Adar

How I did it: I sat down and thought about all the things I didn't know when I was going to host my first seder (which was a disaster).  Then I put down in words everything I wish I'd known, with some rabbinical flourishes (but not too many.)  I included menus, recipes, a "mini-haggadah," and other materials.  Nine pages in all -- it will help participants in my workshop take home the information they need to host their first Passover Seder. Read how I did it…

How I did it: She doesn't like wool (too scratchy) so I got a skein of fancy rayon chenille from the sale bin at the local yarn shop.  I knitted it up on #15 metal knitting needles (the needles need to be SLICK) in garter stitch to the length she requested and voila' - a scarf.  No biggie, and it could have been done in a single night had I not been futzing around with needles.  Read how I did it…

How I did it: I cast on 114 stitches of superwash wool (Queensland Rustic Wool)  onto double pointed needles (7s).  I knitted (3 k, 3p) repeating as I went 'round and 'round, until I had a 20 cm tube of ribbing.  Then I began to narrow it down in the p sections (purling stitches together) until all the ribs joined up, then narrowed those until the cap was, well, capped.  I had to do it twice, since the first time I did it, I used a … Read how I did it…