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A book about a granny hobby


LOL I had to google "granny hobby" to find out what this is!! Looks like it's a broad range of hobbies, including (but not limited to!) knitting, crochet, embroidery, quilting, watercolor, bird-watching, flower-pressing, gardening, canning, baking, pickleball, card games, puzzles, and mah jong. This will be a fun category because there are so many ways to go!!!


Gardening? well, we got that covered in prompt #1!
Knitting, etc? Hello, cozy mysteries!!! Soooo many choices here! Crewel World, Knit One, Kill Two, Hooked on Murder, Death By Cashmere ... and so many more!
Baking? Hello, cozy mysteries!!! Death by Chocolate Cake, Éclair and Present Danger, etc. And also, hello cozy romances!!! Meet Me at the Cupcake Café, for starters!
Mah jong? The Joy Luck Club, of course!!


Here is an article about granny hobbies: https://www.realsimple.com/grandma-ho...


Listopia list is Here: A book about a granny hobby

Does genealogy count as a granny hobby?

If yes, this is a good book: The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are

I almost want to read The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher for this one. 😂

I'm going to say that any hobby I remember my grandmother doing is a granny hobby by definition. Her main one, besides watching snooker and Westerns and hissing at the television whenever Margaret Thatcher came on, was collecting Bulgarian Troyan ceramics. I'm going to read a book about that.

Sasha wrote: "Her main one, besides watching snooker and Westerns and hissing at the television whenever Margaret Thatcher came on, was collecting Bulgarian Troyan ceramics. I'm going to read a book about that. ..."

Awesome.

I think I'm going in this direction...

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good

If you believe cosy mysteries, solving crime is a granny hobby.

I was thinking the same, Ellie :D I think I'll go for one of the Thursday Murder Club books for that one, since it's literally about elderly people solving crimes as a hobby.

Britany wrote: "I think I'm going in this direction...

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good "

I love the way you think :-D

I'm thinking Quilts and Quilting for this - lots of good children's books for this topic:
Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts About Peace

Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt

The Keeping Quilt

Cassie's Word Quilt by Faith Ringgold - other books by this author/American quilt artist

The Elephant Quilt: Stitch by Stitch to California!

Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist

Ellie wrote: "If you believe cosy mysteries, solving crime is a granny hobby."

LOL I had the same thought

On my TBR:
Coping With Yarn by Jean Shelby

I know a lot of grannies that READ a lot. So - a book about reading, a book about books ?????

I think I am reading this one I have on my TBR after hearing them talk on a podcast. Here We Go: Lessons for Living Fearlessly from Two Traveling Nanas

My grandmother got me hooked on soap operas as a teen. There's gotta be a soap-opera-themed comedy out there.

Sasha wrote: "Britany wrote: "I love the way you think :-D"

HAHAHAHA 🤣💖

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking -- it's a YA book, but baking could be considered a granny hobby.

I say yes!

Fannie wrote: "Does genealogy count as a granny hobby?

If yes, this is a good book: The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are"

If looking for a killer is a grandma hobby, I will probably read this one.

I really enjoy embroidery, and I love this book:


Mystical Stitches: Embroidery for Personal Empowerment and Magical Embellishment by Christi Johnson

So many cozy mysteries have granny hobby themes

Gourdcraft:
The Gourdmother: The First Gourd Craft Mystery
Gourdfellas

Soap making
Dead Men Don't Lye
A Pour Way to Dye
A Mold for Murder

Candle making
At Wick's End
Snuffed Out
Death Waxed Over

Knitting and Crochet

Barbara Bretton (Chloe Hobbs Paranormal Mysteries)
Casting Spells
Laced with Magic
Spun By Sorcery
Spells & Stitches

Anne Cunado (Black Sheep Knitting)
While My Pretty One Knits
Knit, Purl, Die
A Stitch Before Dying
Till Death Do Us Purl
The Silence of the Llamas
A Dark and Stormy Knit
The Postman Always Purls Twice
A Murder in Mohair
Knit to Kill
Purls and Poison
Hounds of the Basket Stitch
Strangers on a Skein
Death on the Argyle

Peggy Ehrhart (Knit and Nibble)
Murder, She Knit
Died in the Wool
Knit One, Die Two
Silent Knit, Deadly Knit
A Fatal Yarn
Knit of the Living Dead
Knitty Gritty Murder
Death of a Knit Wit
Irish Knit Murder
Knitmare on Beech Street
A Dark and Stormy Knit
Last Wool and Testament

Knitting and Crochet (part two)

Sally Goldenbaum (Seaside Knitters)
Death By Cashmere
Patterns in the Sand
Moon Spinners
A Holiday Yarn
The Wedding Shawl
A Fatal Fleece
Angora Alibi
Murder in Merino
A Finely Knit Murder
Trimmed With Murder
Murder at Lambswool Farm
- - -
Murder Wears Mittens
How to Knit a Murder
A Murderous Tangle
A Crime of a Different Stripe
A Dark and Snowy Night
A Twisted Skein
The Herringbone Harbor Mystery

Sadie Hartwell (Tangled Web)
Yarned and Dangerous
A Knit Before Dying

Betty Hechtman (Crochet Mysteries)
includes a crochet pattern in each book
Hooked on Murder
Dead Men Don't Crochet
By Hook or by Crook
A Stitch in Crime
You Better Knot Die
Behind the Seams
If Hooks Could Kill
For Better or Worsted
Knot Guilty
Seams Like Murder
Hooking for Trouble
On the Hook
Hooks Can Be Deceiving
One for the Hooks
Killer Hooks
Murder by the Hook

Betty Hechtman (Yarn Retreat)
Yarn to Go
Silence of the Lamb's Wool
Wound Up in Murder
Gone with the Wool
A Tangled Yarn
Inherit the Wool
Knot on Your Life
But Knot for Me

Betty Hechtman (Crochet and Crumpets)
Death Among the Stitches

Non-mystery yarn shop stories

Debbie Macomber
The Shop on Blossom Street
A Good Yarn
Susannah's Garden
Back on Blossom Street
Twenty Wishes
Summer on Blossom Street
Hannah's List
A Turn in the Road
Starting Now
Blossom Street Brides

I'm going to read by Eleanor Hamby

My Granny was into reading, watching unsolved mysteries, and baking and doing puzzles.

Ellie wrote: "If you believe cosy mysteries, solving crime is a granny hobby."

I can roll with that one. Though quite a few of them have standard hobbies too, you'll see it at the start or end.

Rose wrote: "I know a lot of grannies that READ a lot. So - a book about reading, a book about books ?????"

IT does feel like that is a really obvious idea, but it works for us as a collective, doesn't it? We are, after all, readers. But does the book in question need to include a granny?

Bluebelle-the-Inquisitive (Catherine) wrote: "Rose wrote: "I know a lot of grannies that READ a lot. So - a book about reading, a book about books ?????"

IT does feel like that is a really obvious idea, but it works for us as a collective, do..."

In my opinion the book you choose doesn't have to have a granny in it. The prompt says "A book about a granny hobby" not a book where a granny does a hobby..... but that is my interpretation. Of course I also would also award myself "invisible bonus points" if the book I choose did include a granny in it or maybe "double invisible bonus points" since the book I choose has two grannies/Nana's in it LOL Here We Go: Lessons for Living Fearlessly from Two Traveling Nanas But - I don't think it has to....

Rose wrote: "I know a lot of grannies that READ a lot. So - a book about reading, a book about books ?????"

Exactly what I was thinking. I teach high school and I know....kids don't read. "Only old people read miss", according to my students.

So I may read Days at the Morisaki Bookshop or The Door-to-Door Bookstore

But I also have The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World and I think sewing might be a "granny hobby" though I've been doing it since I was 7 (of course I've been reading since I was a toddler so....)

I will be reading Threaded for Trouble, a book I own.

The male lead in Paladin's Grace knits as a hobby.

Jen W. wrote: "The male lead in Paladin's Grace knits as a hobby."

I have seen Kingfisher rec'ed for so many categories I'm starting to wonder if you could do the entire 50 all with Kingfisher books. Maybe not the Pilates one ...

OMG such an offensive prompt. It's not like ageism isn't rampant in the world already.

ETA- I just read the post and it's related to Taylor Swift. I'm still offended that they'd use this as a prompt since frankly TS could be a granny in 1 year - if she had a kid at 18 and her kid had a kid at 18. So I give everyone permission (ha ha) to literally use any book with any hobby or job that anyone does if they're over 36 ;)

I seem to recall that Miss Marple's hobbies include knitting and gardening - can anyone confirm? If so, I'll add some Agatha Christie to my list!

Planning to read The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting- I bought this for my craft-y friend years ago, and have been meaning to read it ever since

Eglė wrote: "I seem to recall that Miss Marple's hobbies include knitting and gardening - can anyone confirm? If so, I'll add some Agatha Christie to my list!"

Yes.

Bea wrote: "Eglė wrote: "I seem to recall that Miss Marple's hobbies include knitting and gardening - can anyone confirm? If so, I'll add some Agatha Christie to my list!"

Yes."

Perfect, thank you!

Rose wrote: "I know a lot of grannies that READ a lot. So - a book about reading, a book about books ?????"

I was going to say, my granny still reads, and watches baseball and football, so.... :D

My mom, who is a granny to my daughter also loves to read (hates sports, though, so bummer there, lol). She is very into her quilting, and one of her quilting youtubers was reviewing The Thread Collectors, which we both think sounds interesting, so I might go with that, to stick a little closer to the stereotype.

I watched Murder Ahoy the other day and Margaret Rutherford was knitting.


"Which book is Murder Ahoy based on?
They Do It With Mirrors
Murder Ahoy! is a 1964 British film directed by George Pollock, based on elements from Agatha Christie's 1952 novel They Do It With Mirrors on a mostly original screenplay adaptation by David Pursall and Jack Seddon."

Monica Ferris. I have liked her books.



A Needlecraft Mystery
Books:
Knit Your Own Murder, July 2017
Needlecraft #19
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Knit Your Own Murder, August 2016
Needlecraft Mystery #19
Hardcover / e-Book
Darned if You Do, February 2016
Needlecraft Mystery #18
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Drowning Spool, February 2015
Needlecraft Mystery #17
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Darned If You Do, February 2015
Needlecraft Mystery Series #18
Hardcover / e-Book
The Drowning Spool, February 2014
Needlecraft Mystery #17
Hardcover / e-Book
And Then You Dye, December 2012
Needlecraft Mystery #16
Hardcover / e-Book
Buttons And Bones, December 2011
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Threadbare, December 2011
A Needlecraft Mystery # 15
Hardcover / e-Book
Buttons And Bones, December 2010
Needlecraft Mystery #14
Hardcover / e-Book
Blackwork, October 2010
Needlecraft #13
Mass Market Paperback
Blackwork, October 2009
Needlecraft #13
Hardcover / e-Book
Thai Die, December 2008
A Needlecraft Mystery #12
Hardcover / e-Book
Knitting Bones, December 2007
Needlecraft Mystery #11
Hardcover / e-Book
Sins and Needles, July 2007
Paperback
Sins and Needles, June 2006
Needlecraft Mystery #10
Hardcover / e-Book
Crewel Yule, October 2005
Needlecraft Mysteries #8
Paperback / e-Book
Embroidered Truths, June 2005
Needlecraft Mysteries #9
Hardcover
Cutwork, January 2004
A Needlepoint #7
Paperback / e-Book
Hanging by a Thread, January 2003
Needlecraft Mystery #6
Paperback / e-Book
A Murderous Yarn, March 2002
Needlecraft Mystery #5
Paperback / e-Book
Unraveled Sleeve, July 2001
Needlecraft Mystery #4
Paperback / e-Book
A Stitch in Time, July 2000
Needlecraft Mystery #3
Paperback / e-Book
Framed in Lace, October 1999
Needlecraft Mystery #2
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Crewel World, March 1999
Needlecraft Mystery
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)

I'm going to read How the Penguins Saved Veronica, which features an 85-year-old woman.

My grandmother loved watching serials, so I'd argue that any Murderbot book would work.

I’m hoping to come across someone obsessed with matchmaking because that was always my grandma’s first question when I saw her: Do you have a boyfriend yet?

I will be going with While My Pretty One Knits by Anne Canadeo

I decided on Around the World in 80 Books. Most of my retired friends, many of them grandmas, like to read and travel.