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Orenstein, Peggy

Summary: The COVID pandemic propelled many people to change their lives in ways large and small. To keep herself engaged and cope with a series of seismic shifts in family life, lifelong knitter Peggy Orenstein set out to make a garment from the ground up: learning to shear sheep, spin and dye yarn, then knitting herself a sweater. Orenstein shares her year-long journey as daughter, wife, mother,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 921 ORE

Hechtman, Betty

Summary: "At the urging of Vista Del Mar's owner, Casey Feldstein takes on the job of combining a murder mystery game with her next weekend yarn retreat. Enlisting the help of the hotel's staff, she lays out a plot. As her intrigued guests watch the murder play out and the clues unfold, Casey is certain she's pulled off the perfect make-believe murder--until a real murder intrudes and everyone at the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HEC

Hechtman, Betty

Summary: Every October, thousands of monarch butterflies flock to California’s Monterey Peninsula to spend the winter there. To welcome their colorful guests, Cadbury by the Sea holds a weeklong festival complete with a butterfly queen and her court. Eager to show some town spirit, Casey Feldstein finds herself fluttering back and forth between setting up a yarn retreat, baking and helping out at the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HEC

Canadeo, Anne

Summary: "Maggie Messina knows that knitting is not only enjoyable, it also calms both the mind and soul. She's happy to visit two sisters, Holly and Rose Piper, and teach them some simple stitches, while the rest of the Black Sheep knitters tag along. Dana Haeger has known the young women since they were children and is the closest thing to family the Pipers now have. Dana is especially concerned about...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CAN

Canadeo, Anne

Summary: "The Black Sheep Knitters are on the case when a club member's ex-boyfriend is accused of murder at the Plum Harbor Farmers and Crafts Market in the fourth installment of New York Times bestselling author Anne Canadeo's knitting-themed Black Sheep & Co. Mystery series. Romantic entanglements and handcrafted murder tie the Black Sheep knitters in knots when the local farmers' market becomes a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CAN

Goldenbaum, Sally

Summary: "While no-nonsense mother-to-be Cass Halloran tries downplaying her pregnancy and her frequent doctor's visits as an "older" mother-to-be, a softer side of the lobsterwoman emerges as she joins the Seaside Knitters in knitting an abundance of delicate hats and booties. But in contrast to the happy news, terrifying events unfold at the town's art series that puts a real chill in their New...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GOL

Canadeo, Anne

Summary: As their beloved Black Sheep member Lucy Binger prepares to tie the knot, the closely knit group decide they need a weekend to unwind before the big day. Suzanne Cavanaugh has just the spot--her friend Amy lives in a luxury New England community on Osprey Island, renowned for its famous cliff walk and spectacular ocean views, and she would be happy to host the knitters. Shortly after their...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CAN

Goldembaum, Sally

Summary: "Birdie, Nell, Cass, and Izzy are prepping their coziest handiwork for a holiday gathering in Sea Harbor, Massachusetts. But as murder makes waves in their tightly knit coastal village, can the Seaside Knitters prevent a deadly trend from catching on? While the Seaside Knitters get ready to showcase their new Danish-inspired event, locals can't stop talking about Tess Bean--a bright-eyed...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GOL

Goldenbaum, Sally

Summary: "The holidays are kicking off in style at Mayor Beatrice Scaglia's holiday party, where a crowd admires the mayor's new home and the celebrity chef catering the event. An additional treat for Ben and Nell Endicott at the festive affair is reconnecting with a college friend, Oliver Bishop. But before the partygoers can toast the festive season, the chef--and wife of the Endicotts' friend--is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GOL

Sefton, Maggie

Summary: "... Kelly Flynn and the Lambspun Knitters must come together before their whole town unravels. In Fort Connor, Colorado, the friends at the House of Lambspun knitting shop are welcoming a new face into the fold. Shy, sweet, and pregnant Nancy Marsted would like to knit a baby hat, and the Lambspun ladies are more than happy to show her the ropes. They share their own pregnancy yarns and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SEF

Summary: Every stitch tells a tale. International artists and knitters take a simple skein of yarn to create their extraordinary ideas and stories.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC YAR

Summary: An anthology for lovers of knitting shares anecdotal contributions by two dozen writers--including Lily King, Bill Roorbach, Laura Lippman, Steve Almond, and Jodi Picoult--on the transformative and healing powers of knitting, and includes a selection of knitting patterns.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 KNI

Canadeo, Anne

Summary: Gloria Sterling had it all -- money, looks, and a new sexy young husband. So when she's found floating face down in her own swimming pool, shock waves ripple through tiny Plum Harbor. At the Black Sheep Knitting Shop, Maggie Messina and her circle are devastated to lose their dear friend -- a woman as colorful as her fabulous yarn creations. The police are quick to call it an accident, but...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2010

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Colgan, Jenny

3 holds on 1 copy

Summary: In Scotland's north isles lives Gertie MacIntyre, proud island girl by birth. Her social circle is small in a town where everyone knows everyone. When Gertie develops a crush on the owner of the local airline, she dares herself to take a job as a stewardess, and it is her first taste of real freedom. Will this be her future, or is it just the start of what she craves?

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2024

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Colgan, Jenny

3 holds on 10 copies

Summary: "In the northernmost reaches of Scotland, where a string of little islands in the North Sea stretches towards Norway, lives Gertie MacIntyre, a proud island girl by birth. Her social circle is small but tight: family and friends, particularly the women in her knitting circle. In the whitewashed cottages of their hometown, everyone knows everyone, and the ladies of the knitting circle know more...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC COL

Macomber, Debbie.

Summary: Lydia Hoffman owns a shop on Blossom Street called A Good Yarn - a shop that represents her dream of a new beginning, a life free of the cancer that has ravaged her twice. But the shop also means something to the women who come to take knitting classes and who, as a bonus, learn a great deal about life, beginning with Lydia's first lesson- how to knit a baby blanket.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MAC

Canadeo, Anne

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2011

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Canadeo, Anne

Summary: Helping a bride knit shawls for her wedding, the Black Sheep Knitters are shocked when the groom dies days after the marriage ceremony, a situation that compels the group to prove the accused bride's innocence.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2012

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DuLong, Terri.

Summary: Sydney Webster's comfortable New England life comes crashing down when her husband dies suddenly, leaving her penniless and evicted. She had no idea about his huge gambling debts, and is getting no sympathy from her hurt and angry twenty something daughter. With nowhere else to turn, Sydney takes shelter at a college friend's B&B in Cedar key, Florida, where she begins to form a plan. As Syd...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUL

Goldenbaum, Sally.

Summary: Summertime brings inspiration to the Seaside Knitters of Sea Harbor, Massachusetts. But when an old mystery washes ashore, they must cast their needs aside and bring some heat back to a cold case.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOL

Hechtman, Betty

Summary: "When a charismatic life coach and his devoted followers descend on Vista Del Mar, Casey Feldstein and the yarn retreat group she's hosting literally get pushed aside. But Casey can't help overhearing the rancorous argument between two members of the guru's staff, and when one of them turns up dead, Casey finds herself tangled up in a murder investigation helplessly. And when another staff...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HEC

Jacobs, Kate

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAC

Macomber, Debbie.

Summary: Does the perfect wedding make the perfect marriage? As three very different women meet in their local knitting store, they find strength in friendship to help them through their problems.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2014

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Macomber 2014

Macomber, Debbie.

Summary: Lydia Hoffman owns a shop on Blossom Street called A Good Yarn - a shop that represents her dream of a new beginning, a life free of the cancer that has ravaged her twice. But the shop also means something to the women who come to take knitting classes and who, as a bonus, learn a great deal about life, beginning with Lydia's first lesson- how to knit a baby blanket.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: MIRA Books 2004

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAC

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAC

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