Dye Day Rinse Day and Ellen's Pattern Everywhere!

Last week on Thursday and Friday there was a Dye Day and several weavers were there and some brought there own things to be dyed. They did the usual dyeing and also some ice dyeing! Today there were 3 weft skeins and 2 warp skeins that needed to be rinsed today. I put them to soak right away, and after the first soak I began to use the spin dryer to speed things up. By the end of the day 2 of the weft skeins were fully rinsed but the last weft skein and the 2 warp skeins still needed another rinse and we were all ready to call it a day.

There were several piles of finished articles on the table this morning, and among them were a couple of sets of placemats in our signature "Ellen's Pattern". That got me looking around the room and wouldn't you know it there were several weavers working on this same pattern but there were no two alike! Laura it working on a custom order, Susan is working on a color that I had never seen used before, but I think it is marvelous!

Kris is using a deep green as her warp.

Just before lunch Linda told me that she was ready to cut off her latest project.

It is time for "Show and Tell"! Susan and Rhonda showed us the finished placemats they had brought back ready to be inventoried and put upstairs in the shop.

Shannon brought in so many small purses that she has made with our leftover fabric that it was impossible to get pictures of them all. She is an amazing seamstress!

Roxy brought in her finished student project, I love her color choices, and Mark brought in another rug that he had finished!

Next week I will have some pictures of the Dye Day skeins and warps plus some of the projects that were done for individuals. Until then, this is Tina, for all!