YA Pair: Fiber arts save the day.

  

In Princess of the Midnight Ball, soldier Galen has to put his knitting skills to work to save the twelve dancing princesses, while in After the Snow, Willo's sewing skills help him survive a brutal winter in an even-more brutal town.

Know of any others?

ETA: Lots of suggestions in the comments, including a mention of this round-up of Textile Fantasies at Charlotte's Library.