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
Non-Fiction:
At Knits End:  Meditations For Women Who Knit Too Much / Pearl-McPhee, Stephanie
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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 craftBoston, 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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