Lydia, a young Amish girl, lives on a farm near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. All summer long she works on a small hooked mat that must be finished before she can go to market with her father. In spite of her best efforts, Lydia is more interested in the wagon coming down the road; in the stories Granny tells, in holding the new baby at Cousin Kate's; and even in chasing Nate's runaway pig.
