saying in terms of underselling myself, I see blankets going online all the time (handmade ones now) for at least 25 quid, but im just not sure if anyone will buy them for £10+ not to mention the fact i just want to make back the money i spent on yarn so i can afford to keep making them

Ah, this lot www.mumsnet.com/Talk/woolly_hugs

Think they supply the wool as well.

I have thought about giving to the NICU but its a bit difficult as there isnt one (with a long stay nicu) for about 30 miles (I live in a stupidly rural area), although back about 2 months ago I made 15 knitted hats (newborn measurement not tiny baby) And gave them to the hospital a bit closer to me that has a labor ward but no nicu, as they only provide comfort care until the baby can be transferred to the other one

No I get that. I quilt and just can't imagine charging that amount what for me is actually I really nice relaxing experience.

£5 is just so cheap though. Isn't there sometimes on MN like a swap thing - someone sends the wool for someone else to make a special blanket?

Stick a price tag of £20 on them and see what happens. If they are lovely, you will sell them. Maybe not all in one day but you will.

I might but (no disrespect!) for some reason 20 quid seems extortionate to me! Gahh

Make an album on one of the FB pages like I said. Start at 20 and work your way down. If you haven't joined one you should anyway the baby ones are excellent for stocking up.

They look like this www.facebook.com/groups/518823288159676/?fref=ts

massive coincidence that i was just reading a blog post about this (it might be the same post More is talking about here huntersdesignstudio.com/2013/04/04/whats-it-worth-part-2-a-bigger-picture/ )

if you are selling them relatively cheaply (and £5 would be very cheap IMO - i would start at at least £20 as others have suggested) then do make it clear that you're charging a lower amount to simply cover your costs rather than to make a profit

Thank you will take a look, dont know if i could justify 20 though to me it feels like its a 17 pound profit!

Sometimes, if things are too cheap people can think there must be something wrong with it.

If you only want to sell the few you've got at a boot sale what about saying say £10 each, £5 from each sale to go to X charity.

Please remember that if you are making to sell then you need to register as self employed with HMRC and fill in an annual self assessment tax return. Inspectors do visit craft fairs and car boot fairs to check this sometimes.

Don't let this put you off though because it is very easy to do.