We love our pets, there are members of the family. But can you sell your crochet if your pet is the fluffy kind?

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Hello and welcome to the Croce Business School podcast.

But you can use your crochet to build a business that will give you the lifestyle you've been dreaming of.

Can you sell your crochet if you have pets?

The short answer is, yes, you can.

But there are some things you need to take into consideration.

Lots of people have allergies to animals, cats and dogs being the most common.

But any animal with for can cause an allergic reaction to someone who comes in contact with the danda.

It's not usually the for itself that causes the allergic reaction.

It's the dander or the skin particles attached to that for so if you're going to sell your crotch and you have pets, the first thing you need to do is try and make sure that you keep your yard away from your pets.

The ideal situation is to have your yarn and to make and to crochet your items in a separate room that they don't have access to.

Now I know that's not always possible.

I didn't have my own crochet room and I was telling what I made.

What I did do was keep my aren't in a set of drawers, so I try and keep it As for free as possible.

The other thing I did was on the listings, so I sold on Etsy and on my product listing on Etsy.

I had a statement that the in the description to say, I had a dog and as much as I try and keep her for away from my work that but as hard as I try a little bit for May turn up.

So a little statement to that effect.

You just need to inform people most people don't mind no the old stray hair appearing in what you buy, as long as they know they take exception when you don't give the information.

Some people's allergies are really quite severe, so you really do need to make sure that you're given giving people a chance to know.

The other thing to think about is how you present your pets on social media when we love showing off are for babies.

They are wonderful and they always create really good engagement on social media.

But what you shouldn't do is show pictures of your pets, either lying on your yard, sitting on what you're currently making because if you've got a statement in your product description saying, I try my best to keep my pets away from my yard and then on your social media, you've got your pet sat on your yard.

That's a complete contradiction.

And also having pictures of your pet sat on your yard and what you're making that could end up with a customer.

Nobody wants pet bomb on their on what they just bought.

It's not a good image.

It's not very professional, and it can make your customers feel a little bit picky, though, about where what they just bought has been.

So it's just something that you to think about presenting your pets on your social media.

Yet it's great.

It's also a great way to make your customers aware that you have a pet just not all over your yard, all over your crochet.

It's not a professional look.

It can come off as quite disrespectful to your customers if they are lying all over what you're making.

So just be careful what you're posting.

The other thing to think about is how do you remove, for there are times the year when there is more for around than usual.

So I have two Huskies.

No, I did not sell.

What what I made when I had my Huskies.

And I certainly want now, because the amount of for that comes off these dogs is incredible when they're moulting.

I feel like I'm living in a for factory, which, as I'm recording this, I am sat in a for factory.

My floor is covered, even though it's Hoover.

Two hours ago, I could not sell what I make with Huskies if I did not have a separate room that they couldn't get into.

So this is where you may have to rethink things a little bit.

If your pet gives off an awful lot of for then selling what you make may not be a tenable option, because you simply cannot get rid of that much.

For as it is, I stopped selling what I make a while ago.

I now create persons, and when I'm taking the pictures from my patterns, I have to remove the husky hair to make sure I've got a for free picture.

It really is that bad at times of the year.

It's if you've got a Husky, you know what I'm talking about.

They are just for machines.

But when I was telling what I made, I had a collie and a lovely border collie called Meg, and she didn't shed nearly this much.

But they were still for and before I packaged up what I made, I would always give everything a shakeout, try and move as much for as possible.

But I didn't wash it.

And there's a couple of reasons for that, and one of them is is that you can be adding another allergen.

Some people are allergic to detergents, so I could end up not only sending them the dog for the dog dander.

I could end up sending them something where they allergic to the detergent I use.

So I tended not to wash what I made and just try to make it as clear as possible that I had a dog and it was possible for was going to turn up.

I mean, I tried my absolute best.

You know, you always try and make sure you get as much for off as possible, but it's not always 100%.

Guaranteed awareness is the best thing possible.

Most customers are fine when they see that declaration, and it just means if they are allergic to pets, that they can make sure that they give everything a wash before they use it once they receive it.

Which is another reason why you should always include the care instructions in your product listing so that if someone is allergic, um, two pets or if they think they may be allergic to whatever the young may have been washed in, but they know how to take care of it as soon as it arrives.

So I would always bless the care restrictions as well in your product descriptions, so they know it can be easily, well, essentially decontaminated.

Giving your customers as much information as possible protects you as well, because if the customer takes exception to um, having an allergic reaction when they just use your product for the first time, they can get very upset and they may see your lack of information not as and lack of thought of that.

It could be important of not knowing that it could be important as covering it up of deliberately hiding it to try and increase sales.

So it's always better to include as much information as possible so you can avoid these situations.

It protects you and it informs your customer.

So, yes, you absolutely can sell your crochet.

If you have pets, just make sure that you keep your customers as informed as possible and keep your pets away from your yard and your crochet as much as you possibly can.

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