She said it was a unanimous decision.
"There was no hesitation among members."
She said as far as members can recall it's the first time this has happened.
"This is community event and we felt we needed to be a responsible community group."
The dye day uses a large amount of water. Huge coppers are used to dye yarn which then also needs to be rinsed twice.
"We looked at other ways of dyeing yarn, such as microwave, dyeing but that still uses a lot of water for the rinsing."
She said it was not practical to postpone the event as the plants used to dye yarn are ready now.
The event generally attracts around 50 craftspeople from as far afield as Wellington and Auckland.
"Some people come back year after year."
She said she hoped next year would be kinder.
"As one member said climate change strikes again. We have tried holding the dye day later in the year but on occasions it has been rained out. We also have to work in with other fibre related events run by other clubs."
The dye day is a major fundraiser for the group but fortunately it has another big event planned on June 6 at The Hub when it will have a spin in.
Members are in the process of organising displays and gathering spot prizes and raffles.
The theme of the spin in will be then and now.