A Miss Clarple Mystery
Swapped Skeins: Chapter 1: A Visitor
Friends, today marks a first in MDK history. We welcome our first-ever serial fiction to MDK, thanks to New York Times bestselling author and MDK contributor Clara Parkes. Every Sunday, beginning today and running through the end of March, we will be following the adventures of Miss Clarice Clarple. Settle in for a delightful winter’s tale. Whodunit? We can’t wait to find out. Illustrations are by our delightful staff artist Hannah Jones.
—Kay and Ann
Renowned textile sleuth Miss Clarple had just stuffed a bag of yarn into a crowded closet when she heard the wheeze of a car in her driveway. Without even looking, she knew this was the ancient turquoise Peugeot of her dear friend, the legendary hand-dyer Penelope Tweed.
“What ho!” yelled Miss Clarple from her doorway.
Penelope climbed out with a groan, slammed the door, straightened herself up, and smiled back—but there was an uncharacteristic heaviness to the smile.
“Uh-oh,” said Miss Clarple. “Come inside. Tell me everything.”
They stepped over the bag of yarn that had failed to remain in the closet, and the two others that had tumbled along with it, and walked down a narrow hall towards a sunny back room.
“Tea?” Miss Clarple asked over her shoulder.
“No, thank you,” Penelope replied.
Miss Clarple stopped and stared at her friend. For Penelope to pay an unexpected visit was rare enough, but for her to turn down tea, too, this meant something was seriously wrong.
“Well then, what is it?” Miss Clarple asked once they were seated. “Mill closure? Wool embargo? Have the moths finally found you?”
“I wish!” Penelope managed a smile. “At least I’d know what to do about those. This has me utterly mystified. It’s my camp.”
Penelope’s knitting camps were almost as famous as her yarn. They took place at the Teeswater and Thistle Inn in Jacob’s Crossing, near where Penelope operates her dye studio. Over the years, the event has grown so popular that she’s added more camps to the calendar. But her waiting list never seems to shrink. If anything, it grows.
“I thought things were back to normal with the new owners,” Miss Clarple said, for the inn had recently been sold to a new owner. But after ripping out the rugs and replacing the mattresses, they reopened it as the Whinfield Inn and surprised everyone by inviting Penelope back and encouraging her to run more camps. They didn’t even change their rates.
“Oh, that part’s fine,” Penelope said. “I’ve hosted two camps with them already.”
“And?” asked Miss Clarple.
“Something strange happened both times,” Penelope said slowly.
“Something strange,” repeated Miss Clarple, raising her eyebrows.
“With the yarn,” replied her friend.
“With the yarn?” Miss Clarple snapped to attention.
Penelope reached into her bag and pulled out a plump skein of robin’s egg blue wool. “I dyed this for the first time back at the inn since it got sold. We were going to do some simple patterned fingerless mittens.” Part of the camp allure was that everyone received a Penelope kit with a custom color. They resold for hundreds of dollars online, if you could find one, which was rare.
Miss Clarple gave the skein a long sniff and sighed, “Nice.”
Penelope smiled. “You know how I put the goody bags on each chair at breakfast?”
Miss Clarple nodded. This had been Penelope’s brilliant way of dealing with late-risers. Even though the color had been revealed weeks before, the knitters still rose at sunrise and raced downstairs like kids at Christmas.
“Everyone had wound their skeins,” Penelope continued. “We started the mitts and made it all the way to the thumb gusset before I noticed…”
She pulled another robin’s egg blue skein from her bag. “They were knitting with this.”
Miss Marple studied this new skein with interest.
“Oh I see,” she said, turning the skein in her hands. “The color is close. It has your construction. But of course this is polyester.”
Miss Clarple’s gift for identifying fibers and fabrics had earned her considerable renown in the textiles world. Just last year, she helped expose a rogue business that was dissolving recycled kitty litter, blending it with nylon, extruding it through special spinnerets, and selling the resulting fibers as 100% wool. The people in lab coats hadn’t been able to figure out the specifics, but Miss Clarple had. She went so far as to locate the shelter selling the kitty litter, the lab formulating the new synthetic concoction, and the German manufacturer of the custom spinneret. She is a respected friend of knitters and enemy of textile crooks everywhere.
“I assumed it was a mix-up,” Penelope said. “I had a new person do the tagging and bagging. She wouldn’t have noticed.”
Miss Clarple nodded.
“When I got home, I called John at the mill. You should’ve heard him when I said ‘polyester’.”
Miss Clarple laughed. She was well acquainted with John’s feelings on the subject of petroleum-derived fibers.
“He said it was remotely possible for a bad actor to throw polyester into the bale with the wool,” Penelope said. “But the difference would’ve shown up immediately on the equipment.”
Miss Clarple nodded. She knew this too, because she’d helped him track down one such bale last year.
“I checked every skein back at the shop,” continued Penelope. “They were fine. So I decided it had to be a fluke.”
She paused.
“The second camp session was two weeks ago. I gave them this.” She produced a skein of radiant, ruby red yarn.
“Oh Penelope!” sighed Miss Clarple.
“A pain to dye, but it’s nice, isn’t it?” She watched her friend admire the skein before continuing. “I triple-checked every skein and filled all the goody bags myself, and I personally handed the bags to the new manager, who stowed them away for me.”
“And?” Miss Clarple asked.
Penelope reached into her bag and handed her friend another skein.
Miss Clarple retrieved a small magnifying glass and studied the new skein under the light. “That’s a good copy,” she said. “But of course, you don’t build up your reds that way, do you?”
Penelope shook her head.
Miss Clarple sat back in her chair. “So, what we have is someone, presumably human…the inn’s not haunted, is it?”
Penelope shrugged.
“Well, let’s assume it’s a human. This person is sneaking into your goody bags before they’re handed out, helping themselves to the yarn, and replacing it with a respectable polyester imitation. And, they’re assuming nobody will be able to tell the difference, which is a crime in itself.”
Penelope put her head in her hands and muttered, “I’m too old for this.”
“Has anyone else noticed?” Miss Clarple placed the skein on Penelope’s knee.
“Nobody’s said anything yet,” Penelope answered. “But this can’t happen!”
“No it can’t,” Miss Clarple said. “And have any of the stolen skeins showed up in the online marketplaces?”
“No,” replied Penelope. “That’s what’s so strange about it. Not even in the private resale groups. It’s as if the yarn vanished into thin air.”
“Did anybody attend both camps, or were they all different people?” asked Miss Clarple.
“I had four repeats,” her friend replied. “You know how it goes.” She did. People would attend every camp if they could, but Penelope worked to keep a balance.
“What about the staff at the inn?”
“It’s bare-bones now. Just two people,” answered Penelope. “The manager and the assistant manager. She doesn’t knit, and he can’t stand us.”
“Curiouser and curiouser,” Miss Clarple said.
They sat in silence for a minute, and then Miss Clarple spoke. “Would you be open to an experiment?”
“Anything,” said Penelope.
“Excellent,” she smiled. “Now listen closely, this is what I want you to do…”
Miss Clarple gave her friend detailed instructions, and the yarn maven was much relieved when she pulled away.
But Miss Clarple was deep in thought. “This calls for a swatch,” she said as she closed the door. Grabbing a ball of Cormo from a basket in the hall, she returned to her chair in the back room and cast on.
“It could be money,” she muttered after a few rows of seed stitch. “It so often is.”
“Or jealousy,” she said, turning her work.
After a few more rows, she added, doubtfully, “Or revenge…?”
Several rows later, she stopped knitting and stared into space. “Or something far more sinister. In which case we have no time to lose.”
To Be Continued…
Illustrations by Hannah Jones
Miss Clarple will be solving the mystery of the swapped skeins on Sundays through March. We’re celebrating the arrival of Miss Clarple by giving away a $50 MDK gift card each week. To enter, leave a comment, and we’ll draw a random winner each week. One comment per week please—we’ll email the winner.
What a fun way to start the week! Please make certain the wonderful illustrator gets credit.
What a mystery!
So fun! I love they mystery, and the illustrations.
The last line of the introduction: “Illustrations are by our delightful staff artist Hannah Jones.” Hannah’s art is just as fun as Clara’s writing – what a treat!
What a delight! Looking forward to the next segment! I’ll probably have to read it twice to check for clues! Now…will Clarice and Penelope make an appearance at your marvelous yarn fest?
What fun. Can’t wait for the next chapter
O goody! A mystery! My gigantic library ( second only to my yarn stash) is primarily made up of knitting and mystery books. I can hardly contain myself. WHEEEEEE!
What fun! It never occurred to me to look for custom workshop kits for sale online – or is that just part of the fiction ? And private resale groups??
Love the illustrations!
Thank you. I delightful to read along in the adventure.
Class
I’m on the edge of my seat! Clara’s writing is immensely engaging. Looking forward to next Sunday!
This is going to be so much fun first thing on Sunday morning!
I’m “hooked”!
What a wonderful way to start the week. I love a good mystery and with yarn even better.
Wonderful way to start off. I hope the yarn storage scene at the beginning was a red herring. I’d hate to think Miss Carple could be so devious. Maybe there should be a yarn series with the colors named for mystery elements like red herring or red handed, white lie, dark and stormy night charcoal grey. There could be a pattern that you don’t know what you’re making until the end like Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Baby Surprise Jacket. Clearly I’m over thinking this. It’s been a long winter. I look forward to seeing this mystery unravel
Blue moon, green with envy….. I live the way you’re overthinking!
Indeed- and the date is Feb1. Let’s hope Punxy Phil tells what we want to hear!
This is fun-I can’t wait for next week’s episode.
Oooh, I’m intriged!
I agree, who is the illustrator?
Also, “recycled kitty litter” absolutely brilliant
What a great idea – can’t wait for the next installment!
Curiouser and curiouser.
What a fun series! Love the illustrations, too. I can’t help but notice that Miss Clarple seems very familiar! 😉
My thoughts exactly!
I’m hooked;)
Love a good mystery!
Entertaining AND a contest! What fun for the winter doldrums!
What a brilliant idea!
I look forward to subsequent installments.
Also, love the illustrations!
Woe to the wolf in sheep’s clothing, who surely won’t pull the wool over Miss Clarple’s eyes.
Love this! I am a huge mystery fan. Can’t wait for the next installment!
What a fun way to start,I am in!!Sarah
Love a good mystery! I could bring this to my knitting group!
Absolutely love this!! Thank you
How lovely! And I want to go to one of Penelope Tweed’s Retreats!! Can’t wait til next week!
What fun.
Clara has such a smart, fun and warm way of writing. What a treat!
Wonderful! I love it! And will look forward to the next chapter.
Taking notes …
i do love a good mystery (says the person who has just started to re-read the Daisy Dalrymple stories on her Kindle).
a Sunday morning treat for the next few weeks.
thank you!
What a fun idea. Clara is the best at solving this mystery.
What fun…I love it!
Hope there will be a print copy available eventually
I love a good mystery!
What a fun way to start the week! Can’t wait till the next installment…
I am in, too! Looking forward to next episodes.
This will be so much fun!!
I love this! Can’t wait to see the next installment.
fun mystery story thank you
Wonderful news! A yarny mystery! To my delight I have a special read every Sunday while I am laid up unable to knit for weeks because of surgery on my left hand!! Thank you for this lovely amazing gift that feeds my soul while I recover!
I’m hooked!! Great beginning to this series. Who could be so devious as to switch wool for polyester? I can hardly wait to find out!! Thank you for this lovely diversion!
Mysteries and yarn — a wonderful combination! Can’t wait for the next installment!
OMG I’m sucked in already!!
Let me use my little grey ( or tweedy) neps to solve this
Looking forward to the next chapter to brighten up a Sunday morning
What a fun way to start a dreary month! Also, fabulous illustrations!
The world has long needed a Miss Clarice Clarple. Thank you, Ms. Parkes, for bringing her to us!
What fun!
What a clever premise for a mystery! Very entertaining way to begin the week. And the illustrations capture the humor too. Can ‘t wait to read the next installment!
Wonderful – A cozy mystery made extra-cozy with (missing) wool!
I was a little hesitant to read this but did and am glad I did. I like the writing style, subject, a cozy mystery (I’m assuming), and I want to read more. I’ll be looking forward to future installments.
I suspect the moths . But how ….
Thank you all, once again, for creating a way to connect and entertain knitters. I’ve enjoyed Clara’s thought provoking writings over the years, and know this will be the same. MDK continues to find ways to feed our knitter’s minds and souls. This winter has been trying. This uplift is much appreciated.
What fun! I can’t wait for next Sunday to see what happens next!
Horrors! Even Miss Marple uses wool rather than synthetics!
The polyesters the world are a dying breed. We need to stick with the sheepy yarn coz we can grow more of it.
This is going to be so much fun!
How delightful, I can’t wait for the next installment!
This is fantastic! I can’t wait for the next chapter.
Another reason to treasure Sunday mornings!
“ And, they’re assuming nobody will be able to tell the difference, which is a crime in itself.”LOL
Is it the manager or the assistant? Is it a class attendee? Is it the former owners? Stay tuned for next week’s installment! Can’t wait!
Oh, Miss Clarple! This injustice cannot stand! Please solve this terrible crime and bring the perpetrators to justice.
The beginnings of a great yarn!
I am so excited to read the next chapter!! A very clever idea. I enjoy reading fiction written around knitting and yarn. Thank you☺️
Hey, Netflix! Got something for you over here.
So clever and intriguing! Wonderful illustrations! I’m eagerly awaiting the next episode!
Love a good mystery!
This is so fun! Great way to start a Sunday morning!
Thanks for an unexpected treat!
Brilliant! Can’t wait for the next chapter!
Love a good mystery and love yarn! Now they are together! Hooray!
What fun!
Fun! Can’t wait for the next episode!
Maybe watch the ravelry projects for robins egg blue and ruby red projects ??
Waiting for the next installment!!
Recycled kitty litter? Don’t tell my cats we could be monetizing it!
A mystery, what fun!
The colors sound delightful. Looking forward to chapter 2.
Very intriguing, and just the right length for a quick morning read before starting my daily knitting.
Thank you!
Who could it be??
What a lovely gift in my inbox. When the audiobook is available, I hope it is read by the author!
Shhhhhhh…(wink)
What a wonderful idea!!!
I love this, can’t wait to see what happens next.
Brilliant idea, I can’t wait until next week for the next instalment…
This is going to be fun! The next line: “This calls for a swatch”!
I am looking forward to next week ‘s installment
Can’t wait to find out whodunit!
Ooh…I love a good mystery!
This is the BEST story to wake up to EVER! Am looking forward to Sunday mornings now, like a kid looking forward to summer vacation…
Am already guessing who did it 🙂 Can’t wait for the next one.
This is so cool!! Thank you so much!
How fun!
I so love a good mystery! Hannah’s illustrations are wonderful.
Your new mystery totally made my Sunday coffee extra special! And made me smile- thank you
Oh this is wonderful! Thank you!
Gentle reader……stay tuned for more mystery and intrigue! Well done, Clara!
This should be good yarn. Looking forward to the future episodes.
What fun! Just like olden Dickens’ days!
I am hooked and looking forward to next Sunday!
This will be fun!
This is a great idea and the illustrations are so fun!
I look forward to reading the next chapter under the covers with a flashlight!! Just like I did with Nancy Drew!!! My fav line ” this calls for a swatch”!! ( Needs it’s own sweater!!) Ironically, before this winter, the word “swatch” was a cringe word for me. Now, Jane and Bang it out and Miss Clarple have turned it into a playtime word!! Who thought such a difficult winter could bring some smiles and something to look forward to!! Once again, the extra benefits of being a part of MDK community!! Thanks!! (special thanks to Clara!!)
Shocking! What a dastardly deed! What evil mind could have dreamed of switching precious yarn for a polyester made of KITTY LITTER? I am on the edge of my knitting chair waiting for the next chapter.
Can’t wait to see more characters – like a man from Paris – and see how they fit in. The illustrations bring the story to life!
such a fun mystery! on the edge of my seat until next week.
Loving this!
Love reading so this is a wonderful surprise. And the illustrations are great.
This was the perfect thing to read this morning with my coffee! Thanks for this new segment! I’m looking forward to the next installment 🙂
Scrumptious! What a fun way to start a late-winter Sunday morning! The knitting world has been waiting for this (even if we didn’t know it)! Thank you!
What a joy! Knitting and a mystery … nothing could be better
Terrific! This is great to read.
Great Illustrations! I think I recognize Clarice!
Can’t wait for the next installment.
Thank you for bringing us this intriguing mystery!
Thank you for brightening my day, I love this story.
Love this!
What a fun way to start the week! And during Bang Out season! An embarrassment of riches ❤️
This is fun! Looking forward to next week!
Love it! Cat litter yarn, rofl
Obviously the “recycled kitty litter” is a “red herring”…
unless, of course, it’s a robin’s egg blue herring (and what IS a robin’s egg blue herring anyways???)
It is quite clear to me. CONK* has re-emerged after years of dormancy. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
*Cabal of Nepharious Knitters, evil crime family, often confused with Monty Python’s Hells Grannies gang.
Robin’s egg blue herring- pickled with blueberry or ? See ‘something pickled this way comes’.
CONK – where do I go to join?!
LOL!!
My favorite kind of mystery….wool, tea, and a knitting camp! Sunday mornings will be fun!
What a fun idea! I can’t wait until next week’s installment!
That was really good. I’m looking forward to the next installment. What fun!
So fun! Cannot wait to keep reading,
What a fun story!
I love this idea. Love a good mystery.
What a great gift to help us through the long cold winter! Looking forward to the next chapter!
Knitting and mysteries are two of my favorite things! Looking forward to the next installment. This is a great idea.
What a great idea for the winter months! I’m anxiously awaiting next week’s installment and all to follow!
A serial mystery with fiber folk! What a great idea!
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I love the story line! My heart sank when she revealed that the yarn was not wool in the goodie bags.
Can’t wait for next week to hear the plan…
What fun!! I love a good mystery and stories about knitters. This is PERFECT!!
Here’s to a little intrigue!
Ooooo! Intriguing and engaging and can’t wait for more!
This will be so fun
This is sooo fun. What a clever idea! How can we wait until next week!
Oh this is fun! Can’t wait for next week’s CONTINUATION!
So much fun! It will be an exciting way to start Sunday mornings. Love the writing, Clara. And the artwork is just right, Hannah!
A mysterious yarn about a yarn mystery! It’s the perfect marle of themes.
This was the first thing I read this morning with my coffee. Can’t wait for the next episode!
I LOVE a good mystery, and this gift at the end of the weekend is going to be a real treat!
Way to go, Clara and MDK team!
Yes! What a great idea! Looking forward to the next installment.
This is so much fun! Can’t wait to read more – thank you!
Can’t wait for the next installment
This is great! I see a whole series of Miss Clarple mysteries in the future. Winters are long in Maine.
Love Clara, love the storyline and can’t wait for the next installment! Thank you!
A treat to liven up winter!
Go Miss Clarple!
Oooohhhhh, I love a good mystery. And this one involves yarn so what could be more perfect?
What a wonderful way to start my Sunday after reading the newspaper. Thank you so much!!
What a fun way to start February! Love the illustrations. Can’t wait for the next installment!
Another fun surprise from MDK! Love the illustrations! Love camp!
Brilliant!!!
Oh that i had the courage to dress as adventurously as our two heroines.
Amen!
I have faith in Miss Clarple… if she can’t solve it… no one can! Ha!
(all humor aside, this is actually a brilliant idea! Thank you Clara, Ann, Kay, and Hannah!!)
I can’t get enough of mystery stories and this one promises to be extra special! Can’t wait for the next chapter. At the end, it would be perfect for Clara to record the entire story for “Knit to This” – I love when authors read their own works!
Great story
Can’t wait to see how things unfold
Thanks to Clara and Hannah for a terrific beginning to what promises to be a wonderful story with magnificent illustrations. Love the breezy style and colors!
So much fun. Thank you. I even forgot the cold and snow while reading.
Love this idea and the characters! Can’t wait til next Sunday!
I do love a good mystery…
And…i’m hooked! Strand and stitch marker!
What fun! The drawings are adorable.
You’ve hooked me. Thank you and I’m looking forward to the next one!
This is such a great idea! I know as fiber artists, we have a good deal of patience, but testing that patience by making us wait an entire week to unravel this mystery with Miss Clarple is diabolical….I’m here for it.
What a great idea! I look forward to reading the next chapter while drinking my morning coffee
Ooh how fun! I can’t wait for next week.
So much fun! Knitting and a good tale.
Intriguing! I’m in for the mystery!
“This calls for a swatch,” is the most Clara Parkes quote ever! Love this!
Love the wooly mystery!
This serial is genius! Thanks for creating it.
I love a mystery, but add yarn and knitting? I’m in! What a great way to start February 2026!
How fun! I love a good cozy mystery, especially when knitting is involved!
PS – The illustrations are fabulous!
So clever! And the illustrations are terrific. Thank you
I love a cozy mystery! Perfect way to start a snowy Sunday morning! Thank you! Great idea!
I love a mystery! This is perfect to start the day!
The culprit is obviously a knitter and she’s adding it all to her stash. Maybe she’s hoarding it for a blanket.
Really fun. Thank you!
So much fun! I am looking forward to next week!
I love this! Looking forward to the next episode. Wondering if the story would be appropriate to read aloud to my fourth grade class. I taught them to knit and they knit as I read to them. They would get a kick out of a knitting mystery.
Oh, what fun! I love a good mystery.
A serial mystery — what a fantastic idea! Thank you!
This is fun. Whodunit knows the value of a good yarn.
I can’t wait for this mystery to unravel stitch by stitch!
Miss Clarple, how lovely to meet you! See you next week and I would be delighted to have tea with you!
Love a well plied yarn!
Love a well spun pun!
Great story so far. Can’t wait for the next chapter.
I was skeptical about this idea at first, but Clara’s writing drew me in and I can’t wait for installment #2.
Wasn’t the kitty litter yarn in one of Clara’s April fools newsletters or am I misremembering?
Can’t wait to follow along. An old timey serial!
GOSH I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU COULD BE TALKING ABOUT
This is fun and anything Clara writes is worth reading. Looking forward to the next installments of this mystery.
What a delightful way to get us through the month of February. I can’t think of anything better than waking up to a yarny mystery each Sunday.
What fun! Love this.
I am charmed! What a fun idea. And my goal this year is to slow down a little and focus more. This is perfect!
Knitting Mystery is a great adventure to look forward to ! Thank you Clara and MDK
I love a good mystery! Great sleuthing and yarn too……..
Loving this extra dose of Clara. I am a big fan of her daily posts.
What a fun idea! Thanks Clara….. Miss Clarple, I presume.
How exciting!! A mystery with yarn!!!
Huzzah! Another reason to look forward to Sunday MDK visits!
Nothing at all like a good mystery! So glad to see this here…
Isn’t this fun!
This is wonderful! And I have to wait until NEXT SUNDAY?? Miss Clarple looks suspiciously familiar. . . .
I love to knit and love what you have shared with the story so far!
I suspect the assistant manager. Anyone who can’t stand knitters is suspicious!
Great writing, beautiful illustrations!! I love a serial mystery!!
Oh, this is an exciting story and I can’t wait to learn about other caracters and what’s behind! Thank you, Clara Parks, and MDK!!!
Inke from Frankfurt, Germany
Clara Parkes to the rescue! Love all of her work and this series is already delightful.
I’ve always enjoyed serialized fiction 🙂
Oh, what fun this adventure will be!!
How wonderful! I almost skipped it until I saw those engaging illustrations and then I had to read it. So glad I did!!!!
Always fun to read a good yarn!
This is so fun!!! Thank you!
Wonderful! Clara has knitted together 2 of my favourite things – knitting and detective stories! I can’t wait for next Sunday….
Love it! Thank you
I absolutely love it! Yarn and mystery – what can be better?
What fun – and I LOVE the illustrations!
Such fun! I love a cozy mystery.
I’m on the edge of my seat! Can’t wait for the next read. Fabulous.
Can’t wait to see who the mysterious yarn swapper turns out to be!
What a fun thing to do! I love a good mystery.
What a great addition to the daily notes!
What a fun idea! I’m already speculating and ready for the next installment. Thanks for this.
Ok I’m hooked… or shall I say knit.
This was a wonderful way to start my Sunday. I’m looking forward to the rest of the mystery unraveling! The illustrations are charming, too.
Miss Clarple…how clever! Can’t wait until next week!
This is wonderful. Will this be an ongoing series once this is over. I love cozy mysteries.
Great way to start a Sunday; I love mysteries! Thanks for this
I love mysteries. This is great!
My favourite kind of story – a good cozy mystery! This will make Sundays even better. Thank you so much!
Now I want an entire book!!
So fun! Can’t wait to see what happens next…
What a treat for a frigid Sunday morning-looking forward to the next installment. A perfect match between prose and illustrations.
Love it! I’m a big crime mystery reader and am so glad you have this on your snippets page. Thank you so much!
After the reading the last paragraph I couldn’t help but think of Joan Hickson’s version of Miss Marple. What a delight on a cold Sunday morning!
A wonderful distraction from the weather and a great reason to look at patterns for Spring and Summer.
Love a cozy mystery. Knitting, tea, a puzzle, British themed – a happy blend!
What a treat this is! Thank you.
I’m not much for mysteries, but I’ve read Clara’s book and am curious to learn who the culprit at the inn is!
I am already listing my suspects!
I’m not much for mysteries, but I’ve read one of Clara’s books and am curious to learn who the culprit at the inn is!
Intriguing! I’m looking forward to the next installment.
I love a good mystery. One with wool is even better.
Cute mystery!
Love it!
Love it!
What fun! Clara Parkes is a captivating writer, as always. Love the names of the two women and the mystery is so unique.
Love the illustrations! Looking forward to next Sunday.
I’m intrigued! Can’t wait for the next installment.
Ha! I love this mystery! What a wonderful idea. Can’t wait for the next chapter. This is sooooo much fun.
Thank you!
Fun story!
Hannah, you have painted my dream house! Your talent is impressive and wide-ranging; you bring the people, car, and house of this story to vivid life. I look forward to seeing more from you as the mystery progresses!
Loved Vanishing Fleece
Thank you Clara. And MDK. And Hannah. I am excited for anything to make me smile for a moment these days, and am looking forward to the next installment.
Love a good ‘cosy’!!!!!
This is fun-love the illustrations!
Such fun to wake to! Thank you
This is wonderful! You all are so creative 🙂
Makes me want to pick up my needles. The yarn colors sound lovely.
What a fun start to the week! I can’t wait ’til next Sunday’s installment.
I love a good knitting mystery!!
Curioser and courioser!
This fills the DG sized Sunday hole in my heart, mostly. I would love to sign up for camp, please! Can’t wait till next Sunday…
Nothing so exciting as a knitting mystery!!
I can’t wait for the next installment. What fun!
Delightful! Thanks, Clara and MDK. Perfect Sunday morning read.
I now know what I’ll be doing on the Sun morning when I wake up, I’m hooked, too.
Ooooooooooh!! I am a mystery-aholic. Especially Miss Marple. Can’t wait for the next installment.
This is going to be fun!
I’m hooked!
How delightful! I look forward to this treat on Sunday mornings.
LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!’
Along with the fun of a continuing story, I’ve already learned some things about yarn in this first installment.
Entertaining and well-written! I see a new Netflix series taking shape: move over “Creatures great and small”. Clara Parker (or Clarice Clarples) in the leading role!! Yay!
Entertaining and well-written! I see a new Netflix series taking shape: move over “Creatures great and small”. Clara Parker (or Clarice Clarples) in the leading role!! Yay!
Oh, this is something fun to look forward to on these cold winter days. I’m excited to see where the mystery goes.
What good fun! Can’t wait for the next installment!
Something new to think about while waiting and waiting for any temperature above absolutely crazy col! Thanks so much!
I love this!!! Something to look forward to. Thank you for doing this. ♥️
Thank you for this!!
Miss Clara strikes again!! This is such a brilliant idea and I am almost as big a fan of mysteries as I am a collector of yarn and patterns! I am even more in love!
A fun start to the week!
I love a good mystery — what a fun idea MDK! Now I’m super embarrassed about my stash-buster choice for my Bang-Out sweater though! I’m using wool pop, which seemed so smart at the time as I live in South Carolina, and by the time it (should haha) be finished March first we are fully in spring! Bamboo and wool sweatshirt style with a silky drape? Perfect! Alas, I have some petroleum based fibers in there as well (please forgive me Penelope and Clarice!)…
Thanks, this is so intriguing ! Wonderful ! I cannot wait to read more!
I love a good mystery — what a fun idea MDK! Now I’m super embarrassed about my stash-buster choice for my Bang-Out sweater though! I’m using wool pop, which seemed so smart at the time as I live in South Carolina, and by the time it (should haha) be finished March first we are fully in spring! Bamboo and wool sweatshirt style with a silky drape? Perfect! Alas, I have some petroleum based fibers in there as well (please forgive me Penelope and Clarice!)…
Clara Parkes + Hannah Jones = a match made in heaven!
Oh, Ms Parked, thank you for making my day (or rather, month) when I opened this email this morning. I never had so much fun reading and email before! What could be more fun than a Christie-like mystery with yummy wooly yarn at its core?! And Ms Jones’ illustrations complement the story beautifully. I already want to be friends with and dress like these 2 women! I can’t wait for next week’s installment. You have me actually looking forward to email! Thank you.
Lovely new feature, friends! Can’t wait until next week
Welcome Miss Clarple! I look forward to reading about your adventures.
Love mysteries. Fun characters.
I feel awful that my mind immediately thought “someone is selling them on the Fiber Dark Web for big bucks”. So happy that wasn’t the case (at least in this fictional instance). Can’t wait until next week. What a treat!
Clara, this is brilliant! I have a feeling I will learn a lot about fibers as the series evolves, along with the fun which is very much appreciated right now.
Fun series! I bet the colors of Penelope’s yarn rival the colors of Jane at MDK.
Who doesn’t love a mystery?! Fun stuff with beautiful illustrations.
Such fun! Thank you!
Love this idea! Intriguing story and such fun illustrations.
Fascinating start! I’m all in for this mystery ;-D
This mystery was a wonderful surprise this morning! Thank you!
Thank you, Clara and Hannah! What fun and a delightful Sunday morning treat to anticipate each week!
I love this! Can’t wait for the next part of the story.
Ohhh!!! Clara every week! Her story, coffee, and yarn…. perfect start to the day
I love this!!! Something to look forward to. Thank you for doing this. ♥️
I ❤️ a good yarn mystery, and a quiet Sunday morning installment …. a simple pleasure to start the week
Creating a yarn out of kitty litter? That for sure is an interesting concept – except maybe for the nylon worked into it 😉
Reading the daily MDK is how I start my day. Now with Miss Clarple, it’s an even more fun! Thank you!
I love this! A mystery without having a murder!
Such a treat! I do love a mystery! Add in wool and fiber arts and I am even happier! Thank you so much!
Who done it?!
I love Clara Parkes –will be a follower each Sunday. I enjoy each reading each days post but will really look forward to Sunday’s now
Curiouser and curiouser!
I love knitting mystery stories. Such a “yarn”.
I’m hooked already! Love this new series. 🙂
What fun!! Thanks!!!
How wonderful! Something to look forward to each week.
I’m so looking forward to next week’s installment! What a great idea and so needed at this time in the U.S. Bless you ❤️
Such a great idea – I love mysteries!! I don’t have a lot of time to read so this format works for me! Looking forward to the next installment .
Clara Parkes has a fabulous mind and such a way with words. I can’t wait to continue this journey!
Good who dunnit. Great illustrations. I want to look like them, drive that car, and live in that house.
Thank you for such a fantastic way to start the week! Can’t wait for next Sunday!
Oh, please do sign me up for Miss Penelope’s Knitting Camp (or whatever MDK derivative you can think of)! In the meantime, I will wait with bated breath for next Sunday’s installment…….
This is wonderful! Thank you for entertaining us!
I’m on the edge of my seat! Clara’s writing is immensely engaging. Looking forward to next Sunday!
Wonderful! Something special to look forward to. The illustrations are perfection!
Fun caper but mostly I LOVE the illustrations!!
Looking forward to the next installment!
Well done! Glad it’s not a murder mystery.
This is a hoot! The similarities between the involved parties and certain well-known knitters are obvious and the illustrations……..!!!
What a nice distraction from current events.
I was just thinking how sad it is that we don’t get to read installments of stories like they got in the 1800s. Sometimes we miss out on the the delight of suspense with modern instant gratification! Thanks for reinstating it!
I love a good cozy mystery, and one with yarn is even better! The names are perfect too
I love a mystery and Clara Parks is always entertaining. What fun to look forward to a serial mystery every Sunday!
Count me in. I love a mystery!
What a fun idea!
I’m hooked on the story and feel needled that we have to wait for chapter two!
I’m hooked already!
O goody! A mystery! My gigantic library ( second only to my yarn stash) is primarily made up of knitting and mystery books. I can hardly contain myself. WHEEEEEE!
What a great idea! I will look forward to each fun episode, and hope this fun idea is continued in the future!
I’m so glad to see Clara writing fiction!! She has such a gift for storytelling!
Thank you for the fun!!
Grab a cup of tea and SSK sip, sip, knit whilst P2tog putting 2 and 2 together to solve the mystery. Thanks for a fun idea, which I’m sure will lead to spinoffs.
I love a serialized story! And a knitting mystery to boot? Bring it!
A delightful read on this Sunday morning!
I am already hooked!! This is so much fun. Clara’s writing is always wonderful. And the illustrations! Hannah is so talented. I can’t wait until next Sunday. On a serious note, this is what makes MDK stand out from other yarn sellers. The classes are always great and the daily pieces are so informative and interesting. Love you MDK!
On the very edge of my needles waiting for the next installment. Hannah’s illustrations and Clara’s sense of mystery… chef’s kiss!
Love anything Clara writes! Thanks for the writing and darling illustrations! Peace❤️
The game is afoot!
“The beginnings of a great yarn” – you nailed it Nancy – perfect! As is anything Clara writes. What a wonderful way to start Sunday morning. Can’t wait to read the next installment!
This was a great mystery! I can hardly wait for the next episode.
Always love a good mystery!
Love it! I’m in
Coffee and Clara best way to spend some time warming up on a cold Sunday morning
Love this idea of a chapter a week and the illustrations are wonderful!
So fun! Looking forward to next Sunday.
What FUN … I love a mystery + yarn! And the illustrations are an added treat! I’m hooked for more !
What a fun Sunday morning treat! Looking forward to the next installment.
Great fun! Thank you to Clara, Hannah, and MDK!
Sundays are now my favorite day of the week!!!
So much fun! Great characters and storyline! I’m so looking forward to this! Brilliant idea! Thanks!
Ooh. I love mysteries!
This is so fun. Love it!
This is wonderful!!!! Thank you.
February 1 is perfect timing for a serial mystery! thank you
Love this! Almost like being at knit camp❤️
Ooh, I can’t wait to follow this yarn as it unravels!
Cute.
Someone loves British mysteries …!
A Yarn Mystery! Such a great new feature. I love the story and Ms. Clarple’s bright purple front door with a different purple yard trailing out. Looking forward to next Sunday!
Ooh, I can’t wait to follow this thread as it unravels!
I love the idea of a mystery. What a clever marketing tool. Can’t wait to see who donit.
Clara’s storytelling skills are on full display. I cannot wait to find out what happens next.
Love this! Can’t wait for next chapter.
This was fun! Thank you for keeping us entertained. I love the illustrations too.
Oh my the game is afoot! Looking forward to next week.
What a lovely thing to wake up to! Even lovelier that there’s more to come.
Looking forward to this serial. Assume it is no coincidence that Miss Charple’s name rhymes with that other famous knitting mystery solver.
Delightful! I love a good story:)
So fun!!! I see a future cozy yarn book series in the works! Looking forward to the next installment. Illustrations MAKE it!
This is so exciting! I love a good knitting mystery!
I love a good mystery. Thank you for the treat!
I can’t wait to read the next installment! I love mysteries and one about knitting is even better.
Interesting….. I will be sure to check in next week:)
I’m on tenterhooks!
I love it. Great characters. My favorite line: “this calls for a swatch”.
Delightful! What’s better than a cozy whodunnit to chase away the winter freeze? Thank you, Clara.
First time ever to discover this. Live in London, England. Avid knitter for many years.
Can’t wait for the next installment.
Looking forward to the next chapters!
Love mysteries…. this should be a great who- done- it
How intriguing! Looking forward to reading on
Yay,Clara!!!
Swapping wool for polyester? Travesty! But no one noticing? That’s even odder!
Clearly the comments are blowing up with the same sentiment, but I have to say that I ADORE THIS! Can’t wait for Sundays now!!!
This is fun!
Looking forward to what unfolds. This will be fun.
Can’t wait for next week!
This is going to be fun!!
Oh what intrigue!!
What a fun idea, I can’t wait for the next installment.
What a fun way to start the month of February!!! Love the first chapter!!
Love this! I’m a knitter and a mystery lover so it’s right in my lane!❤️
Clever Clarice! I’m hooked by both the story and the illustrations.
Very funny! Thank you!
How deliciously Victorian, a serial mystery!! I’m 100% here for it!
This is so fun. And I’m longing for some of Penelope’s yarn. The real stuff.
So fun! Something else to look forward to.
This is fun, can’t wait foot the movie!
There’s a shortage of red wool yarn in Minneapolis right now…and maybe someone is holding it hostage. Or planning to knit a great pile of Ice Out hats to hand out to protesters?
How delightful!! Curiouser and curiouser indeed demands a swatch.
I don’t know the answer to this yarn switching puzzle. But, I would love to go on one of Penelope Tweed’s retreats❤️
I enjoy the daily letters with my coffee every morning and am an avid mystery reader. This is made for me!
Wonderful story. Terrific art work especially layered fashions. Looking forward
I love a good whodunnit!
I love it! It’s nice to have a lend between 2 of my favorite things:knitting and mysteries. Can’t wait for the next installment
This looks like fun!
I love it! It’s nice to have a blend(correction on first post between 2 of my favorite things:knitting and mysteries. Can’t wait for the next installment
Very, very clever. I’m eagerly awaiting the next chapter.
Of course Miss Clarple swatches when she needs to think! Looking forward to two months of Sunday installments
Just when I think Clara Parkes has shown us everything in her tool box she comes out with one more treasure. Love this!
Thank you Clara, Hannah,Kay and Ann for this WONDERFUL way to start each week. Especially during the winter time! Clara is so good at spinning a yarn, (in all the ways) and this is starting out spectacularly! Can’t wait for the next installment.
(so glad Clara gave us a clue about this in Respitopia on Friday or I would have missed it!)
My heart just settled down and I am ready to start my day. Thank you so much!
This is fun, can’t wait for the movie!
I enjoy Clara’s morning messages in my inbox. This will be so much fun!
Oh a good off shoot to the weekly in box! Love it! And the snarky poly tone…. bang out a sweater AND a mystery.
Engaging mystery. Can’t wait to find out what happens next.
So fun! Yarn and a mystery – two of my favorite hobbies!
Mystery + yarn = heaven
i LOVE this – i had just run out of my latest cosy crime book, so this is perfect timing! cheers to miss clarple!
I love the idea of a continuous story! It has also gotten me curious to see how this all “unwinds!”
What a treat! Love to read anything from Clara. Always clever, funny and thought provoking. Can’t wait for the next installment! Thank you MDK.
I love a mystery especially fiber related. Can’t wait for next episode. Thank you for sharing a good story.
Lovely start to a mystery! I had no idea such yarn forgeries were even going on!
This is so great! I will look forward to Sundays for the next couple of months!
Someone wants a sweater quantity!
This story has pulled me in, because of a recent purchase on line. I bought a flannel shirt and 2 tops from “Riley River”. Shirt was suppose to be cotton, tops- linen and cotton. Pics looked great. They didn’t come from America,but China. Tops were unwearable and were not linen or cotton. No labels! Very weird feeling!
Shirt had one washed label that said polyester. I wasn’t sure – I wasn’t sweating which I always do with polyester. Brought the shirt to knitting group. My fiber artist friend found some loose threads in seam. Match was lit, burned like cotton! What kind of fibers are being made out there??
How fun! Just when I thought it wasn’t possible to look any more forward to MDK in my inbox, y’all pull together a mystery yarn (see what I did there?). Thank you!
Such fun! Thank you for a delightful way to start a Sunday morning. Loveboth the story and illustrations.
Next week on “Mohair She Wrote,” we find Colonel Mustard in the conservatory with the ball winder….
This is great. And fun. Can’t wait for next chapter. And the illustrations are wonderful Love it!
Oh goodie! I love serial stories. 🙂
LOVE the illustrations. Perfect!
Between the story and the illustrations, this is going to be great!
So much fun!
Mysteries and knitting are my two favorite things! How clever of you to combine the two. I cannot wait for the next installment.
Welcome Clarice and Penelope! A fun way to start my Sundays!
I love it, can’t wait for the next chapter. I see a book in the making!
This is so fun!
This mystery story is a fun idea and Clara is a wonderful writer.
What a cute idea… This will keep the masses subscribed!
How fun! And what a delight to have something in my inbox that actually makes me smile!
Last night, I cast on and knit the ribbing plus about two inches of my new red nisselue hat – look it up if you haven’t already heard about these hats, worn in Norway in 1941 to protest the Nazi invasion of their country. Now having a popular resurgence in Minnnesota…
I love mysteries
Curiouser and curiouser! How delightful, how dastardly!
How exciting, a new chapter to look forward to every Sunday! What a great idea to share a story in this way.
Can’t wait for the next chapter! I would love to attend her Knitting Camps – Somewhere they must be real !?
Oh, this will be fun!!
This is a delight!
Oh how fun! I love a serial mystery. The illustrations are fab!
Will this become an audio book selection? Need my knitting time all the time
Could there be some jealous alpacas responsible?
Love, love this!!!
I love everything about this! A cozy mystery and wonderful illustrations…I’m looking forward to all of the installments. Susan Wittig Albert is revisiting her herbal mysteries in a weekly email and I think this serial format is really fun for readers.
I love this! Thank you for giving us something fun to look forward to!
Nice addition to the morning start. Looking forward to a month ( or two) of Sundays with Clara.
Love this!! Thank you Clara and the MDK team!
What a surprise. Cant wait for the next installment.
This is so cute! I’m already hooked!
I think somebody has sent you pics of my hall closet!
Ooooh, I love Miss Clarple and Penelope Tweed! I can’t wait to read more!!!
Sometimes the Google feed offers the right link. I enjoyed this first installment (and the illustrations!) with my morning coffee
Oooh, looking forward to more clues!
I listen to Miss Marple stories as I knit – what fun.
Such fun, a brilliant idea.
Oooh, I love a good mystery!!
This is wonderful! I very much enjoy Clara’s writing and it’s great to have this story to look forward to every week.
This is a fun addition to my Sunday. Thank you
I’ve never read a yarny mystery before, but I’m hooked! Can’t wait to see what happens next.
This sounds like a fun series to follow!
Clara, you are a ray of sunshine!
Oh wonderful. What a great way to spend the first Sunday morning in February. More please. Can’t wait.
Fun!
Love, Love, Love Clara Parkes! Her daily posts are so inspirational. This Mystery Switch shot story is SO FUN and the Illustrations are Fantastic. Thank you to MDK for all your content.
brilliant! thank you so much.
Parkes does it all!
Love this!
I love mysteries! This one is extra special with Clara Parks writing the story. Can’t wait to see what the swatch reveals!
The art. The writing. Terrific!
I love serial stories, and a mystery to boot?! With Hannah’s illustrations?! This makes me want to print each segment out and bind it into a little book to read again. Oh, my, what a treat this is!!
The first installment of this mystery was fun and creative. It got me to sign up for this newsletter.
Well, I’m already hooked! I love a well spun tale, can’t wait to find out what’s next
I’m not usually a big mystery fan, but this one is clearly going to be great. And the illustrations are superb!
This was an utter delight to read 🙂 And I LOVE Hannah’s illustrations too!!
I love this & looking forward to all the installments!
Oh wonderful! I love mysteries!
This is SOOOOO much fun! Well written, interesting and funny. Needed very much!!! Thank you.
I love a good whodunnit! This is fantastic! I can’t wait for next week.
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Love this, can’t wait for next weeks episode.
Really delightful!
Now i will be eagerly awaiting Sunday mornings or lunchtimes ( church musician) to learn how Ms Clarple puts it all together to solve the mystery!
Bravo and thank you Clara Parks and MDK! Brilliant illustrations!
I’m not drawn to the mysterious but in this story……I’m in! Can’t wait for next Sunday!!!
Hmm. Two people at the Inn. And, “The manager and the assistant manager. She doesn’t knit, and he can’t stand us.” It’s one of them! Can’t wait to read next week’s episode! Sara in ATL
This is going to be fun!! Can’t wait till next sunday!!
Oh this is fun! Can’t wait for next week’s installment.
Looking forward to the next installment.
I can’t wait for the next episode. Love Clara Parkes
enjoying the mystery
Oh so exciting! I’m hooked after the first installment…
What fun! Love the illustrations, too!
Such fun! Can’t wait to see how this progresses!
It’s a wool-tergeist!
I love this concept! What a joy this will bring to Sunday mornings. I love a yarny mystery! ❤️
LOOOOOOVE this!! Now it won’t seem so bad that my weeks seem to go by so fast- just quicker to get to the next installment!
How fun! I love a good mystery, especially one involving yarn. And thank you, Hannah, for the delightful illustrations introducing us to Miss Clarple and Miss Tweed. They really make the story come alive. What a gift!
Love it! Can’t wait for the next installment!
I love a mystery!
So much fun, and just what we need right now! ♀️
This is delightful! And so mysterious!
Great idea.
Certainly made my day. Maybe my week. Hard to wait for next episode!
Simply marvelous!
Next Sunday can’t come fast enough! And the illustrations are fantastic! Thank you for livening up this cold, cold winter.
The butler did it.
Well, this was a fun Sunday treat! I love a good mystery!
I’m thrilled to see this new venture. What fun!
P.S. I love Clara’s writing, and not just because she lives in my favorite spot, the Maine coast.
This is such a great idea. My New Year’s resolution is to read more books than I did last year. I have lists on my phone I check at the end of the year how many I have read. This will surely be put on my list.
My guess is that, somehow a cat has something to do with it.
What fun! And the cliff hanger…something far more sinister has me yearning for next Sunday
This is brilliant! Love Clara Parkes.
What fun. Looking forward to reading the complete (season 1) of the Adventures of Miss Clarice Clarple.
So much fun! Cannot wait to see the solution unfold.
Something to look forward to for the next 2 months! Thank you, Clara! (& Hannah, Ann, & Kay!)
OMG!
I love this so much.
Clara, thank you so much for thinking this up. And the Hannah illustrations are gold.
Again, so glad to be a member of the Society. I don’t have to feel guilty for such a wonderful gift.
How fun!
fun idea!
Terrific, who doesn’t love a yarn mystery?
Brava! I prepared myself to be underwhelmed by something too cute, too arch in its allusions to Agatha C and multitudinous other cozy mysteries, too lacking in the “mystery” department. Instead you collectively gave us sparkling prose and illustrations in service of what appears to be a rollicking mystery! Thank you for this delight.
Do I really have to wait a whole week? I’m ready now!
This is a fun Sunday starter. Who ?
Clarple is mysteriously similar in visage to a Maine woolen wonder I’m familiar with. Hmm. Fabulous start to the story!
I’m worried it’s something sinister too
I love a good mister!
Clarice is on the case!!!
Wow – a combination of my 2 favorite things: yarn and mysteries. Can’t wait for the next installment.
Off to a great start! The illustrations are wonderful.
I’m loving the mystery. Hope you publish the full story as a book.
I’m so excited! A textile mystery from Clara! Excellent!
I can’t wait to hear the plan! How fun is this?
I LOVE this, and the illustrations are awesome! Kudos to all involved!
Oh I do love a cozy yarn mystery!
What fun! I love a good cozy mystery, especially when yarn is involved. And a contest, too!
I love mysteries almost as much as I love knitting! What fun, I look forward to the next episode.
Enjoyed reading the story by Clara Parkes
Gageing from this swatch I’d say this Miss Clarple yarn will become a garment to fit all. Can’t wait to see further purls of knitty wisdom.
Nicely done! Thank you
How fun! Love this.
How fun! I cant wait for the next installment
Oooooh . . . A yarn mystery! I am looking forward to next week’s chapter already!
Penelope giving an air of the late Iris Apfel
Enjoyed Chapter 1 very much! What a wonderful idea to have a community cozy to carry us over the last weeks of winter
This looks like fun! Knitting and a mystery. Patience to wait for the next installment does not come naturally, though.
I am already in love with Miss Clarple! I just know she will solve the mystery.
Yarn sniffer. Something to aspire to.
Can’t wait til next Sunday!
“Or something far more sinister.” Oh my!
I can’t wait for next week.
I love a good mystery! Thanks to Clara and Hannah for this wonderful tale. Looking forward to the next installment.
What a brilliant idea to do a knitting mystery serial every Sunday! Such fun and I look forward to the next installment in how Miss Clarple will solve the mystery!
Oh my goodness! Very curious to hear what is happening to the wool yarn!
I love it! Already looking forward to the next chapter!
Love a good mystery and especially one involving fiber!
I got to my inbox rather late today – traveling to visit my daughter. This is a treat – loving Clara’s daily newsletter and now a serial mystery. Wonderful. Hannah’s illustrations are amazing!!
Love this!
This is delightful already!
Thus needs to be taken up by Netflix, er Knitflix…
This is such fun! Looking forward to more. Thank you Clara and Hannah and MDK!
What a fun ‘who done it!’ Thanks, Clara. And of course Swatching might solve the crime??
Ok, I am hooked! Such a fun, clever read and I will definitely be looking for every future installment. Sundays aren’t going to be all knitting for the rest of this already long, cold winter. Thank you Clara and MDK!
I would love to see a Clarice Clarple series. Knitting along with an audio version would be heaven. This was a wonderful surprise.
I would gladly buy this book!
We’ve been watching Palm Royale for a bit of mystery. I can tell this will be even more fun!
so enjoyed my new Sunday afternoon hobby. can’t wait for the next installment. nice illustrations too.
This is such a fun idea…a weekly installment to look forward to! Love the illustrations too!
ooh, can’t wait for next week!
What fun and a great way to brighten winter days!
what a great idea! thanks
Fun! Love the illustrations!
Any chance you’d consider doing an audio version of this? Love to listen and knit. <3
What fun! I love cozy mysteries and reading thus one in the company of MDKers makes it special!
Perfect timing! Winter, knitting, mystery.
This should get us through until spring.
Amazingly clever! Love it!
I just love this so much.
Brilliant!!!
I wonder if I could retain Miss Clarple to make order of my unmanageable yarn stash.
So delightful for a Sunday afternoon read and looking forward to the next chapter! Thanks so much, Clara, for the smile you brought.
I love this idea! I will be reading each Sunday for sure.
This is so wonderful! Reading and knitting! My two favorite things! Looking forward to each Sunday’s chapter. Thank you.
Funny how Miss Clarple looks so familiar!!
Love the mystery and I will be eagerly following it every Sunday!
This should be fun!! Great idea.
This should be fun!! Great idea. I love a good mystery.
So much fun! A yarn mystery – my favorite kind of story. Even better, by one of my favorite writers. Great way to start the month!
Great beginning. And yarn from kitty litter! Positively revolting.
Brilliant! Both the story and the illustrations. Thrilled to be in on this from the start. Excited for the next installment.
What fun! Clara was born for this!
What a treat–a mystery with yarn AND outstanding illustrations!!
This is so fun! A bright spot during dark times. Thank you
The yarn mystery I didn’t know I needed. I love this new sleuth. Thank you for creating her and this new adventure.
Well, a knitting mystery! What fun! Looking forward to the next ‘episode’.
Thank you Clara! This is going to be so much fun! As you know, I’m a big Hercule Poirot fan and love a mystery. 🙂 The illustrations are great too!
Great start to a story! Looking forward to the next installment.
Oooh! I’m so excited for the next one. What a lovely idea!