Guide for textiles and knitwear

Sell knitwear, yarn and textiles online

Textiles you sell must be labelled with their fibre content, such as «80% wool, 20% polyamide», and it has to be on the product page before the customer buys. Care labels are optional, but customers expect them. Textiles carry 25% VAT and are light to ship.

  • Fibre content in percent, on the item and on the product page
  • Separate safety rules for young children's clothing
  • Made-to-measure pieces are exempt from the 14-day right to cancel
  • 25% VAT
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What you need in place

  1. 1Fibre contentGarments, throws and yarn must be labelled with every fibre and its share, largest first. Use the fibre names the rules allow, in Norwegian on the label: «ull» (wool), «bomull» (cotton), «lin» (linen), «polyamid» (polyamide). The label goes on the item, and the content must be visible before purchase when you sell online too.
  2. 2YarnYarn is a textile as well, so the fibre content goes on the ball band. Weight, yardage and needle size are optional, but they're what knitters look for.
  3. 3Children's clothingClothes for young children have their own safety requirements, including for cords and small parts such as buttons. Check them before you sell baby clothes and children's hats.
  4. 4VATTextiles and yarn carry 25% VAT. You register once sales pass NOK 50,000 in 12 months.

Made to order, and shipping

Knitting and sewing take time. If you sell made to order, put the lead time on the product page, and only list as many as you can make.

Pieces made to the customer's own measurements or personalised for them, such as with a name or their own design, carry no right to cancel. If the customer only picks a size and colour from your list, the usual 14 days apply, even if you knit it after the order.

Textiles are light and travel well, and thin garments often go as a small parcel.

Yarn shops and interior shops

Yarn shops and interior shops like to stock handmade work. In the B2B portal they order at their prices, and you approve the order before you ship.

Setting up your shop

  1. 1Tell us what you makeClick «Try it free for 30 days», add your business name and what you make. No website? Add your Instagram @handle with a few words about your work.
  2. 2Watch the shop being builtIt usually takes 2–10 minutes. Nothing goes live until you say so.
  3. 3Add your piecesUse variants for size and colour, and properties for fibre content and care instructions.
  4. 4Turn on payments and share the linkCustomers pay by card or Vipps, through Stripe. You try Humryk free for 30 days, with no card, and we take 0% of your sales. Stripe charges a fee per payment.

Common questions

Does the fibre content have to be in my online shop?
Yes. When you sell textiles online, the fibre content must be visible before the customer buys, as well as on the label.
Do I need care labels?
No, they're optional. But customers expect them, and they save you a lot of questions.
Can customers cancel a knit I make to order?
Usually, yes. If the customer only picks a size and colour from your list, the usual 14 days apply, even if you knit it after the order. Pieces made to their own measurements or personalised for them, such as with a name or their own design, carry no right to cancel.

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