num_pages: 160
description: Stockinette ribbing cables even the humble yarn over can instantly evoke places times people conversations all those poignant moments that weve 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 its only human to crave another. And another and another.
language: English
title: The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting
publisher: Stewart, Tabori and Chang