Kari Cornell is the editor of For the Love of Knitting, Knitting Yarns and Spinning Tales, Around the Quilt Frame," and Hooked: A Crocheter's Stash of Wit and Wisdom," all published by Voyageur Press. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, two sons, and beagle. She has been a knitter for the past five years. Still living in that drafty farmhouse on the coast of Maine, Clara Parkes achieves her yarnirvana by writing about yarn for "Knitter's Review." Non-knitting time is spent spinning, dyeing, gardening, drinking far too much tea, and dreaming of projects to come. You can read her ins...