3.5 stars enjoyable yarn related story.

I haven't been reading very often so this took a while to get through, not because it was tedious.

I feel like the story in this book was aimed directly at me - basically, I feel personally attacked. It was so enjoyable, so satisfying, and full of warm fuzzies. Highly, highly recommend.

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I needed a feel good, light hearted book in my life and I found it on “The Woolly Hat Knitting Club” by Poppy Dolan. It was a book that I thoroughly enjoyed and I was glad to have the audiobook, as the narration by Lizzie Wofford really brought it to life!

Delilah, Dee to her friends and family, has a career that many people dream of. She has worked hard in order to achieve her goals, even though it meant she had to provide less and less hours to her friends and family. Because of her long hours and her smart brain and skills, she is very much admired and envied at her work environment. One day, during a customer meeting, she receives a strange message from her brother, asking her to return home because he needs her. Dee might be a business woman, but she values family above all, so she drops everything in the middle of the meeting and rushes to her home village of Fenwild, only to find her brother with two broken wrists!

JP is a crafter, a knitter actually that runs a knitting shop in Fenwild. With both his wrists broken, not only can he not mend for himself, but it’s his business that requires attention too. He cannot tend to his business all alone. He is not capable of doing most of the things needed in the everyday life of the shop. And not only that, but JP keeps a knitting blog called “About a (Knitting) Boy” and he also creates some YouTube videos and tutorials in order to help people learn how to knit or give any major updates on the shop and blog! Too many things that he cannot deal with at the moment.

Dee loves her brother and she is determined to do anything in her power to help him. One more reason to do so was that knitting started as therapy for JP, after his major breakdown while working long hours, just like his sister. Dee wants the knitting business to go great for her brother, so that he doesn’t have to go through another breakdown. This and the fact that she co-owns the place gives her all the motive she needs to help him and support his business. So she starts spending her time between her job at London and Fenwild. Being the perfectionist she is, she works even harder to get both ends delighted and successful. However, it seems that her work is not being highly appreciated anymore as on her return one day to London, she get’s fired due to mostly some rumours of inappropriate behavior. See is sure her colleague Ben is behind all this and she’s going to prove it.

Like I said in the beginning, this is exactly what I needed to read and Poppy Dolan definitely delivered a cute and lovely book! I loved reading about Dee. She was such a wonderful character! She values family so much that she would do anything for her brother. Even learning to knit, if that’s what it would take to keep him and his small business at the surface. She knows what a disappointment as big as having the business he loved go stray , would do to him and she was determined not to let that happen. Just because he could not use his hands to knit, or pretty much do anything else, didn’t mean that he would go out of business. That’s the kind of sibling love one can look upon to! Okay, she may have overreacted at some point, but she finally understood that she had crossed the line and stood back!

Also, I had no idea the crafting community could be so supportive, but you know what? They actually are, not just in the book! Crafters are people who want to share and support, they are people who love and care about others, especially those in need. And what Dolan did, to have a premature baby been born by one of Dee’s old friends, was really great! The reader understood what something like that means to a parent, while at the same time it came handy to the plot itself!

I really liked the narration by Lizzie Wofford. The story had only one view, Dee’s view, and she was incredible in bringing Dee to life. I could immediately understand Dee’s emotions and also, as well as how she understood world. Her voice is one of the best for audiobooks, especially when it’s about rom-coms and lovely books like this one!

Thanks to NetGalley and Saga Egmont Audio for the opportunity to listen and review this audiobook. The views expressed are my personal and honest opinion.

Knitting and reading/listening are my two favourite pastimes. I also attend a weekly knitting/crochet group at my local yarn shop so this book about a yarn shop was a must-read for me. So I knitted as I listened, and I absolutely loved this book even though it's not my usual genre (no murders in this one!)

It's a lovely feel-good story about discovering what makes you happy in life, and finding a work/life balance and there are several secondary storlines which all worked brilliantly. You don't have to be a knitter to enjoy the book, but if you're not then maybe this will inspire you to learn. There's a lot of technical knitting stuff and the author obviously knows her stuff! The book is a joy to listen to, and there's a bonus baby hat pattern right at the end, though I think this probably works better if you read rather than listen.

The narrator did a great job and was perfect for the book,

A tad slow for me. Cute message throughout the book.

Super cute story where a driven professional woman gets fired, finds a new life and reconnects with her brother. The story almost made me want to take up knitting.

When Dee finds herself out of a job, she decides to help her brother out at his knitting store. After having broken both his arms, JP (Dee's brother) can't teach or post his vlogs on knitting know hows. Then when her nemesis (Ben) shows up, Dee makes him work hard at gaining her trust (she believes he's the one who got her fired).

Although it's slow in some parts, Dee's story holds your attention and makes you smile. Who doesn't love a happy ending!

I loved the premise of the story and there were some promising moments but I found myself skim reading a lot and generally just waiting for something more to happen. The romance was not enough for me. Overall it was just lacking for me. I definitely enjoyed the second half more though so I'm glad I stuck with it.

I'd like to thank Saga Egmont Audio and NetGalley for sending me the audiobook of The Woolly Hat Knitting Club in exchange for an honest review.

The Woolly Hat Knitting Club is heartwarming tale of familial love, friendship and trying to be the best version of yourself as you possibly can be.

Going into this book, I thought that I'd read another romance novel with a few different elements than I'm used to. Actually, there was no hint of anything remotely romantic for the first 60% of the book.

The narrator was perfect for the book and I thoroughly enjoyed all of the voices that she did. Consuming this book in an audiobook format only improved the experience.

The Woolly Hat Knitting Club follows the story of Delilah who is not only trying to navigate a very male dominated industry, she's the best at her job. She works twelve hours a day and she loves it. But is she really happy?

When something unfortunate happens to her, she has to spend more time with her brother and help him with his knitting club.
She rekindles an old friendship with a woman who has a premature baby and is having an incredibly hard time in her life.

Getting out of the office DeeDee finally realizes what is important in life: her younger brother, her friends, doing something for a good cause.

Plus, when we do get to the romance part it is slow burn and enemies to lovers! And when I say slow burn, I mean reallyyyyy sloooooooooow.

If you want something warm and cozy, this is the perfect book for you.