| A Tight Knit Community: Related Reading | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| These days it seems knitting is not just done by Agatha Christie's beloved slueth Miss Jane Marple! The wide range of non-fiction and fiction books that relate to knitting has grown extensively. Below is a brief list of these titles. If you do not see what you are looking for, please contact the reference desk. We will be happy to help you find it! For non-fiction, any Items listed at branches other than Hopewell can be borrowed via inter-library loan. All fiction can be found at the Hopewell branch |
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| Non-Fiction: At Knits End: Meditations For Women Who Knit Too Much / Pearl-McPhee, Stephanie (see above for picture) Pearl-McPhee, S. (2005) At knits end: meditations for women who knit too much. North Adams, MA: Storey Pub. Call Number : 746.43 PEA Location: Hightstown Branch. Mindful Knitting: Inviting Contemplative Practice To The Craft / Tara J. Manning Manning, T. (2004). Mindful knitting: inviting contemplative practice to the craft. Boston, MA: Tuttle Publishing Call Number: 746.43 MAN Location: West Windsor Branch No Idle Hands: The Social History of Knitting / Anne Macdonald Macdonald, A. (1988). No idle hands: the social history of knitting. New York: Ballantine Books. Call Number: 746.43 MALD Location: Lawrenceville Headquarters Fiction: A is for Alibi / Sue Grafton - Description of a very intricately knitted mauve Aran sweater. Grafton, S. (1982). A is for alibi. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston Call Number: M GRA (adult mystery) Location: Hopewell Bag of Bones / Stephen King - The hero's wife is a knitter King, S. (1998). Bag of bones. New York: Scribner Call Number: F KIN Location: Hopewell Jacob's Room / Virginia Woolf - full of knitting references Woolf, V. (1959). Jacob's room. The waves. New York: Harcourt Brace. Call Number: F WOO Location: Hopewell |
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