Following is an excerpt from my NaNoWriMo novel-in-progress.  Maggie Reynolds, one of the three cousins in The Widows’ Club Book Four (I know, fancy title) is a knitter, like moi.  I’m having her take credit for my knitting so I can take credit for the word count in this post.

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Maggie draped the knitted shawl over the dressmaker form.  She wanted to take a few pictures of the shawl for her photo album.  She was trying to keep a log of her knitting, a portfolio of sorts although she had no intention of marketing her skill.  It just seemed like a smart thing to do since she was the proprietor of a knitting shop.  Edna Ridgeway, who had left the shop to Maggie in her will, had spent 30 years growing her business from a tight corner in the local hardware store to its current location in the middle of main street, its storefront nestled between a coffeehouse and a bookstore.  Somehow, Maggie thought, she needed to always be able to prove that she was worthy of Yarns2Dye4.

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