Mason Dixon Knitting: The Curious Knitters Guide—Stories, Patterns, Advice, Opinions, Questions, Answers, Jokes and Pictures, by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne

Mason Dixon Knitting is another book born out of a blog. The two authors met on a chat group for Rowan yarns and developed a friendship, despite living on opposite ends of the U.S. The friendship blossomed into daily emails and eventually into a shared blog, Mason Dixon Knitting. As you might imagine, they do [...]

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One-Skein Wonders: 101 Yarn-Shop Favorites, edited by Judith Durant

I have a condition that many knitters suffer from: knitting ADD. No sooner do I knit a few inches on a big project than I get itchy to start an entirely new one. The excitement of starting something new is of more interest to me than the satisfaction of finishing something that has taken a [...]

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Things I Learned from Knitting…whether I wanted to or not, by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, the Yarn Harlot

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, otherwise known as the Yarn Harlot, is well-known in the world of Knitters. She started with a blog, the Yarn Harlot, which features her tongue-in-cheek musings about knitting, marriage, parenting, and life in general. Pearl-McPhee has written several books like this one, with short snippets on knitting and life. Her tireless efforts to [...]

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The Knitting Circle, by Ann Hood

Mary Baxter’s life has fallen apart. Her five-year-old daughter Stella has died from meningitis and it is as if all hope and happiness has flown out of Mary’s life. She can’t work; she and her husband Dylan drift through their days like zombies; and everywhere she goes she hears Stella’s voice: Mary Baxter is drowning [...]

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Knitting for Peace: Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time, by Betty Christiansen

Knitting for Peace has patterns and essays about the wonderful opportunities knitters have to knit for charity.

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