Edith Cranwinkle is the elderly co-owner of Reflections, an art sales, supplies, and lessons store, with her husband, Harold Cranwinkle.
She is a very unpleasant and impolite person, close-minded and judgmental, often speaking out in an argumentative manner at town meetings or taking the role of a grouchy moral guardian. She never bothers with politeness or niceties. She seems to have an inflated sense of her shop's importance in the community and a disproportionate desire for arts and crafts to be favored at the expense of other needs, viewing crafts as an essential part of the community (although she concedes art can be sacrificed). Edith also feels that a rich person spending 45% of their income on yarn is insufficient. At one point, she insists that, should her store be forced to raise the price of yarn, "There'll be riots, again!" ("The Oeder Games")
Growing up, Edith's parents worked at Wonder Wharf, leaving Edith to be partially raised by members of the wharf's freaks troupe. These people include a bearded lady and man with "freakishly long nipples". The freaks are some of the few people Edith respects, as she went out of her way to ensure they were represented on a quilt representing Wonder Wharf ("Bobby Driver").
Edith is also often verbally abusive and domineering towards her husband.
