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ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Joyce Williams, a rural Sparta Wisconsin
resident, was taught to knit in grade school at the age of seven.
The entire second grade class in Sheboygan, Wisconsin spent half an hour
each day patriotically knitting khaki squares for blankets that were sent
to the British armed forces by the Red Cross.
Joyce has knit since then and for many
years followed written knitting pattern instructions. After reading
KNITTING WITHOUT TEARS and KNITTING WORKSHOP by Elizabeth Zimmermann, in
1985 Joyce began to design her own knitted garments. She attended
Elizabeth's Knitting Camp in Marshfield, Wisconsin, for the first time
in 1986 and has been a faithful attendant every year since then.
The Knitting Camp is now run by Elizabeth's daughter, Meg Swansen, an internationally
known and respected designer, publisher, and owner of Schoolhouse Press
which is a mail order supply house of books, tools, and yarn to knitters.
Joyce considers Meg Swansen to be her mentor.
Joyce has become known for the innovative
knitting techniques she has developed, primarily to avoid some of the knitting
processes she does not enjoy. She has had designs published in KNITTERS
magazine, and her methods have been cited in knitting publications by knitwear
designers who have used her innovative ideas. She has self-published
several booklets which feature designs incorporating the techniques she
has developed and she has produced videos in which she explains her techniques.
Though unadvertised, they have been sold in most every state, Australia,
Israel, and Canada.
Watch for her book to be published in the
next year or so by Schoolhouse Press. If her newest sweaters are
any indication this book will be amazing.
For Joyce Williams e-mail: FACEROCK@century.net
Schoolhouse Press: telephone number
(715) 884-2799
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