In my post about Halloween a few months ago, I said something offensive. There are plenty of things about Halloween that make me ambivalent. I’ll not go into them, because I do not wish to judge others for their choices in things that aren’t that important. (Unless you’re being unsafe. That’s not cool. Be safe.) … More A Halloween Retraction
I’ve now completed the 2022 Breed & Colour Study, the final B&C from the amazing Katrina of Crafty JAKs Boutique. This pound of fiber: Has become these five pairs: Am I showing off? yeaaaaah a little bit. Sorry-not-sorry. I worked really hard on these socks over the last year, and I’m over the moon with … More SCS+BCS: Wrapping Up Five Pairs
Okay you guys. This is the LAST pair of socks knit from the LAST skeins of 2022’s Breed & Colour Study project. (Although not, I’m sure, the last post about them.) I finished them in the first week or so of January, and they are gorgeous. The above skeins are spun from the below leftover … More SCS+BCS: Combo-Spun Top Socks
In this post, I demonstrate that a pair of red skeins: Has become a pair of red socks. I love how dramatically, drastically different these socks are. With an analogous colourway, the colours are not competing with each other as much as they would do in a more wildly variegated colourway. If you want to … More SCS+BCS: Orange-Red Top Socks
Hi guys, This is more of a newsy post! Backstory: Rachel at Wool n’ Spinning started an audio podcast about six years ago to go with her Youtube show. She gave it up about six months ago, but now with me joining the team, we’ve decided to start it up again. I talked her into … More Wool n’ Spinning Radio: Episode 89 (the first!)
For this last day of cake, I want to talk about the challenges of doing cake as a business. Lots of people in Rankin Inlet like making cake, and are really good at it. Better than me. But not everyone wants to sell it. Have you ever thought about selling your cakes, and hesitated? Why? … More Twelve Trials of Self-Care
Let’s talk about THPARKLETH! I mean, sparkles. I’ve watched a good number of cake videos, mostly by a couple of artists I like, and I admit, I didn’t really understand the obsession with gold and sprinkles. But having decorated a good number of cakes now, I totally get the sparkle obsession. A lot of times, … More Eleven Excesses of Sprinkles
Let’s talk about piping. Piping is one of those areas where there there are a near-infinite amount of tutorials on the interwebs, most of them better than I can do. But how can I NOT talk about piping? It’s also an area where it doesn’t matter how much you learn; you just have to give … More Ten Piped Rosettes
Let’s talk about multi-tier cakes. Cake is heavy. If you’re doing a one-tier cake, you can do what you want. But as soon as that cake starts holding up other cake, you need to start thinking in terms of building something, not just baking something. You can start with a nice, sturdy cake. The vanilla … More Nine Dowels for Stacking
Happy New Year! Let’s talk about fondant. What fondant? I hear from lots of customers, “I don’t like fondant, don’t use it.” When this is the case, I don’t use it at all. But hear me out. I actually make my own fondant. I use this recipe from Sugar Geek Show. I tried it because … More Eight Fondant Details
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