Idan kun kasance mai kullun don dogon lokaci, kuna jin labarin Elizabeth Zimmermann ko ku ga asalin EZ da aka yi amfani dasu a kan wani dandalin tattaunawa ko akwatin saƙo.
Ƙunƙwasa Marasacce
Zimmermann mai yiwuwa yana daya daga cikin shahararren sanannun sanannun tarihin da suka gabata, shahararrun mabiyanta da yawa, wanda ya dogara da fahimtar kwarewa don samun ta, da kuma ra'ayoyinta da yawa game da zane-zane, wadda ta gani a matsayin mafi kyawun wasa da salon rayuwa daga can.
Bayanan Halitta
An haife shi: Elizabeth Lloyd-Jones Agusta 9, 1910, London, Ingila
Mutu: Nuwamba 30, 1999, Marshfield, Wisc.
Early Life: Zimmermann ya ciyar da yaro a Ingila kuma ya tafi makaranta a Switzerland da kuma kara karatunsa a Bavaria.
Iyali: Ta auri Arnold Zimmermann a 1937, sai suka koma Amurka, inda Arnold yayi aiki a matsayin mai kulawa. Ma'aurata suna da 'ya'ya uku, Thomas, Lloie, da Meg. An kira Arnold sau da yawa a cikin rubuce-rubuce na Zimmermann kamar Tsohon Man.
The Knitting Empire
Bayan da Arnold ya yi ritaya, iyalinsa suka koma wani ɗakin makarantar ɗaki guda daya a arewacin Wisconsin, kuma an haifi Schoolhouse Press. Kamfanin ya shigo da sayar da yarn da aka saƙa (Zimmermann ya kasance da alfahari da nuna cewa basu sayar da su ba) kuma ya wallafa littattafai da DVD, har da littattafan Zimmermann da yanzu 'yarta, Meg Swansen, da sauransu.
Litattafan Zimmermann sun haɗa da:
- Knitting without Tears (1971, wanda Simon & Schuster ya buga)
- Knitter's Almanac (1974, da Dover ta buga)
- Taron Kasuwanci (1981, Makarantar Makaranta)
- Knitting Around (1989, Schoolhouse Press)
- Rahotanni da aka bayyana (tarin wasikun labarai da rubuce-rubucen, 2005, Makarantar Makaranta)
- Knit One Knit All: Elizabeth Zimmermann's Garter Stitch Designs aka gyara ta ta jikan Cully (2011, Schoolhouse Press)
Zimmermann kuma ya bayyana a bidiyo guda uku: "Knitting Workshop," "Knitting Glossary" da kuma "Knitting Around." Har ila yau, an yi wa takardun mujallar ta littafin karatun Knitting Around .
Zimmermann ya gabatar da jerin sassan biyu kafin "Wurin Gudanar da Ƙungiya: Ƙarƙashin Kasuwanci," wanda ya sauko a kan PBS a 1966, da kuma "The Busy Knitter 2" a 1967. Swansen ya rubuta a cikin Opinionated Knitter cewa an ajiye jerin a cikin Paul vaults a Washington, DC , amma an riga an lalata takardun, kuma babu wata sanannun kofi.
An wallafa shi a cikin mujallu irin su Vogue Knitting, McCall's da Woman's Day, kuma yana da kaya a cikin ɗakunan kamfanonin yarn. Amma ta takaici tare da yadda masu wallafawa suka yi la'akari da dabi'unta suka jagoranci ta ta fara tallarta, "Wool Gathering," wanda aka ba da kyautar kyauta ga masu sayen Yarn Schoolhouse Press (wasu zasu iya samun kofe don 25 cents).
Zimmermann ta Legacy
Zimmermann sananne ne game da abin da ta ke kira "kwaskwarima," sakamakon binciken da ba ya son ya ce ya ƙirƙira kanta (irin su I-cord ). Yawancin alamunta har yanzu suna da kyau a cikin masu saƙa, irin su Baby Surprise Jacket da Pi Shawl. (Zaka iya ganin yawancin kayanta akan Ravelry.)
Ta kasance mai ban sha'awa a cikin masu zanen kullun ta lokacin da za su iya yin amfani da su a cikin zagaye, kuma musamman, an san su ne don yin aiki a zagaye, tare da hannayensu na aiki a zagaye, kuma duk sun shiga cikin yakuri.
Ta ci gaba da hanyoyi masu yawa don haɗa hannayensu a cikin zagaye kuma an san su ga tsarin Elizabeth Albashi, ko EPS, wanda ya ba da damar yin amfani da linzami don yin suturar ko wane irin girman da ma'auni da suke so, muddin sun san ma'auni da jikinsu Tsarin.
Zimmermann ya ba da ƙarfin ƙarfin hali don yin gwaji da kwarewar su, don tuna cewa su halittu ne masu basira kuma ba koyaushe suna bukatar biyan takamammen tsari ba kuma wannan gwaji da ƙaddamarwa sune alamar dukkanin masu sana'a, wanda kullun suke .
A lokacin mutuwarta, New York Times ta ce ta "sauya tsarin yau da kullum," kuma wannan gaskiya ne.