Edie Eckman
Waynesboro, VA USA
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Books |
"Learn to Knit Socks", "Crocheted Wardrobe for 18"
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| Specialty |
Designing knitwear for the "ordinary" knitter
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| Contact Information: |
No mailing address is available...
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| Favorite Knitting Book |
Barbara Walker Treasury #1
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| Favorite knitting reference |
Any BW book, Vogue Knitting
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| Classes |
Top Ten Tips, Math for Knitters, Crochet for Knitters, Intarsia is Nothing to Fear, Knitting Roadmaps, Design Inspiration
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| Biography |
My grandmother taught me to knit when I was six, and I spent weeks working on a striped scarf for my father to wear to football games. He got the gift in time for Christmas, but never wore it. I discovered why years later when I found it folded neatly on a closet shelf-it was 6" wide and 18" long-plenty long to fit around my skinny neck at the time, but not nearly scarf-length!
Nana lived with us and knit/crocheted constantly, and my mother sewed and did needlepoint, so I don't recall a time when I didn't have some sort of project to work on. During my teen years and college I dabbled in crochet, but kept knitting. When I got married, I started frequenting my local yarn shop so often that, 5 years later when I had my first child, I decided to become a partner! As a yarn shop owner, I learned a lot from my customers about their likes and dislikes, and about what techniques they need to know, and about those they fear. I found that most knitters don't know more than one cast-on, and are unaware of how much they don't know--things that would make their knitting easier. We closed the yarn shop closed several years ago, but I am having even more fun now designing and teaching-a job that allows me to be "mommy" to my kids while indulging in my favorite pastime.
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| What is your knitting mantra? |
There's always more to learn.
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| What inspires you? |
Nature, catalogs, rugs, playgrounds.
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| Confess - when it comes to hiding your yarn, what are your secrets? |
Are you supposed to hide it? I thought having piles of yarn falling off tabletops was the newest trend in home decorating.
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| What is your idea of knitting heaven? |
Someone else to do the cooking and carpooling.
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| How many UFO's (Unfinished Objects)do you have going at once? |
For publication-only one or two. In the works for me or for new ideas-I can't count that high.
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| My yarn stash equals the GNP (Gross National Product) of ... |
New Zealand (I used to own a yarn shop, remember?)
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| What frequently-asked knitting question do you hate to answer? |
Do I have to do a swatch?
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| What is your most dog-eared knitting reference? |
Barbara Walker Treasuries
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| What is the most unusual place you've ever knitted? |
In labor-but my gauge was waaaaay off.
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| How long can you last without knitting? |
Two days without actually knitting-Two hours without thinking about it.
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| If you were stranded on a deserted island, what one yarn, book, or gizmo would you want along? |
a sheep
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| How many hours have you knitted non-stop - and why? |
can't remember-probably blocked it from my memory
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| What do you want your knitting epitaph to say? |
She used up all her stash.
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| Who would you like to greet you in knitting heaven? |
my Nana
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