Not only are the holidays are just around the corner, the women who knit at Manhattan’s Walker & Daughter have an extra reason to celebrate: there’s a wedding planned for New Year’s Day.

In the meantime, college-age Dakota Walker is working to finish a sweater her mother started before Dakota was born. As she takes on her mother’s pattern, she learns from her family and friends that there was much more history in these stitches than she had anticipated, and that to build on her mother’s legacy, Dakota must allow herself to become the woman she truly desires to be…