The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting

by Clara Parkes

Overview

Stockinette, ribbing, cables, even the humble yarn over can instantly evoke places, times, people, conversations, all those poignant moments that we’ve tucked away in our memory banks. Over time, those stitches form a map of our lives.
—From the preface

In The Yarn Whisperer: Reflections on a Life in Knitting, renowned knitter and author Clara Parkes ponders the roles knitting plays in her life via 22 captivating, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny essays. Recounting tales of childhood and adulthood, family, friends, adventure, privacy, disappointment, love, and celebration, she hits upon the universal truths that drive knitters to create and explores the ways in which knitting can be looked at as a metaphor for so many other things. Put simply, “No matter how perfect any one sweater may be, it’s only human to crave another. And another, and another.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617690020
Publisher:	STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book
Publication date:	09/03/2013
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	217,808
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Clara Parkes, a celebrated raconteur, is the bestselling author of The Knitter’s Book of Yarn, The Knitter’s Book of Wool, and The Knitter’s Book of Socks. She is also the founder and publisher of KnittersReview.com, a weekly e-newsletter that explores the pleasures and subtleties of yarn. She lives in Maine.

Editorial Reviews

This book's title is no mere fabrication (no pun intended). Over several years, Clara Parkes has been knitting her way into the hearts of fellow crafters. The apparently tireless founder and publisher of KnittersReview.com is also the author of a whole bookshelf of yarn classics: The Knitter's Book of Yarn, The Knitter's Book of Wool, and The Knitter's Book of Socks. Her new book The Yarn Whisperer is less an egocentric autobiography than an entertaining, insightful group of reflections on knitting, encounters with knitters, and ultimately on human interaction and creativity itself. A trade paperback original; an offbeat treasure; editor's recommendation.