Meg Swansen is a

knitting Knitting is a method for production of textile Knitted fabric, fabrics by interlacing yarn loops with loops of the same or other yarns. It is used to create many types of garments. Knitting may be done Hand knitting, by hand or Knitting machi ...

designer, owner of

Schoolhouse Press Schoolhouse Press is a supplier of hand-knitting patterns, books, wool, and tools, as well as a craft book publisher Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, avail ...

and the daughter of

Elizabeth Zimmermann Elizabeth Zimmermann (9 August 1910 – 30 November 1999) was a British-born hand knitting teacher and designer. She revolutionised the modern practice of knitting through her books and instructional series on American public television. Thou ...

. Similar to her mother, she has helped to popularize knitting and is a well-respected author and knitting teacher, especially at her knitting retreats. Swansen also writes a long-running regular column in '' Vogue Knitting'' called "Meg Swansen on...", which covers everything from the Turkish cast on (Fall 2005), to

lace knitting Lace knitting is a style of knitting characterized by stable holes in the fabric arranged with consideration of aesthetic value. Lace is sometimes considered the pinnacle of knitting, because of its complexity and because woven fabrics cannot easi ...

(Spring/Summer 2006), to the ''recherché'' Scandinavian two-end knitting (Winter 2006/2007). Swansen runs a knitting camp in

Marshfield, Wisconsin Marshfield is a city in Wood County, Wisconsin, Wood and Marathon County, Wisconsin, Marathon counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 18,929 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census; of this, 18,119 were in Wood County a ...

. This camp was established in 1974 by Elizabeth Zimmermann, and Meg took over the organization of the event when her mother retired.

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References

* Fallick, M (1996). Knitting in America. Artisan Books.

External links

Website for Schoolhouse Press
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