Sandra, a rigid academic, is struggling to navigate the world after losing her husband to cancer. Martha, a self-taught textile artist with her own secret store of grief, spends her days knitting elaborate projects charged with personal meaning. After a chance meeting sparks a friendship between these two very different women, they begin to collaborate-leading to surprising events that will help heal them both.

When the local knitting shop is trashed and a young woman found dead in the basement, Kelly suspects it's more than a burglary gone wrong.

The House of Lambspun has been bombarded for the holidays. In the midst of overflowing bins of sumptuous yarn, unexpected winter romance now buzzes, in chorus with the spindles of shy new spinning instructor Lucy Adair. But when a rancher is found dead in Bellevue Canyon, avid knitter and sometime-sleuth Kelly Flynn quickly puts these festive pastimes aside. With his reputation for lovin' and leavin' the ladies of Fort Connor, it seems a little strange...

Now that she's been knitting up a storm with the help of her new friends at House of Lambspun, Kelly Flynn can't imagine ever leaving Fort Connor, Colorado. But there's trouble in her adopted hometown-and not just with her new sweater project... When Kelly volunteers to take a troop of tourists to visit Vickie Claymore's alpaca farm, she discovers Fort Connor isn't as sedate as it seems. Instead of a warm welcome, they find Vickie splayed out on her...

"It feels like fate when Lucy reconnects with college friend Rebecca Hurley, whose Happy Hands Café is the perfect locale for Black Sheep gatherings. But just as Rebecca joins their circle, she's suspected of murder when Rebecca's husband, Colin, is crushed by a fallen bookcase at the café. Police believe Rebecca committed an act of revenge against Colin for planning to end their marriage. Despite the incriminating evidence, Lucy is convinced that...

When a new knitter comes to town with fabulous artwork, Izzy Chambers and the others at the Seaside Knitting Studio are ready to welcome her with open arms--until they discover that she may be linked to the death of a wealthy but secretive art patron.

"The rhythm, ritual, and pleasure of knitting are celebrated in this new collection for lovers of both knitting and literature. In [this book], two dozen writers write about the transformative and healing powers of knitting. Lily King remembers the year her family lived in Italy, and a knitted hat that helped her daughter adjust to her new home. Laura Lippman explores how converting to Judaism changed not only Christmas but also her mother's gift...

When she gets tangled up in the murder of her best friend Belinda's ex-husband, knitting enthusiast Lia Geiger must unravel the clues to prove Belinda's innocence, with the help of the Ninth Street Knitters.

Authors Larissa Brown and Martin John Brown present an inspiring look at centuries of people knitting together, and why knitters find the interaction so meaningful and worthwhile. Along the way, they offer 20 projects especially suited for different types of knitalongs. The Barn Raising Quilt and the Traveling Scarf, for instance, call on individual knitters to collaborate on a single project; while the Pinwheel Blanket and the Meathead Hat encourage...

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