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Nov 12, 2008

Darlene rated it:

Knit Two by Kate Jacobs was like meeting up with old friends again. In short it was wonderful and I loved it! I've been a fan of Kate Jacobs since I first read The Friday Night Knitting Club which was an awesome book. This past year I read Comfort Food which I also really enjoyed. However, to find out there was a sequel to The Friday Night Knitting Club was the best news ever for me and it didn't disappoint in the least.

Again, Kate Jacobs draws you into all the characters lives More...

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Nov 25, 2008

Sara rated it:

I was selected by MotherTalk to receive an advance copy of Knit Two, and I couldn't be more excited. I really enjoyed Friday Night Knitting Club, and did realize that there was a sequal in the works. I'm about half-way through and will post a complete review when I'm done, in addition to posting on www.knittyreviews.blogspot.com

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Nov 24, 2008

Sharon rated it:

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 More...

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Nov 22, 2008

Gillian rated it:

This is a book to sit and read in the afternoon, curled up on a chair with a cup of tea. It is about ordinary people and their lives coming together in companionship. It is both sad and heart-warming. It is a story with substance.

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Jan 06, 2009

Marisa rated it:

This is the sequel to "The Friday Night Knitting Club"--which I loved. I vacillated between really not being able to get into this one and then just liking it. It picks up five years after the other one left off. I felt that it took almost 100 pages of review before the story really started to move. I get trying to put the read back up to speed--but all the retelling seemed rather prolonged.

The storyline was still good--but I missed it having very much to do with the More...

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Mar 08, 2009

Phyllis rated it:

I was so excited to read this book because I loved its predecessor, "The Friday Night Knitting Club." The familiar characters are back and the Friday Night Knitting Club continues, but nothing is the same as before. It does touch a chord in all of us who want to "freeze time" and keep things as they are so we won't lose what is so special about a particular group of friends (Sound familiar, Robins?) But unfortunately (or better yet, fortunately) time does move on, people c More...

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Feb 17, 2009

Kristina rated it:

Strangely enough, I enjoyed this sequel better than the first one. I thought that the author did a great job developing the characters five years later. I found myself really interested in how their lives had progressed and how their friendships remained even outside of the knitting club. I recommend it--especially if you have read the first one. I predict that this might become a series.

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Nov 27, 2011

Ellen rated it:

Knit Two is the second book in the Friday Night Knitting Club series. While none of these books are high art, they're well-written and interesting. I love following the lives of women who don't always know what the next best step is, but are willing to take a step, even if it's scary, to move forward. Plus, I love that the story takes place in Manhattan and revolves around a store opened by a woman who took a leap of faith that such a risky adventure would work. Having lived in Manhattan and hav More...

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Oct 28, 2011

Chrissy rated it:

After reading this book it makes me wonder if I should waste my time with the 3rd book. It sort of dragged on and on. It fast forwards to 5 years after the death of Dakota's mother Georgia. In the begining she seems too much of a spolied brat with an annoying way of carrying herself around the adults. Not to mention the fact that they carried over the annoyance of the she's half black and half white and no one will understand attitutde. If the book were written for a different era when that woul More...

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Jan 26, 2011

Melissa rated it:

I enjoyed this book much more than I did the first one. I was a bit skeptical to begin with; how could Jacobs write a sequel after the tragedy she created in her first novel?

Well she did and it was excellent. Knit Two takes us back to all the characters five years later. Dakota is eighteen and attending NYU while trying to please her father instead of following her own dreams. Anita is planning her marriage. Catherine is running her store. Peri is running the knitting shop. Lucie now h More...

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Oct 09, 2010

Cathy rated it:

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Sep 06, 2010

Darcy rated it:

In "Knit Two," author Kate Jacobs returns readers to the Friday Night Knitting Club at Walker and Daughter in New York. Though Georgia Walker, the young owner of the Walker and Daughter knitting store, died of cancer, members of the store's Friday Night Knitting Club still join together for knitting and camaraderie.

It's been five years since Georgia died. Her daughter Dakota is now an NYU freshman while Dakota's dad, James Foster, is still an architect with the V hotel empi More...

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Apr 06, 2010

Cheryl rated it:

I was so happy to find out that there is a sequel to the Friday Night Knitting club as I was not ready for it to end. Reading Knit Knit is alike being back with old friends again. This novel finds us five years after after the passing of Georgia and this time we get to spend time with Dakota who is 18 years old, Anita, Peri, KC, Lucie and her now little girl Ginger, Catherine and of course Darwin. This time we also heard a little more from the men throughout the novel-James, Marty and others. Th More...

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Dec 04, 2009

Chloe rated it:

Knit Two is set 5 years after its prequel, The Friday Night Knitting Club. Dakota is now 18 years old and at college, and she’s struggling to balance her college life and her social life. This isn’t help by dad James who is trying to do his best by his daughter by getting her a good education even if it isn’t what she wants. Peri is running Georgia’s shop and trying to set up her own line of bags as well. Catherine, Georgia’s best friend, is newly singly and finding it rather liberating although More...

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Jul 31, 2009

Carol rated it:

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May 06, 2009

melissa rated it:

It was ok. It took me a while to get in to. I found that I was very uninterested in half the characters. They weren’t relatable and I didn’t care. I thought of putting it down a few times. But then I reminded myself how much I enjoyed the first, and I requested it from the library for a reason, so I kept on. I was glad I did. Although a little predictable in it’s various storylines, it was an enjoyable journey. And although I never fully bought in to some of the characters, I found that More...

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Feb 01, 2010

Wendy rated it:

This was a great follow-up to The Friday Night Knitting Club. We find the club five years after Georgia's death still struggling with her loss. Dakota is at NYU trying to reconcile her ownership of the store with her dreams of being a pastry chef. Darwin is now the expectant mother of twins. Lucie is mom to Ginger and now a famous producer. Anita has finally decided to marry Marty to the chagrin of her sons. Catherine has opened an antique and wine shop in the country. KC is now a lawyer at the More...

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Dec 16, 2011

Crystal rated it:

Currently about half way through. Definitely finding this book more enjoyable than the first, although the author seems to be in need of a thesaurus. "Mollified" seems to be the word of the book, appearing over and over in the one chapter for sure.

A few days go by...

And I'm done. This book was pointless. The ending felt very messy, like the author realized she was out of pages and just quickly banged out an ending that attempted to address all the stories she began More...

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Mar 21, 2009

Discoverylover rated it:

My sister bought this to read on her way to Germany and I asked her if I could read it after her, so she very kindly sent it back with *drooling* gummy bears.

Another wonderful read :-) Only guessed one of the endings! Can't wait to read more of Jacobs' work.

"KNIT TWO returns to the Manhattan knitting store, 'Walker & Daughter', five years after the death of the store's owner, Georgia Walker. Georgia's daughter Dakota is now an eighteen-year-old freshman at NYU, runn More...

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Jan 22, 2011

Chris rated it:

Totally enjoyable chick lit.
I just wrote a review for this and it didn't save.
Once the characters are all re-introduced and re-established in this sequel, they get on to continue their lives after the death of their friend at the center of the knitting club. Georgia's daughter is grown up, the feminist just had twins, the independent film maker has her hands full with her strong willed 5 year old, the eldest of the group is planning her wedding, everyone is in flux and transitioning More...

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Jul 26, 2011

Dawn rated it:

I really don't get all the 4- and 5-star reviews for this book. I really did not enjoy it. While the original book was enjoyable enough, even with its flaws, I really didn't find much to like about this book. Many of the events and scenarios were completely ridiculous, and totally contrived. I also didn't find it very realistic the way most of the characters were still heavily mourning their friend Georgia. I don't mean to sound callous but, with the exception of her daughter, I would think More...

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Jan 05, 2011

Debbie rated it:

This is an interesting, but complex novel about women's relationships. Jacobs hits on many of the problems and decisions faced by women: care of aging parent, choice of having a child, marriage or cohabitation, job, and even love. Darwin has craved for a child and after many miscarriages is now carrying twins. She is extremely superstitious and constantly worries. Anita loves Marty, but must now decide if marriage is right at her age. Dakota battles between a life of her own and following More...

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Aug 30, 2009

Judy rated it:

This book is a sequel to The Friday Night Knitting Club, although it can be enjoyed as a stand alone read also. It's the story of a multigenerational group of women who still occasionally meet in their Friday night knitting group for an evening of knitting and sharing their lives. The characters were introduced in the first book,and their stories, minus that of Georgia Walker who was the pivot point of the group, continue five years later. One of my favorite parts of the first book and this s More...

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Mar 02, 2009

Kendra rated it:

I read the Friday Night Knitting club about a year ago. It was a fun, quick read and I really enjoyed it. I felt especially close to the plot line since I am a knitter, and the story sort of centers around how knitting binds this interesting group of women together. So, fast forward to Knit Two, the sequel. It just wasn’t the same. I mean, yes, I really wanted to know what had happened to the group and I got some answers in that area, but…

It was slow to take off. I felt like I More...

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Dec 29, 2010

Joy rated it:

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May 18, 2010

Nancy rated it:

I loved Kate Jacobs first book, The Friday Night Knitting Club, and I expected to enjoy this one as much. But I didn't. Not as much as the first one, but I still liked it!

I don't want to spoil the book for others, so I will just say that I would have preferred the sequel to have followed the first book more closely in time. I also missed the absent character(s) and felt the story suffered for their loss. Still and all, I had developed a great fondness for all of them in the first bo More...

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Dec 30, 2009

Linda rated it:

I expected a lot more from this book. The first one was so good I shared it with everyone. This one is set 5 yrs after the first one and they are still bemoaning the loss of their common friend. They also raised the child in this moaning, groaning, "we miss your mom" manner. At what point do you realize she's gone, you're living in the present, and the child should be raised to live in the moment, not bemoaning the fact that her mother died and no matter what they all do to keep everyt More...

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Nov 28, 2011

Lorraine rated it:

Five years after Georgia's death, the club still meets, but maybe only once a month. Darwin is pregnant with twins, Catherine has her own antique and wine shop in Cold Harbour, KC is now a lawyer, Lucie is making music videos, Peri is managing the shop and selling her knitted bags, and Anita and Marty are happily living together. Dakota is in first year university, and her father James wants her to become a successful professional. Dakota wants to be a pastry chef, and doesn't want to spend s More...

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May 26, 2009

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Knit Two, by Kate Jacobs,narrated by Carrington McDuffy, produced by Penguin Audio, downloaded from audible.com.

Knit Two returns to the Manhattan knitting store Walker & Daughter five years after the death of the store's owner, Georgia Walker. Georgia's daughter
Dakota is now an 18 year old freshman at NYU, running the knitting store part-time with the help of the members of the Friday Night Knitting Club. Drawn
together by their love for Dakota and the sense of family the More...

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Jan 11, 2010

Chris rated it:

"I received this as an advance copy from the publisher - according to Amazon.com, it'll be available November 25. This is set five years after The Friday Night Knitting Club. I didn't enjoy the first several chapters, which seemed chaotic, what with reintroducing the characters and updating us on the intervening five years. I had a related complaint about the beginning of Jacobs' novel Comfort Food and its similar chaotic flurry at the beginning. But, as with Comfort Food, once I got past t More...

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