Meg Swansen is aknitting designer,^[1][2] owner ofSchoolhouse Press and the daughter ofElizabeth Zimmermann.^[3] Similar to her mother, she has helped to popularize knitting and is a well-respected author and knitting teacher,^[4] especially at her knitting retreats.^[5][6] Swansen also writes a long-running regular column inVogue Knitting called "Meg Swansen on...", which covers everything fromthe Turkish cast on (Fall 2005), tolace knitting (Spring/Summer 2006), to therecherchéScandinavian two-end knitting (Winter 2006/2007).

Swansen runs a knitting camp inMarshfield, Wisconsin.^[7] This camp was established in 1974 by Elizabeth Zimmermann, and Meg took over the organization of the event when her mother retired.^[8]

• Meg Swansen; director Cully Swansen (2007).Knitting Lace with Meg Swansen (dvd). Schoolhouse Press. ASIN B000U7VRHS.
• Swansen, M (2005).A Gathering of Lace (2nd ed.). Schoolhouse Press.ISBN 978-1-893762-24-4.
• Swansen, M (1999).Meg Swansen's Knitting: 30 Designs for Hand Knitting. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press.ISBN 978-1-883010-58-4.
• Swansen, M (1995).Handknitting with Meg Swansen. Schoolhouse Press.ISBN 978-0-942018-08-0.

• Fallick, M (1996). Knitting in America. Artisan Books.ISBN 978-1-885183-27-9

• Website for Schoolhouse Press

• American people in knitting
• Living people
• People from Marshfield, Wisconsin
• Textile artists from Wisconsin
• 20th-century American textile artists
• 21st-century American textile artists

• Year of birth missing (living people)