Stockinette,ribbing,cables,eventhehumbleyarnovercaninstantlyevokeplaces,times,people,conversations,allthosepoignantmomentsthatwe'vetuckedawayinourmemorybanks.Overtime,thosestitchesformamapofourlives.FromtheprefaceInTheYarnWhisperer:ReflectionsonaLifeinKnitting,renownedknitterandauthorClaraParkesponderstherolesknittingplaysinherlifevia22captivating,poignant,andlaugh-out-loudfunnyessays.Recountingtalesofchildhoodandadulthood,family,friends,adventure,privacy,disappointment,love,andcelebration,shehitsupontheuniversaltruthsthatdriveknitterstocreateandexploresthewaysinwhichknittingcanbelookedatasametaphorforsomanyotherthings.Putsimply,Nomatterhowperfectanyonesweatermaybe,it'sonlyhumantocraveanother.Andanother,andanother."PraiseforTheYarnWhisperer:ClaraParkes:TheYarnSeer."InterweaveKnitsmagazineIfyouareaknitter,orevenifyouarenot,readthisbookforthesheerjoyofherwriting,forthewayshestringsideastogetherandbringsyouintoherworld…IwouldcomparehertoMarkTwainbecauseofherdryhumor.Honestly,she'sthatgood."NewJerseyCourierNews'InSticthesblogReadthisbooktoberemindedofhowspecialitistobeapartofthiswarmandfuzzycommunity."About.comIseealotofyarnbooksinthisgig,andWhispererisnotonlythebestI'veseenthisyear,it'soneofmyall-timefaves.Seriously,it'sthatgood."TheOregonianIdon'twanttostopreading.Eachchapterisalittlejewel."KnitCircus.comParkeshasapoet'sappreciationfortheinterconnectivityofseeminglydisparateaspectsoflife…Ihaveasenseofaffinitywiththemetaphorsshechooses,whicharedrawnfrommusic,gardening,baking,andofcourse,knitting.Herlanguagedancesandgallops,chucklesandsings."KangathKnitsblogTheYarnWhispererweavestogetherknitt