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Event Series Event Series: A Good Yarn Book Club

A Good Yarn Book Club

April 30, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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We are delighted to be the partner for Old Town Books April audio book club! Join a group of craft-curious makers who get together twice a month – every other month – to listen to an audiobook and unwind via making: knitting, needlepoint, collage. You name it.

This month’s book and project:

This month we are listening to Rachel Hawkins’ The Villa. Emily and Chess, two childhood best friends trying to rekindle their friendship in their 30s, take a trip to Italy and stay in a villa with a complicated history. In the summer of 1974 it was rented by a notorious rock star and an up-and-coming musician with his girlfriend and stepsister. After a series of crazy events, the summer leads to the creation of one of the greatest horror novels of all time, a platinum album… and a murder. As Emily digs into the villa’s complicated history, she begins to think there might be more to the story of that fateful summer in 1974. Perhaps it wasn’t just a tale of sex, drugs, and rock & roll gone wrong, but that something more sinister might have occurred.

The project is a knitter favorite for travel – socks. We will be using this custom colorway from Freia (inspired by the 1970s vibes of the book) to make gorgeous gradient socks. Participants must have the following skills: cast on, knit and purl in the round and increase and decrease.


The kick-off meeting will take place at fibre space on Saturday, April 8 at 5:00 PM where we’ll hand out the kits, discuss tips and tricks for knitting socks, and make sure everyone is set up on Libro.FM. Then on Sunday, April 30 at 7:00 PM we’ll meet at Old Town Books to discuss what we all thought of The Villa and show off our creations.

How to join:

1. If you haven’t already, join and then subscribe to the Old Town Books page on Libro.fm. You’ll get your first audiobook free!
3. Order your kit for the craft. You will also need Size US2 – 2.25mm DPNs or your favorite for knitting small circumferences.
Kit details:

  • Two 50 gram, 228 yard mini cakes (456 yards total)
  • 100% Shaniko Merino Superwash
  • Suggested needles: 1.25-3.25mm / US1-3
  • Machine or hand wash, tumble dry low
  • Basic sock pattern included / available for free.
  • Comes packaged in a clear gift box.

About the fiber: This Shaniko superwash merino is grown in Oregon and milled in North Carolina. Shaniko wool is supplied under the Responsible Wool Standard, protecting animal welfare, social welfare and land health. Not only does the yarn feel good to the touch, it feels good to know we are supporting ethically grown wool and respectful farming practices.

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