Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Real life knitting mystery

It seems like there's a new genre of books based on knitting themes. A friend of mine loaned me her copy of Fleece Navidad by Maggie Sefton. Since it's now that time of year where one can't avoid the hideous combination of red and green (sorry....pink and green is sooooo much cuter), I think I'm going to give it a go. I'm a bit scared of the loan, given that Prin is a corner chewer and both cats like to sit on books in order to regain their position as center of the universe, but at least it's still in print.

Not having read any knitting mysteries, I'm trying to figure out their appeal. Do I, the reader, have to solve the usual mystery of someone's death or is it something more juicy like a lost stitch, yarn without a ball band, or the secret lives of disappearing stitch markers?

Anyhow, the current mini-series that I'm producing includes the following episodes: Where in the Universe is My Denise Case Hiding Out? and What Will Become of My Massive Bunny Stash?