Fiction
Books with excellent company
Novels, mysteries, biographies, and anything else likely to make tea go cold unnoticed.
A quiet corner of the internet, responsibly tangled.
Where stories have threads
and yarn has plot twists.
A warm, slightly unruly collection of books, fibers, half-finished ideas, and the firm belief that “just one more chapter” and “just one more row” are both perfectly reasonable life choices.
Chapter One
Another Chapter
Okay, Last One
Some people count sheep. Others count pages. Susan apparently counts skeins.
The book pile
Stories worth getting lost in
Some shelves are organized by author. These are organized by a more sophisticated system known as “where there was room.”
Favorites
The “I’ll reread that” shelf
Proof that a good book can be both familiar and entirely capable of stealing another afternoon.
Queue
The optimistic stack
A carefully curated tower of books intended for reading sometime between now and immortality.
The yarn situation
Technically a hobby. Logistically, a textile department.
Soft wool, rich colors, ambitious patterns, and at least one project that began with the words, “How hard could it be?”
01Buy yarn
02Choose pattern
03Buy more yarn “just in case”
04Repeat responsibly
A well-bound life
Books and yarn have more in common than anyone admits.
Both begin neatly. Both become increasingly complicated. Both can occupy a chair you intended to sit in. And both are much more satisfying when there’s time to enjoy the details.
This site celebrates that comfortable overlap: stories with texture, projects with personality, and the occasional knot that absolutely was not there five minutes ago.