Schoolhouse Press
Wholesale Catalog
January 2012
About Schoolhouse Press
Schoolhouse Press is a family owned and operated business founded in the mid-1950s by
British-born master knitter Elizabeth Zimmermann who wanted to supply hand-knitters with
pure wool and circular needles (both a rarity in those days), as well as books, tools, and
original designs. Elizabeth's humor and unique approach to seamless garment construction
gradually attracted followers through her semi-annual Newsletter, a steady stream of designs
in magazines, two television series taped for PBS, the annual summer Knitting Camp and
publication of several books.
Elizabeth's philosophy was received with glad cries by knitters who were eager to think for
themselves and who, by using EPS (Elizabeth's Percentage System), were able to achieve perfectly-fitted garments while applying their own ideas to knitting.
In 1965 Meg Swansen joined her mother's business, and in 1981 with
Meg's husband Chris, Schoolhouse Press began publishing knitting books
and producing instructional knitting videos for both television and home
use.
Today, Meg and her son, Cully, continue the family tradition of publishing books,
producing DVDs, knitting new designs, and importing 100% wool for wholesalers.
Knitting with Two Colors
Our
Latest
Titles
Meg Swansen & Amy Detjen
Now available!
Knit One Knit All
Elizabeth Zimmermann
Wool Gathering #85
Mitered Vest or Jacket
Diagonal Knitting
Katharine Cobey
Spinning Around
Jeannine Bakriges
www.SchoolhousePress.com
Twisted Stitch Knitting
Maria Erlbacher
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Schoolhouse Press
Books
Knitting Workshop
Elizabeth Zimmermann
$18 retail hc
Knitting Around
Elizabeth Zimmermann
$28 retail hc
The Opinionated Knitter
Elizabeth Zimmermann
$30 retail hc
Knit One Knit All
Elizabeth Zimmermann
$32 retail hc
Handknitting With
Meg Swansen.
$16 retail sc
Knitting with Two Colors
Meg Swansen & Amy Detjen
$24.95 retail sc
Knitting From the Top
Barbara G. Walker
$20 retail sc
Learn-to-Knit Afghan Book
Barbara G. Walker
$20 retail sc
Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Barbara G. Walker
$30 retail sc
Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Barbara G. Walker
$30 retail sc
Charted Knitting Designs
Barbara G. Walker
$30 retail sc
Fourth Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Barbara G. Walker
$30 retail sc
Mosaic Knitting
Barbara G. Walker
$32 retail sc
Latvian Dreams
Joyce Williams
$34 retail hc
Armenian Knitting
Meg Swansen & Joyce Williams
$24 retail hc
Latvian Mittens
Lizbeth Upitis
$25 retail sc
Two-End Knitting
Anne-Maj Ling
$23.50 retail sc
Twisted Stitch Knitting
Maria Erlbacher
$28.00 retail sc
Double Knitting: Reversible Two
Color Design
M’Lou Baber
$29.95 retail sc
Unexpected Knitting
Debbie New
$40 retail hc
Diagonal Knitting
Katharine Cobey
$35 retail sc
Spinning Around
Jeannine Bakriges
$29.95 retail sc
Designs for Knitting Kilt Hose &
Knickerbocker Stockings
Veronica Gainford
$15 retail sc
Check our Website for more information
on each of these titles.
www.SchoolhousePress.com
Barbara Abbey’s Knitting Lace.
$24 retail sc
Knitting Lace
Susanna Lewis
$29.95 retail sc
Cornish Guernseys & KnitFrocks
Mary Wright
$19.95 retail sc
Poems of Color
Wendy Keele
$26.95 retail sc
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Schoolhouse Press
DVD Collection
TO ORDER CALL: 800-YOU-KNIT (800-968-5648)
A Knitting Glossary
Elizabeth Zimmermann
& Meg Swansen
4 hours $40 retail
Knitting Around
Elizabeth Zimmermann
6 hours; 3 discs $48 retail
Knitting Workshop
Elizabeth Zimmermann
6 hours; 2 discs, $48 retail
Cardigan Details
Meg Swansen
90 minutes $25 retail
Baby Surprise Jacket
90 minutes $18 retail
Mimbres Vest
Meg Swansen
60 minutes $20 retail
Swedish Dubbelmössa & Scarf
Meg Swansen
60 minutes $20 retail
A Spiral Yoke
Meg Swansen
60 minutes $20 retail
Meg’s Fair Isle Vest
Meg Swansen
82 minutes $20 retail
Russian Prime
Meg Swansen
60 minutes $20 retail
Guernsey Pullover
Meg Swansen
60 minutes $20 retail
Knitting Lace
with Meg Swansen
2 hours $28 retail
Shawl Collared Vest
with Meg Swansen
60 minutes $20 retail
EZ’s Ribwarmer
with Meg Swansen,
105 minutes $25 retail
Round the Bend Jacket &
Puzzle Pillow Blanket
Meg Swansen
80 minutes $25 retail
The Saddle Sleeve Jacket &
Bavarian Twisted Stitch Hat
Meg Swansen
90 minutes $25 retail
Check our Website for more information on each of these titles.
www.SchoolhousePress.com
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Butterfly Vest SPP #1
Schoolhouse Press
Pattern Collection
Arch-Shaped Stockings #2
Elizabeth Zimmermann
Elizabeth Zimmermann
and Meg Swansen
Box-the-Compass SPP #3
Yoke Sweaters SPP #4
Elizabeth Zimmermann
and Meg Swansen
Elizabeth Zimmermann
and Meg Swansen
A-B-C-SJ SPP #5
Anna Makarovna's
Secret Stockings SPP #6
Beverly Royce
(Adult, Baby, Child's Surprise Jacket)
Elizabeth Zimmermann
Near Solstice Lace Shawl SPP #7
Christmas Past SPP #8
Bridget Rorem
Dale Long
Lace Alphabets
Scarf Sampler SPP #9
Eli's Christmas Stocking SPP #10
Meg Swansen
Bridget Rorem
7 Hat Designs SPP #11
Meg Swansen, EZ,
Cully Swansen, Eleanor Haase
Elizabeth Zimmermann's
Green Sweater SPP #13
designer Elizabeth Zimmermann
Latvian Mittens SPP #12
Lizbeth Upitis
Delsbo Sweater SPP #14
Meg Swansen
pattern instructions by Sunday Holm
Two Guernseys SPP #15
Elizabeth Zimmermann
and Meg Swansen
Flowers of Life SPP #16
Ron Schweitzer
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Cabled Yoke Sweater and Hat
SPP #17
Cully Swansen
Schoolhouse Press
Pattern Collection
Weeping Sun and Moon SPP #18
Meg Swansen
The Tomten Jacket SPP #19
The Aspen Yoke Sweater SPP #20
Elizabeth Zimmermann
Meg Swansen
Turkish Maple/Turkish Ocean
SPP #21
Welcome Back Sun SPP #22
Meg Swansen
Sacred Trees SPP #23
Ron Schweitzer
If I Could Fly
Faroese-Style Shawl SPP #25
Bridget Rorem
Marilyn van Keppel
Icelandic 3-cornered Neck
Scarf & Shawl SPP #24
Marilyn van Keppel
Doll Clothes SPP #26
Elizabeth Zimmermann
Pansy Shawl SPP #27
Ritual Dance SPP #28
Amy Detjen
Coming Soon
Ron Schweitzer
Coming Soon
Snow Sky SPP #29
www.SchoolhousePress.com
Ann Swanson
Check our Website for more information
on each of these titles
Call to place your order
800-YOU-KNIT
(800-968-5648)
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Schoolhouse Press
Wool Gathering
TO ORDER CALL: 800-YOU-KNIT (800-968-5648)
Now in Color: This 12 page booklet is published in March and September. An original hand
knitting design by Meg Swansen or Elizabeth Zimmermann in each issue. You may subscribe to
WG for 3 years ($25) and check out the design first, OR you can have us automatically send and bill
10 copies, at 40% discount. See our website for all available back issue titles.
40% off for 6 or more copies of a single title.
Wool Gathering #85
Mitered Vest or Jacket
$5 retail
Wool Gathering #84
Ruffled Off-Center Faux Cardigan
$5 retail
Wool Gathering # 83
EZ's Lap-Shoulder Sweater
$5 retail
Wool Gathering #82
Cully's Brick Sweaters
$5 retail
Wool Gathering #77
Double-V Vest
$5 retail
Wool Gathering #76
Guernsey Pullover
$5 retail
Wool Gathering #75
Child's Norwegian Cardigan
$5 retail
Wool Gathering #74
Cobb Bay Pullover
$5 retail
Wool Gathering #71
Stylized Scribble
$4 retail
Wool Gathering #70
A Knitted-Stitch Pullover
$4 retail
Wool Gathering #68
Straight-Drop Cardigan or Pullover
$4 retail
Wool Gathering #67
Giant Latvian-Mitten Cardigan
$4 retail
Wool Gathering #66
A Child's Fair Isle Vest
$4 retail
Wool Gathering #54
Fair Isle Vest
$3 retail
Wool Gathering #53
Saddle Sleeve Jackets
$3 retail
Wool Gathering #52
Faroe Islands Sweater
$3 retail
www.SchoolhousePress.com
Call to place your order
800-YOU-KNIT
(800-968-5648)
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Schoolhouse Press
Unspun Icelandic Wool
Un-Spun Icelandic— Extraordinary long-fibered fleece unique to
Icelandic sheep produce the warmest wool we know. Work from a single
wheel for 1-or 2-ply; or from 2 wheels for 3- or 4-ply. 3 1/2-oz. wheel,
300 yards, single strand: 6-7-8 sts to 1”; 2- ply—3-1/2 to 4 sts to 1”
$8.50 retail.
Beige
Cream
Silver
Denim
Eggplant
Sumac Red
Caramel
Blacksheep
Silver
Raspberry
Spruce
Gold
Dark
Caramel
Donahue
Cayenne
Dusty
Pink
Sage
Marsh
Heather
Winter
Blue
www.SchoolhousePress.com
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Knitter’s Journal - Smythe-sewn, hardcover
knitting journal with drawing pages, 56 lined
writing pages, and various sizes of graph
paper throughout. Includes 17 small drawings of techniques for quick reference, knitting abbreviations and symbols, a needle
conversion chart and 20 cogent quotes from
EZ’s five books. $12 retail
Coilless Safety Pins are excellent knitting
markers. Place one into the stitch in question and you needn’t bother to shift it
every round/row. No coil at the base of
the pin to get caught in your knitting.
Package your own: 1-1/4” nickel-plated.
4 oz (approx 300 pins).
Schoolhouse Press
Other Handy Items
Spun Out Designs - are a single sheet (b&w) reprint of
sold out issues of Wool Gathering that are not available any where else. The book reviews and chit-chat
are gone, but the original pattern is intact. See our
website for available titles. Retail $3 each.
Knitter’s Graph Paper provides a useful approximation of the relationship of stitches to rows at 1:1.4 ratio. #5 is 5
stitches and 7 rows to 1”.
#8 is 8 stitches and 11.2 rows to 1”.
Retail $3.50 /pad.
Schoolhouse Press
Children’s Books
A House Filled With Music
Margret Rettig
Arnold Zimmermann
Books
The Tale of Alain
sc $10
The Lonely Lake
sc $10
www.SchoolhousePress.com
CD narrated by Meg included
hc, $28
Check our Website for more
information on each of these titles.
Catalog
pb $8
Check our Website for more information
on each of these titles.
Call to place your order
800-YOU-KNIT
(800-968-5648)
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