I have to admit that I am a sucker for any novel with a knitting. especially if it's a cozy mystery. I just bought the new Maggie Sefton but didn't know there was a new Mary Kruger out. I'll have to get it the next time I'm at a bookstore. Have you read the Monica Ferris books? I think they're a hair better than the others also. I too recently bought the IK Favorite Socks book. In fact, I just finished my Panda Cotton socks that I started just before I bought it & I'm perusing it, trying to decide which socks to knit first. I also just finished the back of my grandson's dinosaur sweater so I have to cast on some socks & the fronts of the sweater soon. It just feels wrong not to have something to work on!!

I've read The Friday Night Knitting Club, and it was okay. I don't usually read flully novels, I'm a literature reader, but I figured eh? What the heck? I trudged through the first half and was not impressed by the plot or the character development. It seemed way too shallow and predictable. As I got towards the end though I was pleasantly surprized to find myself pulled in to the story and touched by the emotion of it. It's a pretty good light read.

Hi!

I was going to wait and comment you tomorrow when i put up the pictures of my newly finished Hogwarts Hip Scarf on my blog, but seeing as your post is about books, i thought you might be interested in the Official Knitter's Bookswap going on at my blog. The direct link to the details is:

http://chelseyknits.blogspot.com/2007/06/official-knitters-book-swap-vol-i.html

I've read Friday Night Knitting Club and really liked it. The Knitting Circle is good too. Haven't read the others, but I shall have to look into them!

How fun those books look! I have Favorite Socks right now and I am just absolutely loving it. Feel free to check out my blog to see one of my socks knit up from that book(yes, just one so far since my fingers were defiantly protesting after doing one in a day). It's the embossed leaves pattern and it rocks! :) I hope that you enjoy the book as much as I do - it really has some wonderful patterns. Oh, and if you scroll through my blog, you'll see some of the Go With The Flow socks knit up in some Panda Cotton in light pink. Of course, they did get frogged since I knit them too small to start with, but gosh they were cute anyway. :)

How fun those books look! I have Favorite Socks right now and I am just absolutely loving it. Feel free to check out my blog to see one of my socks knit up from that book(yes, just one so far since my fingers were defiantly protesting after doing one in a day). It's the embossed leaves pattern and it rocks! :) I hope that you enjoy the book as much as I do - it really has some wonderful patterns. Oh, and if you scroll through my blog, you'll see some of the Go With The Flow socks knit up in some Panda Cotton in light pink. Of course, they did get frogged since I knit them too small to start with, but gosh they were cute anyway. :)

Sorry for the multiple copies of same post! The comments were barfing on me when I posted, so I hit post again while it was still thinkin'. Sorry! :)

I totally agree about the Sefton books - I got all three from the library and had a great time reading them; all the while thinking that there wasn't much to them. But I'm glad to hear there's a fourth! I'll check out Mary Kruger. I did read the Friday Night Knitting Club and liked the story but didn't enjoy the style of writing at all. Favorite Socks is super!

Chicks with Sticks? It's a very cute teen novel set in Chicago. :)

I bought The Friday Night Knitting Club to read on the plane in February. It's not at all my kind of book (I hate chick lit) but it was okay.

I was annoyed by the writing style. Constant epithets - "The yarn store owner greeted the television producer and the retired woman" rather than "Jane greeted Mary and Anne" - but the story was enjoyable enough.

I've read Friday Night Knitting Club, Knitting Under the Influence, and The Knitting Circle. I liked Friday Night and Knitting Circle the best because the stories that they told were heartwarming and they incorporated knitting well into the story. I reviewed all three on my blog, www.knittingharvest.blogspot.com, and will now be lining up the Debbie Macomber books at the library, as well as those mystery series. Thanks for the tip!

try knitting: a novel. it was entertaining.

I know I read the first two Sefton books, but I think the third must have come out when I wasn't paying attention. I did notice that it's a really bad idea to be friends with the main character... it's practically a death sentence. ;)

I read the Friday Night Club as light relief from the stuff I usually read. I enjoyed it, and if that's what you are looking for, sit back and enjoy - it's a bit like knitting stocking stitch whilst watching the TV. I also read the Knitting Circle which was sad but worth the read and a more substantial thinking book that the Friday Night Knitting Club. more of complicated pattern which will need concentration.

I would also suggest Divas don't knit by Gil McNeil which is also a bit fluffy (mohair stocking stitch) and predictable but fun nevertheless.

The Knitting Circle was far better than Friday Night Knitting Club. It does deal with sadness but also in hope and positive changes.
The Chicks with Sticks book is fun and there is a second one, with a similar title (which, of course, I can't remember). I also liked Knitting: A Novel.

I've read the Sefton books, and I enjoy them. I've even re-read some of them when I needed a easy read. I read Friday Night Knitting Club and really didn't like it at all. So cliche and cheesy. I also couldn't get through Knitting Under the Influence.

I'm headed to the bookstore today. Thanks for the heads up that there is a new Sefton and Mary Kruger book.

I have read the Debbie Macomber Blossom Street series. I enjoyed it. They are the kind of books I read for "cruise or beach reading". They are not "deep" stories, but they are well written and a fun read. I have also read "The Friday Night Knitting Club" - it made me cry at the end (its meant to) and a couple of the knitting mysteries - they are ok but I like other series mysteries better - the dog books set in cambridge come to mind, and the Sneaky Pie Brown series are good too. Knitting: a novel was kind of strange, but interesting at the same time. Not a read at the park book - the Macomber books would fit that bill I think.
Have fun reading...thats what summer is for.

I really enjoyed The Knitting Circle. We have a Tuesday night knitting club that meets at a Local Bookstore (like LYS...support locals!), and we happened to be there when the author was speaking.

i like the maggie sefton series, myself. yes it's light, yes, it's fluff, but it's still fun. i just finished #3. i had just found out about #4, so that will go in my library queue.

i read the first 2 blossom street books, and they're even fluffier, and not nearly as fun. the heroine is recovering from cancer, and they make her sound so frail. meh.

i read friday night knitting club, and while it was shocking, it was pretty much a fluff read as well. i did enjoy it, though.

i've got the knitting circle on book cd waiting it's turn in the player, lol, so i've got no opinion there.

knitting under the influence was . . . odd. the only story line i really enjoyed was the one about the autistic child. the rest left me cold (this was a bathroom book, maybe the brief bursts of reading had something to do with it?)

Wow! That's a very lovely looking book. Almost makes me want to knit socks...almost.

I actually enjoyed Knitting Under the Influence more than I thought I would. It's definitely not a "deep" read, but the characters are pretty interesting if you can look past the ditzy, spoiled girl surface.

I have read the Debbie Malcomber books. Actually just finished SUZANNES GARDEN. Not books you rush out to tell people "This you have got to read!" but good light fiction.

I copied down the Mary Krueger title, I have been checking for her next book to come out. I will also try to fing the Maggie Sefton title and Friday Night knit club. So thanks for the suggestions.

I have been lurking here for the past year or so and enjoying all the great photos of your beautiful kids. Thanks for all the fun!

I really wanted to like the Sefton books, because I love knitting AND I love mysteries, AND I can tolerate a lot of light fiction, but I must be honest--I thought they were dreadful.

The characters are flat, poorly developed, and all sound the same when they speak (with a terrible overuse of "Uhhhhhhhh" and "Ohhhhhhh"); the plots have glaring holes in them (even aside from the suspension-of-belief conventions necessary in "cozy mysteries"); and worst of all, the knitting content isn't very good. It seems to be thrown in with some catchphrases here and there without driving the plot at all. I'm thinking the author isn't a knitter, but rather a contract writer brought on board to write a niche series. Not good. I've been suckered into buying every one of them just because I want them to get better, but no luck. Hopefully I won't keep making that mistake!

The Kreuger mysteries are much, much better, and you can tell that the author is very familiar with knitting. The knitting content is more seamlessly incorporated into the story, often playing a real role in the plot. Why Kreuger didn't get the hardback contract and Sefton did is the biggest mystery here!

The Friday Night Knitting Club is okay if you like tragic chick-lit. It's definitely perfect for a Julia Roberts weeper.

Macomber's books are definitely light reading, but she does have a knack for writing sympathetic, well-rounded main characters who carry the believable human-interest plots, and the knitting content is very good. The companion knitting books are nice, too. Macomber is a big supporter of Warm Up America! and I'm glad to read her very enjoyable knitting-related books. If you're going for some beach reading, Macomber's books are a far better use of your time than Sefton's, by a long way.

Knitting: A Novel is probably the closest thing to real literature out of all these books.

As for The Knitting Circle, as a mother with young daughters (and a young son), I don't think I could bear to read it. Call me a coward for not being able to face someone else's pain (the book is semi-autobiographical), but there you have it.

I read The Knitting Circle and enjoyed it quite a bit. It's definitely sad (and I'm a mom too) but it's also inspirational, demonstrating the power of knitting.

I just finished Friday Night Knitting Club (was it Claire that was handing it out at Knitsmiths?) so I can pass it on to you. It's better than average chick lit. Knitting - a novel was very good but quirky. Knitting under Influence was like twinkies - good but not satisfying. I couldn't get past the first 30 pages of Blossom St. It just didn't pull me in.

For well written mysteries, remember that Agatha christie's Miss Marple did knitting!!! I recently purchased a stack of "theme" books at a fundraising auction: "Murder Most Frothy"--a coffeehouse mystery; "The Chocolate Bridal Bash"--a chocoholic mystery; "The Case of the Missing Books"--a mobile librarian mystery; and "Patterns of Murder" a collection of three needlecraft mysteries! I haven't read any of them, but I thought they would be fun.

Another fan of the Knitting Circle. Got it for my birthday and devoured it by the next evening.

It did make me cry...but then I'm a sap. And it is very heartwarming.

I just finished Knitting Under The Influence on Sunday. It definitely fits under the Chiclit genre, but was a fun, light read. I got it at the library and might have been disappointed if it hadn't been free. It didn't incorporate knitting well, kind of seemed like it was an afterthought. It could have been that the girls met in any kind of group, not just a knitting circle. You would just have to change the name of their group and put them in a bookstore instead of a knitting store or something. I am going to go check out the other recommendations here, though!

I read the Maggie Seftons, the Debbie Maccombers, and the Mary Krugers. Sefton is fun and make for a quick read, MacComber is fluff, but it's fun fluff, and Kruger has a good line, but I feel it starts out a bit slow. Knitting Under the Influence is good if you just want something fun and not deep.

Hi there. Currently reading "Friday Night Knitting Club" and find it OK. It's a bit predictable and really tries to tug at the heartstrings--but am enjoying it nonetheless. Good summer reading. Borrow it if you can. I can actually see this being made into a pleasant movie--a true chick flick.

I've also recently finished Knitting Under the Influence and was disappointed. The characters aren't well developed, the knitting is a total afterthought. It seemed to me like a "marketing formula" book: chicklit + knitting = hit bestseller! Ugh.

I agree on the recommendations for Chicks With Sticks and the sequel. They are written more for teens, and not too heavy. But the knitting is a big part of it, with actual patterns plus an introduction to "freestyle" knitting. Good reads.

I've read the Maggie Sefton books and then they circulated through my knitting group. I completely agree with your assessment of them. I don't have the latest because I'm not willing to shellout money for a subpar mystery in Hardcover.

I agree that the Debbie Macomber series are very light reading! Like Sefton, but the plot is about people's interrelationships and what happens to them, with the loose plot device of coming together around a new LYS (the owner is the main character). Harkening back to yesterday's post, the LYS owner is very friendly and eager to make new converts/sell people what they need, but her sister who helps in the shop is cool, not much of a knitter, and in one book, when she has personal issues going on, could even be a liability 'helping' in the shop! I think the author must have run into LYS owners like that! Anyway, very fast read, though not my usual nor my favorite writing style (the author tends to TELL you things rather than SHOW you or ALLOW you to see, if you know what I mean), and the endings wrap everything up nicely, but like Maggie Sefton's books, a not too serious diversion, and in Macomber's books, no one gets murdered!
Chicks with Sticks was a fun read also; my preteen liked it (deals with adolescent angst, but rather enjoyable not-completely-stereotypical characters).

Delurking here! I enjoyed Knitting Under the Influence, even though I agree with Heather T's comments above. No real knitting content is in the book and seems to be added in because chicks dig knitting and chicklit. I am currently reading book two of the Sefton books. I must say I am enjoying them - great summer reads.

Last summer I read the first three (or was it four?) Sefton books in about two days. And eventhough they are lightweights, I'll read the next one also.

I don't want to give away what happens in Friday Night Knitting Club, but I was really pissed me off by one of the very cheap plot lines.

Gosh no. You are not the only one reading Maggie Sefton. I thought maybe I was the only one! I just picked up the first in her series a couple of weeks ago - looks like perfect fun summer reading. Enjoy.

Gosh no. You are not the only one reading Maggie Sefton. I thought maybe I was the only one! I just picked up the first in her series a couple of weeks ago - looks like perfect fun summer reading. Enjoy.

I've read both series, and I actually like Sefton's books better. I am mystery stupid, and I figured out who the killer was in Kruger's first book the first time the character was introduced. I also hated how it was Ariadne's Web. Sefton uses the words sense/sensed too much, but I actually think her character development was better. I think the other books have gotten better as she works on the story.

I will, of course, go read both of these new ones, because I love my "happy little murders," as my husband calls them. I read the cooking and B & B ones also.

As for the Knitting Circle, I liked it better than the Friday Night Knitting Club, and that is not a ringing endorsement. I remember reading Knitting Under the Influence, and finding it shallow and meaningless, with the resolution to the conflicts being equally meaningless. I really, really did not like Knitting: A Novel. It was a great idea, and the bare bones of the story were good, but it seemed forced from page one. Debbie Macomber's books are beach reading. Cute, kind of fun, but you know where they are going and what is going to happen.

There's my literary analysis for the week.

I read the first two Blossom St books. I wouldn't recommend them for anything other than the patterns included and barely then. The characters were two dimensional and the stories annoyingly repetitive. You're beaten about the head over and over again with the events in the characters lives.

i LOVED the friday night knitting club. at first i thought it would be, well, a little silly. like you said, bedtime reading, but it was actually a really well-written developed novel, but also a quick read.

I also enjoyed the Blossom St. books, but like others have said, they're definitely light, silly reads, and all of their plotlines are VERY similar.

I couldn't make it through the Debbie Macomber books (too light and repetitious), but lots of people do like them. I prefer the various murder mystery series, myself. (Is it the Maggie Sefton series that makes me wish I played softball?)

I have a page at my blog listing all the "crafty fiction" I could find a couple of years ago, organized by craft category. If anyone is willing to help (life is overwhelming me right now), it really needs updating. Check it out and drop me a line if you can help!

I actually have a review/essay on the recent crop of knitting fiction and its relationship to motherhood coming out in the Fall issue of Brain, Child magazine.

If you're able to overlook the gross knitting inaccuracies in Friday Night Knitting Club (don't have the book in front of me right now, so I can't quote), it's not a bad story.

The Knitting Circle can be depressing, so steer clear if you're not ready for a pretty emotional read. That said, the depictions of knitting (esp. the time it takes) in there are pretty hilarious. Casting on for one's first sock and knitting down to the heel during a 20-minute conversation? Give me a break. I don't think even you can knit that fast!

I've read the first two Debbie Macomber books and I will have to admit that I bought the third this weekend. We all need a little fluff in our lives now and then. They would make perfect Lifetime or Hallmark Channel movies.

Knitting Under the Influence was a waste of money. Trust me on this one.

I read and really enjoyed both "Friday night knitting club" and "The knitting circle".
The Friday club title is more "fluffy" and an easy read~some of the characters I loved, some I loathed, but the story line was good and had a very nice, compatible knitting them.
"The knitting circle" is a bit more heavy~The reviews on Amazon are accurate and wise~this title is a worthy read for those looking for something knitting related but has some definite meat on its bones.
Happy summer reading!
Anie~the knitting librarian :)

I just got a copy of Charmed Knits. I'll be taking it back to the midwest with me when I go visit family at the end of the month and will go through it with my youngest nephew to pick out a thing or two to knit up for him. He is 9 going on 10 and is absolutely certain an owl will be dropping off his Hogwarts letter any day now.

Thanks for the delightful book!

I have read the Sefton books and i really like them. And i do think part of it is that its doesn't need 100% of you attn and is a fast read-its hard to really get into a book with a 3 year old and i am sure your 3 keep you busy :) thanx for the tip on the kruger books i have looked at those but debated whether they were good or not :) will have to add to the wish list :) Happy Reading!

I really liked Knitting Under the Influence - yes it's fluffy, but it's fun. Definitely a good beach read. I also really like the Blossom Street series.

I am almost as addicted to knitting fiction as I am to knitting! I love those silly knitting mysteries and snap them up as soon as they are published. The Shop on Blossom Street books are too fluffy and predictable for me, but I read them anyway. I hated Knitting Under the Influence. It struck me that the knitting was only in there because the author saw it as the latest trend. I haven't gotten to The Knitting Circle, but I will have to add it to my list (after I reread the first six Harry Potter while I'm waiting for Deathly Hallows).

I have read both the Friday night Knitting Club and The Knitting Circle. Both had the "f" word suffused throughout which I thought was dumb. I would not recommend them to anyone due to the poor choice of wording. Knitters are not a vulgar species. I emailed both authors and praised them on their creativity and thanked them for providing knitting fiction, but I asked them to kindly leave out the garbage.

I'm a sucker for the knitting fiction too! I liked The Knitting Circle more than Friday Night Knitting Club, and didn't really care for Knitting Under the Influence. I am now reading Back on Blossom Street after reading the first two--those are really very fluffy books but I enjoy them for some reason! I'm not much for mysteries so not sure if I'd even like the Maggie Sefton books...maybe I'll give them a try!
There was another book, called "Knitting: A Novel," that I read last year and liked.

I enjoyed Knitting Under the Influence, but it is total fluff. That said, it was an enjoyable light read, and would make for good beach-with-a-margarita-in-hand reading. I haven't read any of the others, although I think I might scan your comments to get some reviews and see what I've been missing!

I just got The Knitting Circle from my library so I don't know about it yet.
I thought Knitting Under the Influence was pretty dreadful. Predictable with almost no substance yet without that fluffy fun that some books provide. I agree that the bits about autism were interesting although the character didn't really seem truly noble -- after all, she knew best. And all their problems are resolved because they found a man --- geck. Unsympathetic characters with unpleasant habits.
I read the first Sefton and pretty much decided no more knitting mysteries for me but I might have to try Kruger. And Knitting: A Novel.

It seems like by now everybody has offered a review of all the books...but here are my $0.02 on two of the books you mentioned! ;-)
http://anniebee.vox.com/library/post/chick-lit-knits.

Oh and Alison, re: your previous post, I think you are a very reasonable and respectful person.

I read Knitting Under the Influence, it was ok. I just finished Friday Night Knitting Club and the ending wasn't what I was expecting. Both were from the library. I grew up reading romances so the Macomber books (which I actually bought when they came out but haven't read yet)are a nice easy, relaxing read. I think I have read every other book she's written. I try to read one easy book in between all the other books that I read about and get from the library.

I am going to a Knitting Retreat in July and Ann Hood is going to be a guest so I am going to buy the Knitting Circle then.

You HAVE to read Friday Night Knitting Club. It is one of my favorite books ever- I've read it 3 times so far. Having it involve knitting makes it even better, but I would have loved it regardless. It is such a wonderful book. As for Knitting Under the Influence- I was surprised by it. I was totally expecting it to be complete chick lit with knitting involved, but there is a much deeper storyline than what I expected. It was good too, although Friday Night Knitting Club is my favorite.

Wow, this is the first time I've heard about knitting novels. Thanks for the summer reading tips. And, about the yarn store experience, sorry to hear you had such a lousy time. Luckily not all of them are bad - the women at my LYS are lovely.

interesting you brought this topic up. thanks goodness it is summer and i am back to recreational reading! a friend gave me a copy of knitting under the influence with the warning that it is not very good...and i have to agree! i am plugging along through it...it is painful but now that i started it i want to finish it. the characters are horribly under developed and just like many others have said, the knitting was an after thought. it kind of makes me mad that she even attempted to include it in the story. all the cliches are so ridiculous. i will not recommend this one to anyone.

i had the great opportunity to meet ann hood last week. she did a reading and a signing at a local bookstore here. i had not heard anything about the book until then. she told us about her story and how it related to the story. a friend that was there as well has started it and said it was super sad.

i can't wait to read friday night knit club...i have heard really great things about it!

thanks for the discussion!

You might try the Monica Ferris series of novels. Of all the 'knitting novels' I've read, these are my favorites. Murder mysteries solved by the owner of a Needle work shop who knits. She has an employee named Godwin who is quite funny and knits a lot of socks. Crewel World is the first one, followed by Framed In Lace, A Stitch In Time, Unraveled Sleeve, a Murderous Yarn, Hanging By a Thread, Cutwork, Crewel Yule, Embroidered Truths, and Sins and Needles. I can't wait for the next one to come out.

I started reading the first Sefton book, but my non-knitting friends teased me about it, and falling into peer pressure and not liking the silly plot, I returned it to the library unfinished.

Wow, this post and the comments are exactly the book reviews I've been looking for. Of the books discussed, I've only read the Blossom Street series. The ONLY reason I bought the third one was because I heard about the shawl pattern through Blue Moon Fiber Arts, and thought it was pretty. It seemed silly if I had read the other two and was knitting the shawl, not to read the third book. I think they're written at about the level of a Nancy Drew, right down to the heavy use of adverbs ("she put on her apron and tied it deftly behind her back"). It sounds as if Friday Night Knitting Club is not just a Blossom Street knockoff, but maybe even actually well-written.

I enjoyed the Macomber books, but I do enjoy all of her stuff. They had enough of a story, and cute things about knitting, even when the third kinda focused on other characters instead of just the yarn shop owner. I think they are good enough to read, and quick ones as well.

Alison, The Friday Night Knitting Club is definitely worth the time. But the best knitting fiction of the year (I've read them all so far) is Ann Hood's The Knitting Circle. It'll break your heart, but you'll let it. . .

P.S. And I agree with the person near the beginning of the discussion who finds the Maggie Sefton books absolutely awful. My favorite scene so far is the one where they find a victim with her throat slit, no weapon at hand, and astutely observe "It can't have been suicide."

I just finished Knit 2Together and it was good. I just picked up a Killer Stitch at the Library and put the other 3 on hold...I'll have to find knit fast die young..though I'm not a mystery nut I like knitting based stories.

I just finished The Friday night knitting club and I am so sad its over.
Great story, great caracters and modern.
What am I going to read to night?.

I enjoyed the Blossom Street series of books.

I am a sucker for the *knitting* fiction. I have read all the knitting mysteries. I like the Mary Kurger better too, but the lighter series comes out more often. Both are fun to read if not deeply engaging. The best knitting mysteries are still Miss Marple.

The Bloosom Street books are okay. The plots are lame, but wouldn't all like to go to a shop like that? Light summer reading. No deeper than a teaspoon. There are pattern books out that go with the novels. Not great patterns, not bad patterns either.

I liked Knitting Under the Influence. The knitting didn't get in the way of the story. You get the idea these are people who knit. I liked the story line about the woman who worked with the Autistic, but I am in special education. The coctail recipies are fun too (brown afghan drink is YUM).

The others are on my summer reading list.

I've read the Maggie Sefton books and agree that the stories are soso. They are a fairly quick read with unbelievable plots. I mean, really, for a small town, there sure have been a lot of murders. In less than a year three people have been killed. I think the way the characters speack to each other is a little unbelievable too AND would Kelly PUHLEASE make a decision on whether or not she's going to date Steve already! That being said, I still can't put them down and will probably get the newest one when when it comes out in paperback. I haven't read any of the others yet myself but I have heard that Knitting Under the Influence was pretty good. I think that may be the book to hold me over till Deathly Hallows comes out.

I've only read one knitting book and loved it - it had me laughing out loud. A collection for short-shorts about knitting: Knit-Lit.

All right, this post I have to comment on (I read a lot anyway, and am currently on a mystery binge). I read the first Sefton - not impressed. I got the second, managed a few chapters, put it down and shrugged my shoulders. I think my main objection is that the victims are too nice; as someone who cut her eyeteeth on Dorothy Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey; long, and there is no one to my recollection that knits, but highly recommended) and Agatha Christie, I expect there to be a bit more to the plot than moanings about what a *nice* person the victim was. And there should *definitely* be more than one suspect, and that only at the very end.

I read an excerpt of Died In the Wool online (one of the Mary Krugers), and I will be looking into getting her books (even *buying* them; my library only has one or two); sounds like exactly the sort of mystery that appeals to me. I'll also look into the Monica Ferris series; sounds interesting, at least.

Also, if you just like mysteries, and not just knitting mysteries/fiction, I suggest Charlotte MacLeod -- thoroughly entertaining, and with well thought-out plots.

I would love to start to knit socks. I've done sweaters. It would be a challenge.
Thank you

I would love to start to knit socks. I've done sweaters. It would be a challenge.
Thank you

I just finished Knitting under the Influence this weekend. It is a fast read, very predictable, but the knitting is prevalent through-out, you can tell the author knits. This is the first knitting related novel I've read, not my usual style, I like science fiction and fantasy mostly, however even for the predictable-ness of the plot, I enjoyed it for what it was.