Krupnik is a Polish spiced honey cordial, which my friend Scot introduced to be ten or fifteen years ago.  I learned to make it from my friend Jenny and took to altering the recipe to fit my palate.  The method I’ve devised is far from traditional at this point, but produces something less sweet and with a […]

I’m all for small victories, you know.  Each finished row of knitting, each hem and button hole counts towards some vital tally in my head.  We just had a dessert party/bake-off at work, and my Almond Sarafina cake took the top prize.  I am absolutely chuffed.  I’d show you the cake, but there is no external evidence […]

Before the baking, a minor knitting update.  I’ve tweaked the Lady of the Lake pattern so that the sleeves are knit in the round from the shoulder down, because that’s how they should be knit, dammit.  I am also making an absolutely lovely pair of Hedgerow socks* out of Spirit Trail sock yarn in a […]

The last of the ends are woven into the sockyarn blanket.  I spent some time over the weekend discovering that I actually can crochet, sort of, but that crochet doesn’t seem to be fixing the curling around the edges.  I’m giving some thought to a seed-stitch border, or perhaps some really burly crochet edgings.  I’d […]

Updatey-goodness: Brigid’s Samhain photos rock.  And they provide evidence of ruana-finishing fun.  Last weekend, while many of the Knitters Review folks were retreating to the not-terribly-far-away Graves Mountain, we assorted nuts went to the wilds near Charlottesville to celebrate Samhain; the Celtic New Year and the original holiday upon which Halloween was founded.  This was […]

So . . . Bridies for Samhain.  Samhain is a Pie Holiday after all.  Practically a campaign slogan, right?  Not that I’m running for anything.  Nor am I volunteering for anything.  I’m like an anti-volunteer over here, trying to shuck tasks as quickly as possible.  Anyway, we’re leaving for Samhain tomorrow and . . . […]