Trini Pepper Sauce

Here is our recipe for Trini pepper sauce, as approved by Ryan! We started with a base recipe we found online that looked like his family’s pepper sauce. Then he taste-tasted and we adjusted the seasonings to make it taste just right. Due to the large amount of vinegar in this recipe, the pepper sauce […]

Free Vest Knitting Patterns

I’ve created a roundup of some beautiful free vest knitting patterns. Of course, you can always browse the massive archive of free patterns on Ravelry to find more free vest knitting patterns. Many of these patterns are by established designers, so they shouldn’t have errors and should be well written. However, I have not tested them, […]

Knit Caswell Bay Hat by Fiona Alice

I knit the Caswell Bay Hat by Fiona Alice for myself. To knit the hat, I used 3.5 mm needles for the main part of the hat. To make it more form-fitting, I used 2.5 mm needles for the twisted rib brim. I cast on this hat during the Thanksgiving long weekend, and I just […]

DIY: Charlie Caftan by Closet Core Patterns for Minerva*

Charlie Caftan by Closet Core Patterns for Minerva*

This is the second Charlie Caftan that I sewed for Tomiko, and third overall. I was gifted 3 m of this rayon-linen fabric in a colourful digital print from Minerva. I initially wanted to sew myself another McCall’s M7920. However, I got pregnant and didn’t want to sew anything for myself since I couldn’t be […]