"I like to get my hands into stuff - dirt, dyes and gooey food.  
You can tell a lot about a person by their hands."

Elin is the author of Dyes & Paints: A Hands-On Guide to Coloring Fabric, winner of the 1999 Independent Publisher book award for the best “How-To Book”.  She has a BFA in Fiber from the University of Washington.  Her twenty plus years of dyeing fabric and keen interest in how things work add to her vast understanding of dyeing; everything from feathers to paper pulp, and of course, fabric and yarn.

As former Lab Manager at PRO Chem Elin was responsible for helping troubleshoot customer dye and paint glitches, as well as testing and developing new product applications and writing directions.  She has lectured and conducted dyeing workshops across North America and Internationally. Her work was reviewed in Fiberarts and is on the cover of Fine Woodworking Design Book Six.