Washoe County Library System

There's a little shop on Blossom Street in Seattle called A Good Yarn. You go there to buy yarn, knitting supplies and patterns--and now you can join a knitting class. How to knit a baby blanket: that's the first lesson. There, four lives knit together. These four women, brought together by the age-old craft of knitting, make unexpected discoveries--about themselves and each other. Discoveries that lead to love, to friendship and acceptance, to laughter...

"With two yarn retreats in the bag, Casey is looking forward to running her third one at Cadbury by the Sea's Vista Del Mar hotel on the Monterey Peninsula. This time, each knitter will get a Mystery Bag of knitting materials to turn into a personal project. But Casey gets tangled up in another retreat at the same hotel, when the organizer and his wife have a very public spat. As Casey is delivering her baked goods later that night, she finds the...

Maggie Messina knows that knitting is not only enjoyable, it also calms both the mind and soul. Shes 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 Rose, who has been easily overwhelmed ever since a car...

"Dessert chef Casey Feldstein has learned one end of a knitting needle from the other after inheriting her aunt’s yarn retreat business, but a murder threatens to unravel her latest event. Casey’s running a new retreat called 'From Sheep to Shawl' at a resort on the atmospheric Monterey Peninsula. Participants will learn about sheepshearing, fixing up the fleece, and spinning, and will eventually knit a lovely shawl. Nicole Welton has been hired...