Drinks Originally uploaded by TheBon The correct way to serve drinks at a party. I LOVE THIS!

Free things for you! I’ve been working on adding patterns and goodies to my Ravelry store and CafePress shops for CraftLit and WWMDfK?. There’s always more to do, but so far I have a lot of free things for you (and a couple that aren’t free but I thought I’d throw them in as they are related). Enjoy! Bags |   Socks | Sock Heels Socks How to Knit Socks Free This free eBook gives you everything you need to know about...

You’re all very sweet and tolerant of my long-ish pauses on this blog while I write and edit another knitting book, write a novel, podcast, and design patterns, but for a long time now I’ve wanted to try to tie this blog into the rest of that lot a bit better. What better way to start than with Game of Thrones?! Meg Warren, who you may know from What Would Madame Defarge Knit? and   The March Hare yarns, has designed the most...

I just returnecd from signing books at Vogue Knitting Live absolutely brimming with design ideas and new book plans and there just aren’t enough hours in the day. I am SO excited! What gloriously wonderful people I met absolutely everywhere I went (even at the Irish Pub where I had breakfast on Sunday! He wasn’t a knitter when we started talking, but now that we spoke… who knows?). I’m going to be posting a few patterns...

Knitter? Annoyed by the GF posts? Skip down to the *** for a message. Working off of last week’s recap of my fave GF recipes… Once again, I found myself going to a Friday dinner where my son and I wouldn’t be able to eat the challah. Once again, I went to the Interwebs. I love the growth of this blob monster, I really do. Two years ago I found a challah recipe or two: results=eh. A year ago I found more. Results=better....

I thought it might be a good idea to create a clearing-house of useful gluten free information and recipes. Obviously, this all comes under the category of “stuff I liked,” but I’m kinda picky. And I cook a lot so I’ve tested many recipes. Some failures, many successes, but a few stand out–and those are what I’ll put here. French bread: Hands down, Fire and Salt’s is the best. So good in fact, that my...