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Years after her mother, Georgia, opened a knitting shop in Manhattan, Dakota Walker is a freshman at NYU and a part‑time employee at the family business. Facing academic pressures, Dakota discovers a welcoming circle of friends in the club’s Friday nights. Together they tackle knitting projects—an afghan, baby booties, and a wedding coat—while confronting their own trials: Catherine seeks love after divorce; Darwin hopes for a family; Lucie balances single motherhood and caring for an elderly parent; and seventy‑year‑old Anita deals with a proposed marriage that challenges her children. The shared craft brings them closer, revealing the patterns that tie together being a mother, wife, daughter and friend.
As they stitch yarn into tangible creations, the members of the club learn that the true measure of a knitter lies not in the difficulty of the garment, but in the care, attention, and adaptability they bring to each stitch.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Family & Domestic Fiction/Parenthood & Family Fiction
Authors: Kate Jacobs
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