Joyce Rose Williams
Sparta, WI USA
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Books |
Latvian Dreams (almost)
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| Specialty |
Untraditional Traditional Designs
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| Contact Information: |
18194 County Hwy. AA Sparta, WI USA
608 269-3824
FACEROCK@centuryinter.net
Joyce Williams
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| Favorite Knitting Book |
Knitting Workshop by Elizabeth Zimmermann
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| Favorite knitting reference |
Many "favorite". So, I'm fickle!!!
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| Classes |
Technique Versatility
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| Biography |
I have been a hobby knitter since age seven - not a very long time!!!
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| What is your knitting mantra? |
Gee, don't you have to be serious to have a mantra?
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| What inspires you? |
Nature
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| Confess - when it comes to hiding your yarn, what are your secrets? |
If you would see my living room you would know I have no secrets.
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| What is your idea of knitting heaven? |
My living room.
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| How many UFO's (Unfinished Objects)do you have going at once? |
Well, there is the sweater for Don I started about eight years ago, and then there is --- oh forget it!!!
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| Whom would you like to see accept an Academy Award wearing your creation? |
I wonder if Harrrison Ford would like a pair of knit suspenders to match Amy's cummerbund.
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| What knitting commandment do you most like to break? |
Thou shalt knit a swatch.
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| What frequently-asked knitting question do you hate to answer? |
What size needle are you using?
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| What is your most dog-eared knitting reference? |
There are so many where do I start? Elizabeth Zimmermann's and Meg Swansen's books and Wool Gatherings, Barbara Walker's "Treasuries", books that cover traditional knitting, etc. Most recent are Z. Ventaskrasts three books "Tzsuvumu, adijumu un audumu raksti". (I suspect that is a name many people have not heard before.) These three books are the books I used for most of the charts in my book. Since I have now copied the charts the precious books themselves are not getting dog-eared.
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| When and how did you learn to knit? |
Instead of ripping it off, I'd probably say to myself, "Self - I didn't realize him/her had such good taste. Him/her might not be so bad after all."
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| What is the most unusual place you've ever knitted? |
The place might not be so unusual, but the incident was. While on the back deck of a small cruise ship in Antarctica,I was pulling out some extra yarn. The ball came out of my parka pocket. The wind grabbed the ball and just hurled it out behind the ship, unraveling the ball completely. There was my yarn, sailing like a kite string out behind the ship, but without the kite. So, I wound it back in like a kite.
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| How long can you last without knitting? |
I would consider it inhumane if someone tried testing me.
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| If you were stranded on a deserted island, what one yarn, book, or gizmo would you want along? |
Tons of Jamieson and Smith wool yarn (maybe Amy and I could share the same island because our color palettes are different so we wouldn't fight over colors)and Latvian charts.
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| How many hours have you knitted non-stop - and why? |
Sixteen - Because it was a beautiful winter day outside (one of those brilliant sky and sparkling snow days you only get when it is WAY below zero). I sat by the window (where I always sit when knitting) with a roaring fire in the fireplace and a new design in my hands. When darkness came I was so snug and enraptured with what was going on with the design, I kept right on knitting.
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| Who would you like to greet you in knitting heaven? |
Mother/daughter team Elizabeth Zimmermann and Meg Swansen - Heavenly wit and inspiration!
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