Crafters celebrate knitting legend
The Capital Times - October 26 2006
Nine knitters and knitwear designers will share the stage with a knitting legend in an exhibit opening Friday."New School Knitting: The Influence of Elizabeth Zimmermann and Schoolhouse Press" features the Wisconsin knitter called the doyenne of the craft in America, her daughter Meg Swansen and the work of those they influenced.
[...]The British-born Zimmermann is credited with revolutionizing the modern practice of knitting. She did this through a number of books and articles, patterns, workshops and a public television series, "The Busy Knitter," which feature her no-nonsense, free-form instruction encouraging those who take up the craft to relax, take risks and be happy with the results.
While Zimmermann died in 1999, her ideas continue through Schoolhouse Press, the rural Wisconsin mail-order knitting business she founded. Swansen runs the business in Pittsville, offering books and patterns and dispensing Zimmermann's wisdom through a yearly workshop.
"She wanted people to explore the craft and not be afraid to make mistakes," Greenfield says of Zimmerman's philosophy. [more]
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