Judith Durant is a knitter and beadworker, as well as author and editor of several books on both subjects.

Trained as a theatrical costume designer, she took a circuitous route through various costume shops in New York, to a New York theatrical book publishing house, and on to Interweave Press in Colorado where she was book editor and one of the founding editors of Interweave Knits.

Judith is currently a freelance writer, editor, designer, and teacher based in Lowell, Massachusetts. Her newest book, Knit One, Bead Too, combines her passions for yarn and beads.