The Christmas season has come to Sea Harbor, and Izzy Chambers and the other Seaside Knitters are excited to show off their talents in the town tree-trimming contest. Of course, holiday cheer isn\"t all that\"s popping up. Charlie Chambers, Izzy\"s younger brother, has, surprisingly, just arrived to volunteer at a local clinic....

Fall is usually a relaxing time in Sea Harbor, but it\"s turning out to be a busy season for Izzy Chambers Perry. Not only is she helping the Seaside Knitters make a magnificent throw to celebrate the fortieth wedding anniversary of her aunt and uncle, but she and her husband are finally selling the cottage where she lived before she married....

Gabrielle Marietti, granddaughter to Seaside Knitter Birdie Fazzio, has returned to Sea Harbor to visit her grandmother for the fall semester. She\"s enrolled in the Sea Harbor Community Day School, which has recently adopted a more socially progressive curriculum....