TRAVERSE CITY – Debbie Macomber won’t be insulted if audience members at her National Writers Series appearance pull out their knitting. The prolific author is an ardent knitter, owns her own yarn shop, and an international spokeswoman for World Vision’s Knit for Kids charity initiative.

 

“If there was a 12-step program for yarn buyers, I would be in it,” said Macomber, whose popular Blossom Street novels center around a knitting shop- a community gathering spot – and sometimes include a pattern at the end.