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The Yarn Whisperer (My Unexpected Life in Knitting)
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Product Details
Author:
Clara Parkes
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
160
Publisher:
STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book (September 3, 2013)
Imprint:
STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781617690020
ISBN-10:
1617690023
Weight:
14.24oz
Dimensions:
5.5" x 8" x 0.75"
File:
Eloquence-HNA_10022026_P10705791_onix30_Complete-20261002.xml
Folder:
Eloquence
List Price:
$19.95
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
32
As low as:
$15.36
Publisher Identifier:
P-ABRAMS
Discount Code:
A
Overview
In The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected 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.
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
Recounting tales of childhood and adulthood, family, friends, adventure, privacy, disappointment, love, and celebration, Clara Parkes 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.”
“Clara Parkes: The Yarn Seer.” —Interweave Knits magazine
“In this charming series of linked essays, Parkes metaphorically puts the fast whorl on her wheel and spins something entirely new, showing that she’s not just a good writer but a great one. Funny, sweet, and trenchant and offered in twenty-two digestible bits, this book is not only the quintessential sampler afghan of knit lit, it is also the ‘It’ gift of the season. Buy a stack to stuff inside the handmade stockings of your knitting-circle friends.” —Vogue Knitting
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
Recounting tales of childhood and adulthood, family, friends, adventure, privacy, disappointment, love, and celebration, Clara Parkes 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.”
“Clara Parkes: The Yarn Seer.” —Interweave Knits magazine
“In this charming series of linked essays, Parkes metaphorically puts the fast whorl on her wheel and spins something entirely new, showing that she’s not just a good writer but a great one. Funny, sweet, and trenchant and offered in twenty-two digestible bits, this book is not only the quintessential sampler afghan of knit lit, it is also the ‘It’ gift of the season. Buy a stack to stuff inside the handmade stockings of your knitting-circle friends.” —Vogue Knitting
