Hand-knit socks are the most honest luxury in fiber: a $26 sock set, sixteen hours of gusset and grafting, and a finished pair the uninitiated compare to a six-pack from the store. Sock knitters who sell don't need a pep talk — they need the per-pair number that justifies heirloom pricing out loud. MadeKeeper does that math.
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Say you knit a pair from a hand-dyed set:
At $65 you keep $42.30 — sixteen hours of knitting at $2.64 an hour. That number isn't an insult; it's the proof these are heirlooms, and the reason the price tag should never blush.
Materials and true cost per piece, products (in bulk or one-of-a-kind), sales that drain stock, the was-this-fair-worth-it event math, mileage, expenses, and the year-end tax packet — all in the app today. Etsy and Square sync, your own storefront, a booth card reader, and shipping labels are building, shaped with founding makers. Nothing above describes a feature that doesn't exist without saying so. See the full live-vs-building list →
Because the brutal number is the sales pitch. When someone balks at $65, 'there are sixteen hours in these' lands differently when you know it's true to the minute — and the ledger tells you which patterns bleed the least.
The 15 g remainders bank up in stash until they become a scrappy pair with a near-zero yarn bill — the best margin in your bin, and MadeKeeper shows it that way.
Yes — club shipments log as recurring sales with their real yarn and postage costs, separate from show tables. You'll see whether the club's steady drip beats the festival gamble.
The app is live and free during the pilot. Lock the $19/mo founding rate for as long as you stay.