I made decent Gluten free Sourdough Bread with a recipe from the Gluten Free Recipe Box. I’d been thinking about starting a starter (heh) but had been intimidated. I’d been heavy into baking my own bread when I (ironically?) had to get off of gluten. Now I can make a decent starter using ancient grains flours (quinoa, amaranth) and some not so ancient (sorghum, teff, buckwheat, millet). The best (of the weird) advice I’d...

Gatsby! Everyone’s talking about Gatsby! If you’ve never read Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, might I suggest you spend a few hours listening to our Just-the-Benefits* version of the book and pairing it with an audiobook version from Audible? Links to both can be found on our Audiobooks page in The Crafting-a-Life Shoppe.     *the book is not in the public domain so unlike CraftLit we can’t include the audio of the...

There’s a LOT of good information in here for those of us pursuing the best chocolate chip cookie we can get.  Well worth a read. Sadly, this reporter also fell victim to the “begs the question” misuse (one of those things that just crawls under my skin, like “irregardless” does to others). Even so, the rest of the article is great. Thank you to listener Chris for sharing! via Quest for the Perfect Chocolate Chip...

I’ve been knitting up some carzy for my kids which I hope to be able to share with you soon (I have to wait for approval) but in the meantime, I collected a few nifty cast-ons I wish I’d had to start Jane’s Ubiquitous Shawl with! I think it would have helped. Disappearing Cast-on-from-Middle Pinhole Cast on Emily Ocker’s Circular Cast on   Do you have some weird faves? Link in the...

Guide to Common Home Laundering & Drycleaning Symbols. I swear to you, I need this key ALL the time. I thought I’d share it with you, too. All of my yarn labels have the little codes on them and I can never remember precisely what’s what. So. Enjoy!

I am so excited! My latest labor of love is headed your way and I can’t be more proud of our little bundle of joy! What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?—the second book in the WWMDfK? series—will be coming out Today, Friday, 3pm EDT in digital format (print version to follow). In the book you will find 28 patterns written by designers you may be familiar with (some returning from the first Defarge book) and new designers I’m...