A Stitch in Time

By Asta Idonea

When Connor’s friend signs him up for a crochet course, the last thing he expects is to find love. However, at the community center, he meets hunky Finn. There’s only one problem: Finn assumes Connor’s there for the boxing class, and Connor lets him believe it, worried Finn will ditch him if he knows Connor prefers crafting to upper cuts. Can they salvage the situation when the truth comes out?

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2019 Advent Calendar "Homemade for the Holidays."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
• Release date: Dec 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781644057711

Asta Idonea

Asta Idonea (aka Nicki J Markus) was born in England but now lives in Adelaide, South Australia. She has loved both reading and writing from a young age and is also a keen linguist, having studied several foreign languages. Asta launched her writing career in 2011 and divides her efforts not only between MM and MF works, but also between traditional and indie publishing. Her works span the genres from paranormal to historical and from contemporary to fantasy. It just depends what story and which characters spring into her mind! As a day job, Asta works as a freelance editor and proofreader, and in her spare time she enjoys music, theater, cinema, photography, crafts, and sketching. She also loves history, folklore and mythology, pen-palling, and travel, all of which have provided plenty of inspiration for her writing. Website: www.nickijmarkus.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/NickiJMarkus Twitter: @NickiJMarkus Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/4567057.Nicki_J_Markus LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nicolamarkus Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickijmarkus YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/aleera21

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A Stitch in Time

By Asta Idonea

When Connor’s friend signs him up for a crochet course, the last thing he expects is to find love. However, at the community center, he meets hunky Finn. There’s only one problem: Finn assumes Connor’s there for the boxing class, and Connor lets him believe it, worried Finn will ditch him if he knows Connor prefers crafting to upper cuts. Can they salvage the situation when the truth comes out?

FOR FUCK’S sake!

With a petulant huff, Connor tossed the tangled ball of yarn. It dropped to the floor and commenced an uneven roll. Too late, Connor saw what was going to happen. He grabbed for the work in his lap, but all he caught was the hook, which came out of the loop as the wonky mess he’d been calling rows one through three slid to the ground in a pathetic-looking heap. He stared at it, too disheartened to complain, and too despondent to reach down and retrieve his efforts.

What had he been thinking? He should have taken up papercutting, even if it cost him a fortune in plasters. Or decoupage. That looked easy enough, potential glue spillages aside. However, Mel had assured him that crochet was the way to go. Not only simple, it was relaxing, she’d said. And he’d believed her. The simple part had to have been a mean jest, and as for relaxing….

He grabbed his phone, snapped a picture of the jumble on the floor, and sent it to Mel, along with six sad-face emojis and a question mark. A second later, his ringtone announced an incoming call.

You can’t expect to be perfect on the first try, Mel said without greeting or preamble.

First try? I’ve been at this for three bloody hours. The instructions don’t even make sense.

Maybe try watching a YouTube video. Or, better yet, join a club.

A club? For crochet? Crocheters Anonymous?

A class, then. Call it what you like. That’s how I got started.

"But won’t I stick out like a sore thumb in a room full