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Knitting is very popular right now and our collection of pattern books is ever growing. But, knitting on a hot beach is not very appealing, so we have compiled a list of books for you to take along to your favorite reading spot this summer.
Books that feature comradery, knitting as group therapy, or just have knitting shops as the setting:
Debbie Macomber’s Blossom Street series revolves around the friendships formed in Lydia Goetz’s knitting classes. The titles are: The Shop on Blossom Street, A Good Yarn and Back on Blossom Street. Check out her website at www.debbie.macomber.com for free patterns, contests and reader’s guides.
Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs. www.katejacobsbooks.com
Knitting Under the Influence by Claire Lazebnik. www.clairelazebnik.com
Knitting Circle by Ann Hood. www.annhood.us/books
Chicks with Sticks: Knit Two Together and Chicks with Sticks: It’s a Purl Thing by Elizabeth Lenhard. These two books are geared toward teenage knitters. www.elizabethlenhard.com
Two mystery series have knitting as their backdrops:
Knit One, Kill Two, Needled to Death, A Deadly Yarn and A Killer Stitch by Maggie Sefton. www.maggiesefton.com
Died in the Wool and Knit Fast, Die Young by Mary Kruger.
Two of these authors will be in the area for book signings this summer. Debbie Macomber will be at Waldenbooks in Southridge Mall from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, August 22nd and Maggie Sefton will be at Barnes & Noble in Mayfair Mall Thursday, June 21st at 7 p.m.
