Help Dye Candy!

Hi!

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my fundraiser. My name is Lindsay Hutchinson, but I'm known to almost everyone as Hutch.

I started Dye Candy in my kitchen just over ten years ago, with a few hundred pounds and a dream to make this my full time job. For the past decade, my little business has seen some crazy times including award nominations and travelling overseas to vend at yarn shows.

Back in 2019, Dye Candy was going from strength to strength- I was working at full capacity, bringing out new collections, had massive numbers of subscribers to my yarn clubs and I even had my own custom yarn spun.

I did a charity fundraiser in 2020, selling 244 skeins of 'Pandemic' and raised over £1200 for the coronavirus relief fund:

2020 arrived. The pandemic hit small businesses HARD. My husband had to leave work due to ill health shortly thereafter, and for the following three years our family was supported entirely by me selling my yarn. Due to the current cost of living crisis, I've been struggling to put much money back into the business: I use five individual electric pans to dye yarn, two of which broke earlier this year and I've only been able to afford to replace one of them.

So why start a fundraiser?

I would really love to be able to offer a new collection of yarn colourways and replace my pan, allowing me to get back up to full dyeing capacity. I'm not looking for money to fund expansion, but this would help MASSIVELY to keep my business ticking over.

This business is my passion, there hasn't been a single day in 10 years when I haven't thought about it. I do absolutely everything myself, from accounting to dyeing, packing, posting, marketing and more. I feel so lucky to be able to do this as my full time job, I just need a little help right now.

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