Craft Tools and Calculators
This is the front door to everything on the site that works something out for you: the standalone planning, cutting and pricing tools, the calculator families grouped by craft, the guided wizards and the checklists you tick off as you go. Nothing needs an account, and nothing you type is stored, so you can put your own numbers in and see what they come to.
161 calculators across 15 crafts
Interactive tools
These are the biggest tools on the site. Each one takes your own project details and gives you something you can act on: a materials list, a cutting plan, a price or a profit figure.
Craft Project Planner
Pick a craft, a budget and a deadline, and get a materials list, a cost estimate and a milestone plan you can actually follow.
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OptimizerCut List Optimizer
Turn a list of required parts and your available board sizes into a cutting plan, with kerf and waste accounted for.
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DashboardHandmade Profit Dashboard
Revenue minus materials, labour, fees and packaging, shown as profit per item, margin and your effective hourly earnings.
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PricingHandmade Product Pricing Calculator
Itemise materials, labour and fees, then see break-even, a suggested retail price, wholesale and premium scenarios.
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ConvertersMeasurement Converter Hub
Every craft measurement and size conversion in one place: yarn weights, hook and needle sizes, ring sizes, paper sizes and the unit conversions underneath them.
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Calculators by craft
Each craft has its own set of calculators, because a yarn estimate and a board foot estimate have almost nothing in common. Pick your craft to see the tools that fit it.
Crochet & Knitting
Yarn quantity, gauge, hook and needle sizes, and the cost of a project. Start with the yarn calculator to find out how many skeins you actually need.
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Sewing
Fabric yardage, seam allowances, curtain and quilt quantities, thread estimates and garment sizing, in both metric and imperial.
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Woodworking
Board feet, lumber volume, plywood sheets, cut lists and shelf spacing. Board feet is the measurement lumber is priced in, so start there.
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Jewelry Making
Bead counts, bracelet and necklace lengths, ring size conversion, wire length and pricing for handmade jewellery.
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Candle Making
Wax quantity, fragrance load, jar fill, batch scaling and candle pricing. Work out the wax for a whole batch before you melt anything.
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Soap Making
Mould volume, batch scaling, ingredient and packaging costs, and soap pricing. Planning tools only: always verify a formulation with a reliable lye calculator.
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Resin & Epoxy
Resin volume for rectangular, circular and cylindrical moulds, the mixing ratio, coating coverage and the cost of a pour.
10 calculators →
Paper Crafts
Paper sizes and weights, card and envelope dimensions, print margins, invitation layouts and paper cost per sheet.
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Leather Craft
Leather area and cost, belt and strap lengths, thickness conversion, stitch spacing and thread length for hand sewing.
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Handmade Business
Pricing, cost, profit, wholesale, break-even and marketplace fees. The tools to answer what should I charge and what will I actually keep.
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Home DIY Crafts
Paint quantity, wall area, tile counts, curtain drop and picture hanging heights for craft projects that end up on a wall or a floor.
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Painting & Art
Canvas and surface area, paint coverage, medium mixing ratios, frame sizes and the cost of a piece.
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Pottery & Clay
Clay weight for a form, shrinkage allowance, glaze quantity, kiln load planning and the cost of a firing batch.
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Floral & Decoration
Stem counts for arrangements, garland and arch quantities, vase proportions and the cost of a floral project.
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General Crafting
Measurement conversion, material quantities, project planning, time estimates and cost breakdowns that apply to any craft.
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Popular calculators
A quick way in if you already know the question you are asking.
Arch Flower Calculator
Stem counts and cost for a floral arch or a moongate, from a light trim to a full asymmetric design.
Artwork Pricing Calculator
Price an original painting by area, medium and reputation, with the gallery commission shown honestly.
Artwork Shipping Cost Calculator
The packed size, volumetric weight and shipping tier for a framed or unframed artwork, with the packing allowance.
Bead Calculator
Work out how many beads fill a strand length, how many beads fit in an inch, and how many strands a pack of beads will make.
Bead Pattern Calculator
Work out how many beads of each colour a repeating pattern needs for a given number of repeats, plus the total bead count and the thread length.
Belt Length Calculator
Work out the strap length to cut for a belt, from the waist measurement, the buckle and the tip you want.
Blanket Yarn Calculator
Yarn estimates for bed and throw blankets by size, with the standard blanket dimensions already filled in.
Board Feet Calculator
Board feet from nominal dimensions, with a running total, and the dressed size the board actually measures.
Guided wizards
A calculator answers a question about a number. A wizard answers what to do first: answer a few questions and get an ordered plan built around your own situation.
How Much Will This Project Cost?
A quick way to size up a project cost before you commit to it.
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What Should I Make From My Stash?
Turn the yarn you already own into a shortlist of projects that actually fit it.
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Which Craft Should I Start With?
Four questions that narrow fifteen crafts down to the two or three that fit your budget, your space and the time you actually have.
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Checklists
The lists you work through rather than read. Tick items off as you go and your progress stays in your own browser.
Price a New Product
A repeatable routine for pricing a design you have never sold before.
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Finish a Project Properly
The last stage that separates a finished object from an unfinished one, and stalls more projects than any other.
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Pack and Ship an Order
A repeatable packing routine that reduces damage, returns and messages.
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Candle Batch Day
Everything to set up and record before a pour, so a batch is repeatable.
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About these tools. Every one of them is a free planning estimate that runs in your browser. The results come from the numbers you enter and from published reference figures, and each page states its assumptions plainly rather than hiding them behind a single output. Material quantities always deserve a test piece before you commit a whole project to them, and nothing you type is stored: your calculation stays in the page and nowhere else.