For reasons that will continue to elude me, videos wont embed at the Madame Defarge site, so… I’ll put them here. Without further ado, Sections one, two, and three of What Would Madame Defarge Knit?

So we’re living with our current house guest, Irene, and so far she’s only JUST started to be noisy. As a preemptive food strike, I started making a stunning shepherd’s pie from the best recipe EVER! I think I’ve written about it before but it bears repeating. Kell’s Pub in Portland makes this and has generously put the stunningly tasty recipe online for free...

I made a BSJ (that’s Baby Surprise Jacket if you haven’t made one yet) for my little niece. It was definitely a surprise, mostly because of how odd it looked. Here, let me show you. See? Giant blob o yarn. Well, once I finished I decided to take pictures of the folding process. First, the primordial blob. Now, at the top you’ll see button holes. That’s one side of the front. You can see a sleeve trying to form there,...

Recently I was interviewed for USA Today’s article 10 years later, those who left NYC look back. During the course of the interview I was struck by the kindness and generosity of the three people with whom I made contact at the news organization—the reporter, the videographer/photographer, and the web video editor. Seriously smart, funny, kind people who didn’t fit the casual stereotype of biased media in any regard. They were...

I visited my lovely cousin’s new-ish blog and discovered a great recipe for zucchini bread—one that had been tailored to be better on the sugar/insulin reaction side of things. I was inspired and made it gluten-free by using 2 cups of King Arthur Gluten-free All Purpose Flour (bless them) and a teaspoon of Xanthan Gum… I may have added a dash more baking powder too. SUCCESS! I had to use a bundt pan as I’ve not found the...