Clara Parkes
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Formats
Description
"Knitting aficionado and notable artisan Clara Parkes delves into her storied travels with this inspiring and witty memoir on a creative life enriched by her adventures around the world. Building on the success of The Yarn Whisperer, Parkes's rich personal essays invite readers and devoted crafters on excursions to be savored, from a guide who quickly comes to feel like a trusted confidante. In Knitlandia, she takes readers along on 17 of her most...
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
This definitive guide to wool explores what makes wool so dynamic -- explaining the differences between breeds of sheep, processing and much more. It also helps knitters learn how to choose the right wool for their specific projects and features over 20 patterns, each designed to showcase specific qualities of wool yarns.
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Clara Parkes presents a fast-paced account of the year she spent transforming a 676-pound bale of wool into commercial yarn, and the people and vanishing industry she discovered along the way
Join Parkes on a cross-country adventure as she meets a flock of Saxon Merino sheep in upstate New York, tours a scouring plant in Texas, visits a steamy Maine dyehouse, helps sort freshly shorn wool on a working farm, and learns how wool fleece is measured,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
This comprehensive guide to yarns and their qualities by Clara Parkes will help knitters get the results they want for every project. Included are 40 patterns by knittings biggest stars including Cat Bordhi, TaraJon Manning, Margaret Klein Wilson, and Teva Durham.Potter Craft