I am re-reading E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton. I've read all of Grafton's mystery novels, but somehow I missed this gem the first time around:
"During out little pre-Christmas celebration, Henry gave me a new Len Deighton novel and I gave him a periwinkle-blue mohair muffler, which I had crocheted myself—a little-known talent of mine."
I always liked the P.I. Kinsey Millhone, but I thought it was for her dogged persistence and her pre-Internet sleuthing ways. (She knows what a criss-cross directory is!) Who knew she was also a crafty gal?