2013 Book List
January- Giant George by Dave Nasser
February- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
March- Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreland
April- The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
May- Buddha in The Attic by Julie Otsuka
June- Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
July- Defending Jacob by William Landay
August- Follow The River by James Alexander Thom
September- Garden of The Beast by Erik Larson
October- TBA
November- Wild by Cheryl Strayed
December- Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
2012 Book List
January- The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
February- Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
March- How To Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway
April- Dragon Bones by Lisa See
May- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
June- Recipe Club by Andrea Israel
July- Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
September- Soldiers Wife by Margaret Leroy
October- The Big Burn by Timothy Egan
November- Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
December- Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
2011 Book List
January- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
February- Falling Leaves by Adeline Mah
March- Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by C. Alan Bradley
April- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
May- Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen
June- Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
July- Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
August- The Day the World Came to Town by Jim deFede
September- The Art of Racing In The Rain by Garth Stein
October- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
November- Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously by Adrienne Martini
December- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
A year of swatching with By The Book Knitters... 12 Squares, 1 Blanket, Countless Memories
Welcome to our little bit of knitterly Heaven- I'm so glad you found your way here!
Our goal is to teach beginning knitters some tricks of the trade as well as to work enough swatches to have a finished afghan by the end of the year! Join along with us as we learn about patterns, cables, lace, and some other handy techniques! A new pattern will become available each month ranging from newbie to adventurous. So stop on by, pick your pattern and knit along with us!
All patterns can be found here as well as on Ravelry.com!
Our goal is to teach beginning knitters some tricks of the trade as well as to work enough swatches to have a finished afghan by the end of the year! Join along with us as we learn about patterns, cables, lace, and some other handy techniques! A new pattern will become available each month ranging from newbie to adventurous. So stop on by, pick your pattern and knit along with us!
All patterns can be found here as well as on Ravelry.com!