Each year at Christmastime, my kids and I make gingerbread houses out of graham crackers and frosting. This year I noticed that makers of  my favorite graham cracker had started making gingerbread crackers. I quickly bought a box and a bunch of small candies, nuts, and dried fruit (to decorate our little houses). We use [...]

When I first saw the knit cat toy pattern in the shape of a wonton, I shook my head. Being the non-cat owner I thought ‘well, there goes the Internet.’ But the more I studied it, the more I realized that this pattern was a great way to to accomplish two great things at once. [...]

When I was a girl I used to crochet tams for my grandmother. She had me make a matching tam (aka beret) for all her outfits. She liked looking good when she stepped out. She couldn’t knit or crochet a lick, but she could color-coordinate any frock. That tam was the first pattern I ever [...]