The Cost of Running a Shop

Good Thursday Afternoon Crocheters!

I am going to jot down here today some of the items I have run into in the last week or so while working on my first Etsy order:

1.  The cost of supplies - I vastly underestimated how much the supplies would run me, Ex: the Hat & Scarf pictured here sold for $35.00 in my shop + S/H - in this case the supplies cost all of $12.81 ($3.99/skein x 3 skeins of yarn + 7.5% tax)

So then for the Afghan pictured below I sold it for $75.00 + S/H - and in this case the supplies are running me more than usual, the afghan was originally made for a friend of the family, one of my Girl Scout Mom's who requested it - and to make her a nice soft & warm afghan I made it out of Yarn Bee Tender Touch brand yarn - which runs 155 yards of yarn to a skein - which means I am having t use twice as much as I calculate it would, the yarn runs $3.99/skein and this afghan will require somewhere around 16 skeins of yarn or $68.63 total cost leaving my profit just over $7.00...

2. Not having Calculated shipping costs exactly quite yet I have set aside about $30.00 of the order to pay for UPS Ground Shipping, I prefer this method so I can accurately track the package.

That being said I have increased the price on an afghan made with the Yarn Bee yarns to $100.00 so my profit margin is higher.

As of today I've completed 2/3 of the scarf - just have the other side of the border to do + the fringe and then I need to construct the hat, however I need to purchase that additional skein of yarn first.  And I am about 1/2 way done with the afghan! Super Excited about that and I can't wait for the woman who ordered them to get them.

What's everyone working on today?!?!?!?

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Good Friday Afternoon Crocheters!

Hope Everyone's Week is Wrapping up Nicely!

I have a stack of requests from my friends and family I need to get cranking on - It's going to be a super busy Christmas season for sure!

First one of my other Girl Scout parents has requested hats/scarves for her entire clan, I am starting off with a Minecraft themed hat/scarf for her Granddaughter.  We've settled on these two:

Image Courtesy of DIY Crafts

Image Courtesy of Kid Stuff

So I begin on those as soon as I finish some arm warmers to go with the Monster High Hat I made the other day.

Then she's requested hats for everyone else in her family - one a musical themed one, one NASA/UConn Themed, Flowers and there's like four others!

And I also got a request from another Scout Mom, the same one I made the blue afghan for has requested an infant sweater/hat/afghan set for a baby due in December.  WOW my head is truly spinning!

This weekend though I begin on my Etsy order and I have a secret project I am working on for someone special in my life that I won't discuss because it'll ruin the surprise ;-)

Oh and at some point the woman who ordered the Daisy/Chevron afghans is requesting two more daisy afghans...though she's on vacation for now and then is having surgery so it'll be a while before I get those in.

Busy Busy Busy but I Love it!

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