I just finished reading The Friday Night Knitting Club. It really was good. Did anyone else read it?

I read it a few years ago and enjoyed it. Some interesting characters.

Right now I am reading all 3 books my Annemor Sundbo and I am loving them. I enjoy the history and culture behind the knitting.

Sounds interesting.....will put on my list of thingss to look into. Right now I am waiting for the library to get the other book of same author in.
Nancy.....thanks for always responding to my postings.....you seem to be the only one and I appreciate it. Was just about to give up on this board.
Hanna

Hang in there . . . I find the board goes through chatty times and less chatty times. I am always trying to come up with some chatty topics that we all haven't been subjected to over and over.

But it is a help site and although I really enjoy Raverly it is a bit much. I do love looking at others' wonderful work. I have found some good help/advice BUT here I get great help and can count on the fact that it is correct. Also one often gets good solid help/advice right away.

Hanna,
I've seen the book but haven't read it yet. It's a murder mystrey, am I correct? I love mysteries but have been so caught up in other things lately and haven't had the time to read like I normally would.
Aren't there other books in the series? By the same author or maybe like the Nancy Drew books of my childhood, different authors, but with the same characters? I don't remember off-hand the name of the book, but my LYS has a mystery that involves a yarn store or club. I wasn't paying enough attention to remember. Probably because of the fabulous yarn I had just bought!

The Friday Night Knitting Club is not a series mystery. It is about a yarn shop and those who come together for the group.

You might be thinking of Maggie Sefton books. I have read a few of those and they are light mysteries. I enjoy them for some light mindless reading.

Maybe that's what it was. I've seen them at Barnes and Noble, but never really looked at them. Next time I go, I will pick up a copy.
And there is nothing wrong with light, mindless reading. Some people seem to think if you're not reading the "classics", you're wasting your time and the paper to print the books! Now if only I could learn to read and knit at the same time like others here do! What a gift (or skill)!

Diana,

That is the joy of audio books you can just listen and knit. I have found when I get to a good part of the audio book the knitting stops and I just listen.

I have bought a few audio books and have really enjoyed listen and knitting.

Yes, there is another book that follows...it is called Knit Two. These are by Kate Jacobs. Plus another by the same author...a stand alone..called Comfort Food. Just got them from the library yesterday. I tried the library for those books by Annecor Sundbo, they do not carry them. Thnx for the name of the light mysteries, might try them next.

I am waayyy behind on my reading. Most of my spare budget(!) has been going to yarn and books for the Master's levels and some yarn just for me. I think that I have most books I need. There are a couple more I want, but feel for the most part I have the basics and that should get me through.
So soon my books will be regular stuff. I like Dick Francis mysteries. Sometimes his stuff is rather 'vulgar' and intense, but a great read none the less.

Don't feel you need to buy books support your local library if you have one! I try to support ours in Montana as best I can. Here in the village we live in it is harder to even have time to get to the library. I do have a big old stack of books to drop off for others to enjoy.

I have enjoyed several of the books based on knitting. I thought it was a great way to keep on knitting by reading a mystery about yarn!

The books I read can be gotten at the library. If your branch does not have it...and the library does carry it.....they can locate it for you and put it on hold. I just ordered the Maggie Sefton books that was mentioned. Are they a continuation of each other or stand alones? I like light reading late at night when all is quiet and I am ready to call it a night. I remember when I went to visit a friend of ours in PA., we went into this cute town and into a yarn shop. It was in the bottom of a house(it was painted blue) and had lots of stuff. Wasn't much into knitting at that time, was into needlepoint then. It was a very friendly place to be in.

Hi,

I just started "chatting" and am amazed at all the different topics!

As far as books go there are a few authors out there for actual fiction reading that relate to knitting; as you mentioned the library is a great resource for the books both in print copy and on tape or cd, I like all 3.

I've read Maggie Sefton's series as well as Debbie Macomber's series, her's ties into her Cedar Cove series also. There is also the Monica Ferris series, her series also includes crochet and needle work like cross stitch and needle point. Mary Kruger also has a knitting mystery called Died in the Wool. And I just finished the first book in a crochet series by Betty Hechtman. I've also noticed an increase in what I've heard called "chick mysteries". Berkley Prime Crime Mystery seems to be the publisher to look for, they have that little hand print on the spine. There is also a series for teens by Elizabeth Lenhard called Chicks with sticks. I know that I past my teen years a long time ago, but I read them any way and they were pretty good.

One question though, I did try to see if my library had any books by the author Annemor Sundbo that Nancy spoke about, but was not able to find any. Is it possible that the spelling of the author's name may have been messed up? Nancy if you read this would you mind giving the name of the book please.

Well I guess that I've rattled on long enough for now.

Happy knitting,
Jeanette

Hello Jeanette, and welcome to TKGA. Sometimes we do get involved in a lot of tangent topics rather than specific knitting ones. I, for one, am most guilty for doing that.

I am glad to see you listed Monica Ferris, whose name for the life of me I could not remember. But I also want to mention my very favorite author -- Ruth Rendell. She wrote a mystery called "The Veiled One" in which knitting plays a very major role. She has also written a short story called "Needle for the Devil" which is all about knitting as well. Read anything you can get your hands on by Ruth Rendell (aka pen name Barbara Vine). Her characters are always creepy and somewhat scary, but you will never forget them.

Hi Marilyn,

Thanks for the welcome and the suggestions! I've just put both books on resurve with my library. Too bad there isn't a web site with a listing of all the different authors and their book titles that someone could referance when they are looking for a new fiction knitting book.

Well gotta go for now, dinner is calling.
Thanks again for the suggestions.

Happy knitting,
Jeanette