Amish Friends Knitting Circle - Volume 4 - Peaches & Cream

Following the tradition of Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens) and Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery), Amish Friends Knitting Circle is a continuing story, broken down into 8 parts. If you liked receiving the installments of the best-selling, Amish Knitting Circle Series, (the prequel to this series), then join Granny Weaver as she invites her friends from the Smicksburg Baptist Church to a summer circle to knit for charity.
In Episode 2, Tea Kettles Sing:
~ Zach loses his job…Ella has a choice to make
~ Lavina gets two unexpected visitors from Troutville that make steam come out of her ears
~ Lizzie’s marital bliss is broken as step-daughter, Jenny, continues to be contrary
~ Ruth and Luke’s restored marriage continues to blossom, and she has wunderbar gut news
~ Janice Jackson and Granny bond over their joys and sorrows of being pastor’s wives
~ Someone goes missing…

Karen Anna Vogel is a trusted English friend to many Amish in Western Pennsylvania and New York. She’s the author of Amish Knitting Circle, Knit Together, and The Amish Doll. She has a worldwide audience at her popular blog, Amish Crossings. 
She has a B.A. in psychology and a Masters in Biblical Counseling and loves mentoring young women. Karen and her husband of 31 years, Tim, enjoy living in rural PA and have four grown children. You can visit her at Amish Literature Fans on Facebook.
 

Following the tradition of Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens) and Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery), Amish Friends Knitting Circle is a continuing story, broken down into 8 parts. If you liked receiving the installments of the best-selling, Amish Knitting Circle Series, (the prequel to this series), then join Granny Weaver as she invites her friends from the Smicksburg Baptist Church to a summer circle to knit for charity.
In Episode 3, Berry Picking:
~Granny and Janice take Lavina up to Troutville to visit her mamm
~Jonas tells Lizzie a secret that helps him make a decision about the store.
~We find out more about Jeb. Is he showing signs of dementia or is it something else?
~Marge goes to the Baptist Church, while Luke attempts to ease her husband’s fears of her getting “religion”.
~Nathan gets a letter that puts a stone in the hay rake concerning Lavina.
~Colleen reveals deep scars.

Karen Anna Vogel is a trusted English friend to many Amish in Western Pennsylvania and New York. She’s the author of Amish Knitting Circle, Knit Together, and The Amish Doll. She has a worldwide audience at her popular blog, Amish Crossings.
She has a B.A. in psychology and a Masters in Biblical Counseling and loves mentoring young women. Karen and her husband of 31 years, Tim, enjoy living in rural PA and have four grown children. You can visit her at Amish Literature Fans on Facebook.

Following the tradition of Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens) and Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery), Amish Friends Knitting Circle is a continuing story, broken down into 8 parts. If you liked receiving the installments of the best-selling, Amish Knitting Circle Series, (the prequel to this series), then join Granny Weaver as she invites her friends from the Smicksburg Baptist Church to a summer circle to knit for charity.
In Episode 5, The Bridge:
~An accident cause Granny to fear the future, but is reminded, Faith is the bridge over which we can cross all the unknown waters of tomorrow.
~Colleen and Lavina plant a flower garden in the woods, both feeling like Mary Lennox in the book, The Secret Garden: not wanted by their parents. Will they find healing?
~Joe attends church with Marge, but will it bring them closer or will their drift get wider?
~Fannie has a heart-to-heart with Granny. Will her seemingly never-ending battle with her body image ever be over?
~Hezekiah has his eye on someone, but she’s not Amish...
Karen Anna Vogel is a trusted English friend to many Amish in Western Pennsylvania and New York. She’s the author of Amish Knitting Circle, Knit Together, and The Amish Doll. She has a worldwide audience at her popular blog, Amish Crossings http://www.karenannavogel.blogspot.com
She has a B.A. in psychology and a Masters in Biblical Counseling and loves mentoring young women. Karen and her husband of 31 years, Tim, enjoy living in rural PA and have four grown children.

Following the tradition of Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens) and Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery), Amish Friends Knitting Circle is a continuing story, broken down into 8 parts. If you liked receiving the installments of the best-selling, Amish Knitting Circle Series, (the prequel to this series), then join Granny Weaver as she invites her friends from the Smicksburg Baptist Church to a summer circle to knit for charity.
Granny Weaver believes women are stronger spun together, just like the wool she spins. But will her Amish knitting circle snap if spun with women from the Smicksburg Baptist Church?  Granny’s believes they can be knit together for a worthy cause: knitting hats, gloves and scarves to the growing homeless population across the USA. 
So Granny invites:
Colleen, a young woman living at Forget-Me-Not Manor, a refuge for homeless mothers.
Janice, a burnt out pastor’s wife…or a women going through the change of life.
Marge, a new neighbor learning to live off-the-grid, whose husband fears her new-found faith. 
Suzy, who will teach knitting with needles, but is distressed over her aging dog’s health.
Granny does many “casting off” prayers that her English friends will bond with Ella, Ruth, Lizzie, Lavina, Maryann, and Fannie, and not unravel the knitting circle she holds so dear.

Karen Anna Vogel is a trusted English friend to many Amish in Western Pennsylvania and New York. She’s the author of Amish Knitting Circle, Knit Together, and The Amish Doll. She has a worldwide audience at her popular blog, Amish Crossings.
She has a B.A. in psychology and a Masters in Biblical Counseling and loves mentoring young women. Karen and her husband of 31 years, Tim, enjoy living in rural PA and have four grown children. You can visit her at Amish Literature Fans on Facebook.
 

Following the tradition of Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens) and Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery), Amish Friends Knitting Circle is a continuing story, broken down into 8 parts. If you liked receiving the installments of the best-selling, Amish Knitting Circle Series, (the prequel to this series), then join Granny Weaver as she invites her friends from the Smicksburg Baptist Church to a summer circle to knit for charity.
In Episode 6, Putting Up:
~ It’s September and the Amish are busy “Puttin’ Up” the harvest. Will they have time to knit for charity?
~ Nathan returns from Montana. Will Lavina welcome him back as fondly as his grandparents?
~ Colleen finds that her flashbacks, or déjà vu, are rooted in childhood memories.
~The Baptist Church have their first Amish Day Camp, and Jonas tries to answer a busload of tourist’s questions…if he could understand them.
~ Marge and Joe make a decision. Will they continue to live off-off-grid.
Karen Anna Vogel is a trusted English friend to many Amish in Western Pennsylvania and New York. She’s the author of Amish Knitting Circle, Knit Together, and The Amish Doll. She has a worldwide audience at her popular blog, Amish Crossings http://www.karenannavogel.blogspot.com
She has a B.A. in psychology and a Masters in Biblical Counseling and loves mentoring young women. Karen and her husband of 31 years, Tim, enjoy living in rural PA and have four grown children.

Following the tradition of Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens) and Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery), Amish Friends Knitting Circle is a continuing story, broken down into 8 parts. If you liked receiving the installments of the best-selling, Amish Knitting Circle Series, (the prequel to this series), then join Granny Weaver as she invites her friends from the Smicksburg Baptist Church to a summer – autumn circle to knit for charity.
In Episode 7, The Pumpkin Patch, it’s October and:
~Ella and Zach are busy selling pumpkins at their stand, pinching every penny to move to New York. But Ella’s having doubts…
~Joe and Marge go to Lizzie’s simple birthday party for the girls, and discover that some things can’t be bought.
~Nathan reveals something to Lavina while walking through the corn maze, but is it something she wants to hear?
~Colleen and Hezekiah make a bold decision.

Following the tradition of Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens) and Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery), Amish Friends Knitting Circle is a continuing story, broken down into 8 parts. If you liked receiving the installments of the best-selling, Amish Knitting Circle Series, (the prequel to this series), then join Granny Weaver as she invites her friends from the Smicksburg Baptist Church to a summer – autumn circle to knit for charity.
In final episode, Autumn Changes, many questions are answered:
~Will Ella move to New York, saying good-bye to the knitting circle?
~Will Marge move back to Indiana, PA, believing she can’t live off-the-grid?
~Will Nathan and Lavina have to wait until February to wed, or can Nathan convince Jeb otherwise?
~Will the Amish and the women from the Smicksburg Baptist Church continue to knit together for charity, or are they as different as the color of autumn leaves?

 Women in Granny's knitting circle will great literature as they knit for charity. Granny Weaver's talks about Jane Austen a lot, and Colleen loves the Secret Garden, so each woman picks a book of their chose.  But will the Baptist church women pick books not allowed by the Amish Ordnung? Great literature changes us for the better, but could books change knitting circle and their  small town? 
List of books to be read in are:

Pride & Prejudice
Little Women
Anne of Green Gables
A Dickens of a Tale (bunch of Dickens discussed in one episode)
Emma
Black Beauty
Pilgrims Progress
Secret Garden.       

Granny Weaver knew if she brought five women together in a knitting circle, they’d be spun together, just like the wool she spins. But what she didn’t know was that her nerves would be unraveled by caring so much. She suspected Ruth had marital problems, but she never suspected abuse. Fannie’s poor body image is deeper than she thought. And what did her son do years ago to cause Lizzie such pain? But Granny smiles when Ella decided to look into foster care, coming to terms with her infertility by the help of the knitting circle. And she isn’t the only one prodding Maryann to go to the doctors for her severe fatigue and dizzy spells; the tight knit group of women all urge her, too.
In the Thanksgiving edition, lots of men are off work in Smicksburg, PA, since they work for English logging companies.  Ella makes a traditional Thanksgiving dinner to give thanks, but also so the men can have a word with Ruth’s husband. A rebuke is washed down better after a good meal. Then the women all go Black Friday shopping for their winter craft supplies and sewing materials, but this turns into a nightmare for Granny. Lots of things are uncovered that cause her to sit in her rocker that night and pray more “Casting Off Prayers”. But she smiles, knowing carrying one another’s burdens pleases her Lord.

Amish Knitting Circle is a continuing short story series about six women. Granny Weaver started the circle when she saw her wool was stronger when spun into yarn. So she starts a knitting circle, believing the women will be stronger as they face life together.
Volume 10 ~ New Beginnings 
It’s Easter in Smicksburg, PA, but will it need to be postponed due to discord among church members? Will there be harmony between Luke and Ruth? Can Ella and Zach fully accept that Lavina is going to their church? Fannie’s looks forward to her early spring wedding, but will she have to move to New York and say good-bye to her knitting friends? Lizzie and Roman also want a spring wedding but will it be too hard on Granny, as Jeb fears? Find out in this final edition of Amish Knitting Circle.
Due to the overwhelming response by readers, the Granny’s knitting circle won’t end; only expand with English (Non-Amish) friends coming. Look for Amish Friends Knitting Circle, another continuing series in 8 parts, coming soon.