Knitting: A Novel, by Anne Bartlett
Two widows, Sandra who recently lost her husband, and Martha who has been widowed for years, are drawn together by their love of knitting. And they help each other overcome their grief as their friendship grows.
Family Tree, by Barbara Delinsky
Dana and her husband are shocked when their newborn daughter is born with African American features. In this story combining genetics, genealogy, and knitting, Delinsky’s characters search their backgrounds and study genetics all with the support of Dana‘s knitting circle to find how this could have happened.
The Knitting Circle: A Novel, by Ann Hood
Mary, a grieving mother, joins a knitting circle to help fill up her empty hours. Each member teaches her a new knitting technique and reveals to her their own secrets of loss. Through this sharing and friendship, Mary is able to share her loss with her new friends.
The Friday Night Knitting Club, by Kate Jacobs
Friends and regular customers of the Walker and Daughter yarn shop on Manhattan's Upper West Side get together for their weekly knitting club. Some don’t learn to knit but they mesh as they share all the challenges of their families and careers.
Knit Fast, Die Young: A Knitting Mystery , by Mary Kruger
This is the second in Kruger’s new knitting mystery series. Yarn shop owner Ariadne Evans is once again in the middle of a murder investigation when she and her friend, Diane, attend the Freeport Yarn and Wool Festival. Includes an original knitting pattern.
Knitting Under the Influence, by Claire LaZebnik
In this Chic Lit novel, three twentysomething women in Los Angeles deal with relationships and family as they meet every Sunday morning for their weekly knitting circle to commiserate with each other.
Chicks with Sticks (Knitwise), by Elizabeth Lenhard (YA)
Four girls from a progressive private school are bound together by their shared interest in knitting. Now they are seniors and are preparing for college. A Young Adult book.
Back on Blossom Street (The Knitting Books #3), by Debbie Macomber
Susannah, the owner of a flower shop and her employee, Colette, a young widow, become members of a knitting class at A Good Yarn. There they meet a group of women who offer them both lots of friendship and support.
A Killer Stitch: A Knitting Mystery , by Maggie Sefton
Book #4 in the Knitting Mystery series features ardent knitter and occasional sleuth, Kelly Flynn, as she searches for the killer of an alpaca sheep rancher. Includes a recipe and a knitting pattern.