Elizabeth Zimmermann: Ambuya veNhasi Knitting

Kana iwe wakanga wakave wakabatana kwenguva yakareba, iwe wakambonzwa zita rinonzi Elizabeth Zimmermann kana kuona mavambo EZ anoshandiswa pane imwe musangano kana bhokisi remashoko.

Knitting Nobility

Zimmermann inogona kunge iri imwe yenhengo dzinonyanya kuzivikanwa munhoroondo yezvino, yakakurumbira nokuda kwemaitiro ake akachenjera akawanda, ayo anovimba nehunyanzvi hwekudzidzira kumubata kuburikidza, uye maonero ake akawanda pamusoro pounyanzvi hwokugadzira, izvo zvaakaona sekanakisisa nguva uye mararamiro kunze uko.

Biographical Details

Akazvarwa: Elizabeth Lloyd-Jones August 9, 1910, London, England

Akafa: November 30, 1999, Marshfield, Wisc.

Upenyu Hwokutanga: Zimmermann akapedza ucheche hwake muEngland ndokuenda kuchikoro cheunyanzvi kuSwitzerland uye akapedza chikoro muBavaria.

Mhuri: Vakaroora Arnold Zimmermann muna 1937, uye vakakurumidza kuenda kuAmerica, apo Arnold akashanda semudzidzisi. Vakanga vane vana vatatu, Thomas, Lloie, neMeg. Arnold aiwanzo kutaurwa mune zvinyorwa zva Zimmermann seAkare Man.

The Knitting Empire

Pamusoro pokurasikirwa kwaArnold, mhuri yacho yakatamira kune imwe imba yechikoro yakatendeuka kuchamhembe kweWisconsin, uye Schoolhouse Press yakazvarwa. Iko kambani inotengeserana uye inotengesa mvere yakashongedza mbatya (Zimmermann aigara achizvikudza nekuratidza kuti havana kutengesa maitiro) uye anobudisa mabhuku mabhuku uye maDVD, kusanganisira mabhuku aZimmermann uye iye zvino avo vemwanasikana wavo, Meg Swansen, pakati pevamwe.

Zvinyorwa zveZimmermann zvinosanganisira:

Zimmermann akaonekwawo mumavhidhiyo matatu akaoma: "Knitting Workshop," "Knitting Glossary" uye "Knitting Around." Anotopi yaivewo yakaitwa nekuverenga kwayo zvikamu zve Knitting Around .

Zimmermann yakabudisa nyaya mbiri pamberi pe "Knitting Workshop: The Busy Knitter," iyo yakafambisa PBS muna 1966, uye "The Busy Knitter 2" muna 1967. Swansen akanyora muThe Opinionated Knitter kuti dzakatevedzana zvakachengetwa mumapuranga ePBS muWashington, DC , asi matepi akaparadzwa, uye hapana makopi anozivikanwa aripo.

Ainyanya kuparadzirwa mumagazini akadai saVogue Knitting, McCall's and Woman's Day, uyewo aiva nemapuranga ekuvhara mabhuku emakambani. Asi kushungurudzika kwake nenzira iyo vaparidzi vakabata nayo maitiro ake kwakaita kuti atange sarudzo yake, "Kuunganidza Mvere," iyo yakatanga kugoverwa kusununguka kutenga zvidzidzo zveSchoolhouse Press yarn (vamwe vangawana makopi 25 masentimita).

Nhoroondo yeZimmermann

Zimmermann anonyatsozivikanwa pane zvaakadana kuti "unventings," kuwanikwa kwechimiro chakatadza chaasingadi kuzvitaura sekuti akazvigadzira (zvakadai seI -cord ). Vakawanda vemaitiro avo vachiri kuzivikanwa pakati pemagetsi, akadai seMucheche Jacket uye Pi Shawl. (Unogona kuona zvakawanda zvekugadzira kwake paRavelry.)

Akanga asinganzwisisiki pakati pevarimi venguva yake yekugadzira zvakanyanya sezvinobvira kumativi ose, uye kunyanya, inozivikanwa nechepasi-up sweaters yakashanda kumativi ose, nemashizha akashanda kumativi ose, uye ose akabatana nejoko.

Akaratidza nzira dzakawanda dzokubatanidza mashizha akashanda kumativi ose uye anozivikanwa nokuda kweElizabeth Percentage System, kana EPS, iyo inobvumira vadzidzisi kuti vashandise masambo asina kusimba ehupi hukuru uye huwandu hwavanoda, chero bedzi vachiziva chiyero chavo uye muviri unoda circumference.

Zimmermann akapa mauto emakiti kuti ave nechivimbo chekuedzazve kuedza kwavo, kuti vayeuke kuti ivo zvisikwa zvakangwara uye havadi nguva dzose kutevera chimiro chakasiyana uye izvo kuedza uye zvishandiso ndizvo zvinoratidzirwa zvevanhu vose vakakura, avo vakagadzikana zvechokwadi .

Paakafa, New York Times yakati "yakashandura zvemazuva ano kubata," uye izvi zvechokwadi ndezvechokwadi.