Clara Parkes

Clara Parkes is a New York Times-bestselling author, speaker, and wool advocate who has dedicated her life to exploring the stories behind, and qualities of, the fibers we wear on our bodies—and taking readers along for the journey. Her book, Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool, is a fast-paced account of the year she spent transforming a 676-pound bale of wool into yarn, and the people and vanishing industry she discovered along the way. She currently runs The Wool Channel.

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