Clara Parkes
Clara Parkes lives on the coast of Maine and provides a daily dose of respite when not building a consumer wool movement. A self-avowed yarn sniffer, Clara is the author of seven books, including The New York Times-bestselling Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World, and Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool, as well as The Knitter’s Book of Yarn, Wool, and Socks trilogy. In 2000, Clara launched Knitter’s Review, and the online knitting world we know today sprang to life.
Contributions From Clara Parkes
Life with Wool: Maker’s Month
When you care enough to send the very best.
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Life with Wool: Bring on the Blanket Forts
What should you reach for when you need a little bit of comfort?
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Life With Wool: The Great Textiles Transhumance
The time has come for Clara's twice-yearly transhumance. What is that? Read on.
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Life with Wool: Our Journey Begins
For every form of wool, there is a season, as Clara Parkes shows us.
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Remembering Cat Bordhi
Snapshots of an extraordinary life, from the album of a loving friend.
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Under Cover: An Adventure in Blanketry
Wool blankets: sentimental heirlooms that also just might cure gout.
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Dear Clara: The Case of the Patronizing Admirer
Our resident agony aunt teaches a Sensitive Soul how to take a compliment.
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Dear Clara: My Drawers Runneth Over!
That feeling when someone you love gives you a handknit that you don't love.
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Dear Clara: How Much Touch Is Too Much?
How to handle the friend who loves your knitting so much she nearly felts it.
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Dear Clara: Should I Say Something or Not?
A friend wears the hat she was given inside out. What to do?
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Dear Clara: How Much Yarn Is Too Much?
A knitter wonders about her stash. Clara Parkes has answers.
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Dear Clara: Sweater Pilling! Help!
My softest, best sweater pills like crazy.
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Dear Clara: I’m a Horrible Knitter
Letting go of the need for perfection. Dear Clara proposes an experiment to try.
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Introducing: Dear Clara
A new column answers your burning questions about knitting, life, or the intersection of knitting and life.
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