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25) Leave me alone!
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Grandmother wants so badly to be left alone to finish the knitting for her grandchildren that she leaves her tiny home and her big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting.
26) Knit two
Author
Series
Friday night knitting club volume 2
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Knit Two returns to the Manhattan knitting store Walker & Daughter five years after the death of the store's owner, Georgia Walker. Georgia's daughter Dakota runs the knitting store part-time with the help of the members of the Friday Night Knitting Club. Drawn together by their love for Dakota and the sense of family the club provides, each knitter is struggling with new challenges.
27) Knit to kill
Author
Series
Publisher
Kenningston Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
While on a weekend getaway to Osprey Island to unwind before Black Sheep member Lucy Binger's wedding, a prominent member of the community is murdered, turning the idyllic setting into a crime scene. The knitters step into the investigation when the husband of Black Sheep Suzanne Cavanaugh's friend and the group's host Amy is the prime suspect.
28) Snowy Sunday
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When her animal friends all become chilled by thickly falling snow at her farm, Bonnie Bumble rapidly knits up warm wearables for everyone, hastening the end of winter when the sun pops up to see what the fuss is about.
29) Knit the season
Author
Series
Friday night knitting club volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Dakota Walker spends the Christmas holidays with her Gran in Scotland--accompanied by her father, her grandparents, and her mother's best friend, Catherine. Join them as they share a trove of happy memories about Christmases past with Dakota's mom, Georgia Walker--from Georgia's childhood to her blissful time as a doting new mom.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While the Seaside Knitters get ready to showcase their new Danish-inspired event, locals can't stop talking about Tess Bean -- a bright-eyed environmental activist with a way of charming both animals and humans alike. Birdie's granddaughter is mesmerized by ethereal Tess's passion for saving the earth and ocean, and even Izzy's old Irish setter becomes attached to the young woman's gentle touch... Except not everyone is a fan of Tess and her strong...
Author
Series
Jo Mackenzie novels volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2009, c2007
Language
English
Description
When her husband dies in a car crash--not long after announcing he wants a divorce--Jo Mackenzie packs up her two rowdy boys and moves from London to a dilapidated villa in her seaside hometown where she takes over her beloved Gran's knitting shop. After a rough beginning, Jo soon finds comfort in a "Stitch and Bitch" group--a collection of quirky, lively women who share their stories, and their addiction to cake, with warmth and humor.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When seventy-something Isobel Lister, a harmless eccentric, is murdered after performing some beloved Irish songs at the senior center celebration, crafting magazine editor Pamela Paterson is on the case, and that means for the killer, the jig will soon be up.
34) Six angry girls
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raina Petree is crushing her senior year, until her boyfriend dumps her, the drama club (basically) dumps her, the college of her dreams slips away, and her arch-nemesis triumphs. Things aren't much better for Millie Goodwin. Her father treats her like a servant, and the all-boy Mock Trial team votes her out, even after she spent the last three years helping to build its success. But then, an advice columnist unexpectedly helps Raina find new purpose...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Most times of the year, the tight-knit community gardens in quaint Arborville, New Jersey, overflow with seasonal vegetables and herbs. But who planted the dead body? Farm-to-table enthusiast Jenny Miller had a cookbook in the works when she was suddenly found strangled by a circular knitting needle in her own plot. Now, the pressure is on Pamela and her neighbor Bettina as they weave together clues in search of the person who kept Jenny's renowned...
36) Yarn to go
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dessert chef Casey Feldstein doesn{u2019}t know a knitting needle from a crochet hook. But after her aunt dies unexpectedly, leaving Casey to run her yarn retreat business, the sweets baker finds herself rising to the occasion{u2014}and trying to unravel a murder mystery... When Casey finds out that her late aunt{u2019}s business, Yarn2Go, has one more yarn retreat scheduled, she decides to go ahead and host the event, despite her complete lack of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Maggie Messina knows that knitting is enjoyable, so she's happy to visit two sisters, Rose and Holly Piper, to teach them some simple stitches with the Black Sheep knitters. The lesson goes well, but the knitters are troubled about the sisters living alone in a remote corner of Plum Harbor. Their fears are realized when Holly is attacked in her greenhouse and the building set ablaze. Rose is found nearby, her dogs running wild. While everything seems...
39) Batter off dead
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Robbie and her new husband Abe O'Neill are enjoying a summer evening in the park with fellow townsfolk excited for some Friday night fireworks. In attendance are senior residents from Jupiter Springs Assisted Living including Roy Bird. Roy is a member of his group home's knitting circle. But when the lightshow ends, one of the knitters who sat with Roy is found dead, a puncture wound in her neck. To help find the killer, Robbie's going to have to...
40) Purls and poison
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a fellow Black Sheep Knitter is suspected of poisoning her coworker, the group puts down their needles and takes up their friend's defense . . . Suzanne Cavanaugh has just about had it with her office rival at Prestige Properties. It's bad enough that Liza Devereaux is constantly needling her at work, but when she shows up at one of Suzanne's open houses to poach potential buyers, it's the last straw. No one in the office fails to hear the two...
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