Romance at the Fiber Guild V: Universal Design

Three fledging students cross paths in a struggling mall in the middle of Prairie Plains: an attractive coed from Chicago who recently became blind, a jilted lover from Norway, dumped after failing to get into music school, and his bodybuilding cousin, who’s made a career of hiding his sexual orientation from his parents.

As Kasper realizes his growing desire for the gorgeous Nicole, his shyness proves a problem given his American cousin’s affinity for the girl who, like Lars, is a recovering bullying victim. No problem for Nicole—she has not one, but two eager allies helping her adapt to her new, independent college life, and the avid knitter soon finds herself sucked into the yarny world of Lars, the son of a fiber arts professor, who manages Dee’s Yarn & Fiber Emporium. What could be more natural than that Nicole should come on board as an employee? As Lars implements universal design to integrate his new best friend into his shop, Dee’s is transformed into a destination experience for fiber lovers. Keen not to let his cousin outcompete him for Nicole’s attention, Kasper turns to music to court the alluring object of his affection. And this might even do the trick, if it weren’t for the distraction of Nicole’s younger sister, who responded to her vision loss with hurtful displays of rejection. It seems moving forward for Nicole and her friends requires first that they overcome the demons lurking in their past.