The Yarn Whisperer Quotes

“You've heard about the knitter's handshake? Two hands go in for the grab-and-shake, but at the last minute, they veer to the closest sleeve or band and grab it instead while we ask, "Did you knit this?”
― Clara Parkes, The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting

“I'm cashmere, for God's sake," it grumbles. "I deserve better than Rubbermaid.”
― Clara Parkes, The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting

“All knitting is choreography.”
― Clara Parkes, The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting

“Putting blind faith in anything is rarely a good idea,”
― Clara Parkes, The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting

“sometimes it’s best to acknowledge with quite a level head that something you thought was right isn’t, that you need to undo as best you can and rebuild.”
― Clara Parkes, The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting

“In through the front door,” begins one, “once around the back, out through the window, and off jumps Jack.”
― Clara Parkes, The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting

“not-so-grand metropolis of Portland.”
― Clara Parkes, The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting

“The word swatch dates back to the 1600s, when it referred to a sample piece of cloth attached to a batch of fabric being sent to the dye house. Today,”
― Clara Parkes, The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting