Hi Readers! You may have noticed a password protected post yesterday. I was poking around on WordPress and found this feature, which was quickly followed by a nugget of an idea, followed by an experiment. My idea is that I would like to include “how-to” posts along with my patterns for sale through Ravelry. A …
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Hollow Molding
Most of the truffles I make are enrobed in solid chocolate. Enrobing the ganache helps to keep the ganache fresh (because it is sealed within the solid chocolate and not exposed to the air), and allows me to distinguish the different flavors, as they are all either in different shaped molds or the molds are …
Welcome!
Welcome fans of knitting and chocolate! I have embarked on this new adventure with the hope of combining these two hobbies of mine. I envision this site as a place to provide support for my knitting patterns and designs, a place to learn and discuss knitting techniques, a place to learn some chocolate facts, with …
Yarn and Chocolate
Come for the yarn, stay for the chocolate. I’m a chemistry professor by day, and a knitter, knit wear designer, and chocolatier by night. Now that my early retirement from the university is on the horizon, I’m exploring how to devote more attention to my two hobbies. Well, three hobbies really, because collecting yarn and …