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Sep. 14th, 2005 02:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pixiecrinkleOK, so we had an art show at work today and I put two scarves in it that I made recently in my spate of boho-hippie-crazy-chic scarf making. They are the ones pictured here and here. One of those I posted a poll about pricing a while back.
The first one, I put a price on, the other I listed as "not for sale but commissions available."
I did not win anything in the show, but that's fine. A crocheted afghan that got an honorable mention should have won, but a simple quilt beat it (we were all lumped into the fabric category. I didn't enter to win anything though, just for the exposure should I decide to do our holiday craft show.
Someone just emailed me and wants to buy my loop scarf. So I got all excited. Then I read the email. She said she thought it was $15. I couldn't remember what I put on it, but I knew it was more than that, so I just went down and checked. The price is $40. I thought perhaps I'd put $45 and she misread as $15, but no.
I just emailed her. Maybe she'll still want it, maybe not. But even despite its rustic appearance $40 is not a lot for that. It's got, let's say $20 worth of yarn in it, and I spent about 5-6 hours designing it and knitting it up. So that gives me an hourly wage of about $3.65.
Edit: OK, no big deal. She still wants it. Woo-hoo! My first sale of a knitted item!
The first one, I put a price on, the other I listed as "not for sale but commissions available."
I did not win anything in the show, but that's fine. A crocheted afghan that got an honorable mention should have won, but a simple quilt beat it (we were all lumped into the fabric category. I didn't enter to win anything though, just for the exposure should I decide to do our holiday craft show.
Someone just emailed me and wants to buy my loop scarf. So I got all excited. Then I read the email. She said she thought it was $15. I couldn't remember what I put on it, but I knew it was more than that, so I just went down and checked. The price is $40. I thought perhaps I'd put $45 and she misread as $15, but no.
I just emailed her. Maybe she'll still want it, maybe not. But even despite its rustic appearance $40 is not a lot for that. It's got, let's say $20 worth of yarn in it, and I spent about 5-6 hours designing it and knitting it up. So that gives me an hourly wage of about $3.65.
Edit: OK, no big deal. She still wants it. Woo-hoo! My first sale of a knitted item!
