Knitting Daily TV is hosted by Eunny Jang with guest experts Shay Pendray, original host of Needle Arts Studio, and Kristin Omdahl in the show's Crochet Corner. Now in its fourth season, Knitting Daily airs on public television stations nationwide and covers a variety of needle crafts—from knitting and crochet to stitching, felting, and spinning—while guiding viewers in learning to make one-of-a-kind projects using yarn and fiber.
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 Eunny Jang – Host
A knitter since age 3, Eunny Jang is an internationally-celebrated knitwear designer and editor of Interweave Knits magazine, a magazine for knitting enthusiasts. Around the offices her peers say that she is a knitting prodigy; two of her designs were voted into the Top 10 Best of Interweave Knits Readers’ Choice Awards. Prior to her career as editor and television host, her blog See Eunny Knits (eunnyjang.com/knit), was a must-read for online knitting enthusiasts, averaging 10,000 unique visitors per day. For fun, Eunny cooks, runs long distance, wakeboards, and follows the Yankees. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. |
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 Shay Pendray – America’s Favorite Stitcher
Shay Pendray was the executive producer and host of Needle Arts Studio, public television’s longest-running program on the needlearts. Author of The Needleworker's Companion, Shay is a world-renowned teacher, lecturer, designer, and businesswoman. She has taught more than 150 seminars on embroidery and business for such organizations as Embroiderers' Guild of America, American Needlepoint Guild, Council of American Embroiderers, The National Needlework Association, Canadian Embroiderers' Guild, American Professional Needlework Retailers and International Needle Art Retailers Guild. Shay was awarded the TEN Award in 1997 by The National Needlework Association. This award is presented annually to those individuals recognized for their outstanding contributions made to the needle art industry. Japanese embroidery is Shay’s passion and she has studied the art for more than 18 years with four different Sensei. She recently had the distinct pleasure of studying with Kiju Fukuda, Living National Treasure of Japanese Embroidery. Shay is one of the driving forces in bringing Japanese Embroidery to the United States. She lives in Detroit, Michigan.
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 Kristin Omdahl – Crochet Corner
Kristin Omdahl is best-known as a crochet designer and author of Crochet So Fine and Wrapped In Crochet, but she also is a fantastic knitter, with a new book coming out in 2011, Knitting Wrapsody. Kristin appears in every episode of Knitting Daily as the show's Crochet Corner expert, and she conducts seminars around the country teaching crochet and knitting techniques. Kristin's work has appeared in Interweave Crochet, Interweave Knits, and Vogue Knitting, among other magazines. Besides knitting and crocheting in her orchid garden in sunny, Southwest Florida, she enjoys cooking and long-distance running. She designs knit and crochet garments and patterns under her label KRISTIN.
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