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Susan Strawn - Textiles and Knitting
Susan Strawn, a local Bainbridge Islander, knitter, writer, and illustrator, has a Ph.D. in Textiles and Clothing from Iowa State University. She has been a regular contributor to Piecework, Interweave Knits, Spin-Off, and other textile magazines and journals. Strawn has taught textile-related classes at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, and researches hand-produced traditional textiles. "Part picture book, part social history, part entertainment and all fun, Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art (2007) places the ordinary task of knitting into the larger context of American history. Beginning with the first American knitters and working her way through the decades to the present, historian and avid knitter Susan Strawn shares a wealth of information about how knitters have supported our troops during wartime, clothed their families, founded businesses and expressed their creativity...There are images of beautiful knitted items, and examples of printed patterns and knitting posters. The text is fascinating and well-researched; if you are looking for a topic for your next master's thesis, you'll find one here. Whether you read it for the history, or look at it for the delightful illustrations, you'll find yourself engrossed in this captivating book".
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