Knit Two (Hardcover)

by Kate Jacobs (Author)
Key Phrases: phone crush, knitting club, wedding coat, New York, San Remo, The Phoenix (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Continuing the warm-and-fuzzy saga begun in her popular The Friday Night Knitting Club, Jacobs stitches together another winning tale of the New York City knitting circle, more a sisterhood than a hobby group (the irascible Darwin Chiu can't even really knit). In this installment-and it does feel like an installment-readers catch up five years after the unexpected, book-capping death of club leader (and knitting shop owner Georgia Walker. Georgia's 18-year-old Dakota is at NYU, discovering her first love, while her father James and Georgia's best friend Catherine are still coming to terms. The rest of the cast runs a wide gamut of ages and experience, but is easier to follow this time around, as Jacobs is more comfortable giving them more space and backstory. Pregnant, whip-smart professor Darwin and her husband, Dan, are welcoming twins; video director and single mom Lucie is coping with a hyperactive 5-year-old and a failing parent; Georgia's old mentor, the wise Anita, begins questioning her own motives; and everyone's stories cross paths in satisfying, organic ways. A trip to Italy provides some forward motion, and pays off in a charming denouementthat nevertheless pushes a familiar it's-the-journey-not-the-destination message; still, this sequel is as comforting, enveloping and warm as a well-crafted afghan.
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From Booklist
Jacobs’ follow-up to the popular novel The Friday Night Knitting Club (2007) opens five years after Georgia Walker’s tragic death from ovarian cancer. Her daughter, Dakota, is  now a freshman at NYU, and Georgia’s former employee, Peri, is running Georgia’s yarn shop, Walker and Daughter. The group Georgia formed, the Friday Night Knitting Club, lives on in her absence despite how different all of the members are. Seventy-eight-year-old Anita is planning her wedding to deli owner Marty, despite opposition from her children. Serious professor Darwin is dealing with first-time motherhood and is frustrated that her best friend, Lucie, isn’t around to help. Lucie is trying to juggle her career as a producer with caring for her aging mother and difficult daughter. Georgia’s best friend, Catherine, is reassessing her life and her failed relationships. Reading Jacobs’ second knitting novel is as warming and cheering as visiting old friends. News of a forthcoming movie version of the first book will increase demand. --Kristine Huntley

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Putnam Adult (November 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039915583X
• ISBN-13: 978-0399155833
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,538 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars quick and fun read, December 1, 2008

By	Sharon A. Somers "sharonluvscats" (ny) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It took me a bit longer to get into Knit Two. I really missed Georgia Walker for a while. She was such a huge part of the first book. However, there are so many other interesting things happening to the other characters that I finally got over it and began to enjoy the story.

My favorite character this time around was Georgia's friend Catherine. She definitely had the most issues to deal with. I really came to sympathize with her and I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen to her next. I also enjoyed the whole side story with Anita and trying to find her long lost loved one. Her story kept me entertained and really made me think a lot about forgiveness.

While I didn't enjoy this one as much as first, the stories were still emotionally charged and thought provoking. It looks like their might be another sequel coming along. This series has some of my favorite characters in it so I really hope that there will be another book coming along soon!
I would recommend this book in a heart beat! You don't have to read The Friday Night Knitting club first but, you should!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The sparkle left with Georgia, March 10, 2009

By	Mo "Un-Mainstream Mom Reads" (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews

It's been two years or so since I read Friday Night Knitting Club, and I forgot who most of the characters were. They were not reintroduced well, so it was hard for me to connect each character to what happened to them in the first book. I found Friday Night Knitting Club to be charming and warm ... almost comfort reading. Since Georgia is gone, the magic is gone for me. No one else is amazing like she was, and now her then-twelve year old, muffin baking, cute, sassy daughter is a moody seventeen-year old. All of the characters are now depressed and whiny, stuck in the "I miss Georgia and my life sucks" rut. There was also a lot of switching between unnamed narrators. The sparkle is not there, and I wasn't enjoying the book.

I abandoned it at page 50. I kept falling asleep or finding myself avoiding the book. If I had read Friday Night Knitting Club right before starting Knit Two, I might have enjoyed this and stuck with it. Possibly in the future, I'll check them both out from the library and read the books back to back. I'm not condemning the book, or calling it bad, just saying why I couldn't get through it.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointing Sequel, February 21, 2009

By	M. Emili "Parkside" (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I so much looked forward to the release of Knit Two, that I requested it as a Christmas gift from my family. I should have taken the fruitcake.

The character analysis is shallow and the plot is non-existent. I kept waiting for the book to pick up, but I was sorely mistaken. This could have easily been written by a 13-year-old who was given the assignment of reading the first novel and creating a sequel. I can safely say that it has the air of writing associated with a solid first book followed up by a hastiy written sequel lacking in the creative process, then rushed to masses of eagerly waiting readers.

I won't be expecting to see the third installment in the series showing up in my Easter basket come April, 2009.