4th in series. Holiday setting showing the importance of family and friends.

The white painted cupboard door creaked loudly as she opened it, surprisingly not because of the unpleasant volume but because Dakota realized, in that moment, she had forgotten the quirks of this particular kitchen. At the same time, overflowing bundles of yarn spilled- burgundies and cobalts, wools and acrylics, lightweights and double-knits- from the shelves, tumbled to the grocery bags she'd just set on the counter, and then bounced to the linoleum tile floor below. Almost as an afterthought, a tidy pile of plum plush cashmere dropped noiselessly through the air, just missing her head, and landed directly into the small stainless sink.

disappointing, finished with this series ( )

The beginning is a lot of review of what happened in the prior two books. Anita finally gets marries. Dakota faces the choice of an intern ship and family trip to Scotland. We get a lot of Georgia's childhood. ( )

Not only are the holidays right around the corner, the women who knit at Walker & Daughter have an extra reason to celebrate. There is a wedding planned for New Year's Day. In the meantime, college-age Dakota is working to finish a sweater her mother started before she was born. As she takes on her mother's pattern, she learns from her family that there was much more history in these stitches than she had anticipated.

not my fav. of the knit books ( )

not my fav. of the knit books ( )

This book focused a lot more on Dakota, which I liked very much. It seems like this will be the end of the Knitting Club series, at least in my view, because I'm not sure where else they could go with it at this point, except maybe to continue Dakota's story to the point where she possibly has her own children. Many members of the group are doing well and have moved on to new adventures in their personal lives, so it all seems to be pretty well wrapped up. ( )

I actually like this book as much as the first one. I like the fact that the author Kate Jacobs, have some flashback stories of Georgia Walker. ( )

I actually like this book as much as the first one. I like the fact that the author Kate Jacobs, have some flashback stories of Georgia Walker. ( )

Wonderful circle of friendship and love across the generations of women characters. ( )

This is a good, cozy read, tying up all the bits of stories that started with [The Friday Night Knitting Club]. It took a while for me to remember who all the characters were (and the first several chapters do convey that information, catching the reader up in their lives), but once Jacobs gets on track with the story it really goes well.

But the first 40 or so pages are not that interesting. Either the writing style is a bit much and too detailed in the characters, with too many asides to get them going, or I was just way tired when I read it.

Either way, once Dakota realizes that she has some difficult choices to make this Christmas season, the character development really takes off. Jacobs' earlier books make the plotline believeable but it's the characters and their journeys, their inner struggles and realizations, that really make her work sing. ( )

The final book in the Friday Night Knitting Club series takes us through the holidays season as big changes are afoot for the members of the club. Set one year after the last installment, Anita and Marty are finally getting married, Catherine's relationship with Marco is growing deeper, Peri's business . Is really taking off, and Dakota's finally enrolled in a culinary school doing what she loves while learning how to be an adult.

While the other books were cute, I just didn't care much for this one. It was just too much and didn't feel like it really had anywhere to go. I am glad it was the last book because if there were more I don't think I'd be making any plans to read them. ( )

rabck from lauraloo29; last in the Knitting club series so far, although the book leaves room for a sequel. Very reminiscent of Debbie Macomber's Blossom Street series. This book centers more of Dakota's early 20's, with appearances by Catherine, who falls in love for real this time, in Italy. Anita finally gets married to Marty, despite her 50 something son's shenanigans. And Peri's line of pocketbooks takes off, after they were featured in the Italian Vogue magazine. ( )

This is a book that deals mostly with change. Dakota is the central character. She is a student in culinary school but also part owner of a knitting shop that used to belong to her mother. Her plans are to create a cafe within the shop once she has graduated. To that end she is trying to get an internship with a hotel chef for over the holidays, only to find out that her father has made plans for the entire family to go visit her grandmother in Scotland. Dakota must decide which is more important to her. She also discovers that her father is dating, something that she hadn't seen coming. I had to remind myself that Dakota is still pretty young - I think around twenty-one - because I kept thinking that she seemed pretty selfish through most of the book. She spends a lot of time thinking about how she doesn't want to give up the internship just to visit her grandmother, even though the woman is pretty old and who knows what could happen. She also gets pretty snippy with her dad about his dating, even though her mom has been gone for eight years, not seeming to care that maybe he's a bit lonely and ready to move on. It takes some straight talking from a couple of the knitting ladies to open her eyes to how she's behaving. One of the things she has been doing is finishing some of her mother's knitting projects. The one she is working on now is a sweater that had been started for her father. As she works on it, and throughout the book, her friends and family share stories about her mother as a child and young woman, giving Dakota new insight into her mother's life. By the end of the book I had seen some good emotional growth out of Dakota.

There are also changes coming for some of the other members of the club. Peri, the co-owner of the shop, has been offered an incredible opportunity in France and has to decide if she has the courage to tackle the unknown. If she does, it will take her away from the shop and her friends. I loved the way that she worked out her dilemma.

Anita is supposed to be getting married on New Year's Day. Her fiance has been most patient with her as the wedding has already been rescheduled several times. One of Anita's grown sons is against the marriage and has managed to derail her plans before. Will she be able to stand up to him this time?

Their friend Catherine has been seeing an Italian widower for a year and isn't sure where the relationship is going. She loves him and is ready to step it up, but she doesn't know his intentions. He and his family will be visiting New York for the holidays. I loved the conversation she had with him and the results were fantastic.

Overall it was a good book, but at times very slow to get through. The beginning was especially slow and I nearly gave up on it. I'm glad I didn't, but it was a close thing. ( )

Lydia Hirt, of Penguin Group, asked me to read this book and write about it on my blog, Artquiltmaker.com. I was really flattered even if I am one of the legions offering free labor to write about this book, released today.

[a:Kate Jacobs|10465|Kate Jacobs|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg] picks up the story of the Friday Night Knitting Club after James and Dakota have worked out some of the messy family issues, such as Dakota switching colleges. Dakota is older and more adult and that makes for an interesting story line. One line in the book conveys one of the underlying themes of the book quite well, "Convincing everyone she was all grown up led to a hard-won realization: She had to act like an adult. She had to handle new responsibilities."

Dakota is old enough to be more interesting than just a gangly teenager and the other characters are moving along in their lives, too. The author focuses on Dakota and does a good job showing her trying to juggle school, her business, her dreams for changing and expanding her business, her family and all the things that adults have to do.

I think Jacobs has found her stride with this book. I found [b:Knit Two|4609710|Knit Two|Kate Jacobs|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255575285s/4609710.jpg|4659599] hard to read, because so much was going on. I think Ms. Jacobs was trying to do get through too much of the story in that book. In [b:Knit the Season|261553|The Yarn Girls' Guide to Knits for All Seasons Sweaters and Accessories for Men and Women|Julie Carles|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173228227s/261553.jpg|253518], she has relaxed and not tried to do too much. I also have to thank her for not rehashing the entire previous two books in this book. This book stands on its own and Jacobs had the confidence to write it as such.

I also thought this book didn't try to give all the characters equal time. Again, Jacobs shows confidence in her writing of this book. She doesn't exclude Darwin and Lucy, but they receded into the background a bit to give space for Dakota, Gran, Bess and others. I think this was a good choice. Too many storylines can be confusing.

The backstory is also being developed. Jacobs employs a flashback technique to provide context and give Georgia a voice. Flashback writing can be dangerous in the wrong hands, but [a:Kate Jacobs|10465|Kate Jacobs|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg] does a GREAT job. She uses restraint and the flashbacks provide insight into the club and into Dakota. Learning about the characters pasts and interactions between the different characters gave added dimension to the book. I also liked it, because it gave voice to Georgia again. Georgia was a strong character in the book and she didn't get enough airtime, in my opinion.

Jacobs does use sentence fragments in some cases, which I really don't think worked well. While they got the message across, I would have liked to have seen them punctuated differently. That being said, I was reading an uncorrected proof and those tidbits may have been changed in the version you have in your hands now.

This book has a lot of dialog. I think that it could have used a bit more description. I am not from New York, so there are some cultural elements about the city that are foreign to me. One of the sections I thought needed some extra description was the part where Dakota brought groceries over so she could cook Thanksgiving dinner for Peri. Peri has nothing, NOTHING, in her cupboards and only root beer and nail polish in her fridge. I would have liked to know more about this phenomenon. Don't New Yorkers want coffee or tea when they get up in the morning? It didn't impact the story and I learned to love descriptions reading [a:Rosamunde Pilcher|20849|Rosamunde Pilcher|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1244293675p2/20849.jpg]'s novels, so I may have a skewed view of the writing world.

I like books with take-aways. Take-aways are often quotes I can write in my quote book and read later. In one of the flashbacks, Georgia is giving advice to a much younger Dakota, "Don't give up something you love jut because there's an obstacle. Find a way to work around it. Be open to something unexpected. Make changes." This is a great line and I hope it made it into the final version. I think it is one of those quotes that I could put on my wall and be inspired by forever.

Ms. Jacobs tidied up the ends of the story in such a way that if she decides to write another installment, there is enough interesting storylines for her to pick up and weave in. If she moves on to something else, this book ends in a satisfying manner so the reader, at least this reader, doesn't feel cheated.

This is a book that I would read again and it made me want to read [b:The Friday Night Knitting Club|17204|The Friday Night Knitting Club|Kate Jacobs|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166804937s/17204.jpg|2209036] and [b:Knit Two|4609710|Knit Two|Kate Jacobs|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255575285s/4609710.jpg|4659599] again.


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okay read, still liked the first book best ( )

Dakota Walker, the daughter of Georgia Walker, has grown and now is working to her personal ambition of becoming a chef. As she works toward her goal, several of the women who have stood by her as she has grown up, are also making life changes.

Realizing that family is more important than her career enhancement, Dakota heads to Scotland for the holidays and Dakota is warmly embraced with memories of her mother.

A cozy tale that continues the Friday Night Knitting Club. ( )

If you haven't read the first two books in the series, Ms. Jacobs will summarize all important plot lines during the course of this book. This fact makes this book weak. Instead of a clear and compelling plot line, this book rambles around, summarizing past events and tossing in backflashes told from the point of view of the deceased character in the series. While I enjoy the characters in this series and was glad to see what new things were happening in their lives, I was disappointed. ( )

Another installment of the Friday Night Knitting Club. Fun to read over the holidays, this story ties up the loose ends for many of the characters, and includes some great flashback stories of Georgia. I really didn't think I would like this series, but they were excellent audiobook listening :-) ( )

"The Friday Night Knitting Club" was an amazing book. "Knit Two," the sequel to TFNKC was decent. "Knit the Season," a third and holiday installment of TFNKC saga, was really so-so at best. It feels a little bit like Ms. Jacobs is trying to hard to pack a fluffy novel full of sage wisdom. There are also a few loose ends that never really ended up going anywhere, kind of like that part of the storyline got dropped and then forgotten. I still love TFNKC characters, but I think they've more than run their course. ( )

It's been a while since I read the previous two books in this series, and I wasn't sure what to expect. I was a little wary about the holiday tie-in, as most books in this sub-genre tend to be sappy and mawkish. I was pleasantly surprised -- this book is refreshingly even handed while still tender and rewarding. Dakota, daughter of the late Georgia Walker and owner of a Manhattan yarn shop, has grown into a young adult with big questions about where her life is headed. Luckily, she has a strong group of friends in the Friday Night Knitting Club to support and guide her, though each member is facing her own struggles.

Cute story about the holidays and friendship among women. I did not enjoy this one as much as the first two in this series, however. Seemed less cohesive than the first two. ( )

Christmas gift from a true Friday Night Knitting Club fan. Enjoyable quick read. I am going to have to eventually read the first book of the series. The most well rounded and interesting character remains Georgia Walker who lives on in the memories of her family and friends. 'The Season' focuses on life change and the wwomen's various reactions to it. The daughter Dakota is the primary story, with her rather whiny demand that everyone remain the same for her. We learn much more about her Scottish Great-Grandmother, who is the star of the book. ( )

This review and others can be seen on my blog: http://bookworm-meags222.blogspot.com

I loved the Friday Night Knitting Club and Knit Two by Jacobs so I was looking forward to reading this book. Plus, you have to read at least one holiday like book during the holidays. I have to admit that while I enjoyed this book, it didn't measure up to the first books. I did enjoy reading the snippets of Georgia's life and also seeing this character from the points of view of her family which is something that hasn't been done yet. I also love all the wonderful characters in this series. I found that the plot was seriously lacking for this book. There didn't seem to much of a conflict or a climax to the novel. The book just kind of floats around Dakota's trip to Scotland as well as Anita's wedding (which had previously been canceled many times). While I like the series and would like to read more I would also like a little more substance. Overall, I give this book 3 out of 5 stars. For those that have read the series you might as well read this one. For those who haven't read the Knit Club series, I suggest you start with the first book which is exceptional. (I even admit to full out crying on the bus while reading this book and yes people were looking at me like I was a crazy). ( )