I was pleased to find an old friend of mine has been crowned King of the Middle Kingdom! I am, of course, referring to the SCA - the Society for Creative Anachronism. They are "a non-profit educational organization devoted to the study of pre-seventeenth century Western Culture. It concentrates on the European Middle Ages, Renaissance, and members work to recreate the arts and skills of this era." If you're interested in medieval costume or crafts the SCA is a great resource. I'll dig up some of the best instructional links and share them. Tell us about great history costume and craft sites!

I'm quite a bit behind with the television explosion of craft related stuff. I don't get HGTV or the Learning Channel at all, and I only get The Food Network after 7 p.m. on weekdays, or somthing odd like that. So I've never seen Trading Spaces, and I've only seen a few episodes of Iron Chef. But last night I saw my first episode of Naked Chef and I'm hooked. I hope I have better basic cable at the new place (just a week and a half left until we move! perhaps I should start packing?) But back to Naked Chef, not only do I have a huge crush, but the food he made looked soooo good: brunch breads (especially the Savory Rolled Bread of Parma Ham, Egg, Cheese, Egg, and Basil - it's a breakfast pizza!) and salmon with herbs in newspaper which sounded soooo yummy despite the fact that I cannot eat fish even though I want to. With access to these channels how does one not become obsessive about taping and saving each and every show?

Excitment in the part of the world where websites meet knitting - seems that Julie Chen and a camera crew showed up at the New York Stitch and Bitch last night, dangerous chunky has the whole story. Airing May 2nd? And those in Chicago were interviewed for radio, check out chicknits for that story. Yay!

Mena's Sew Wrong has a shiny new home all it's very own - sewwrong.com! New projects and a new authors, including myself and Jennie. As soon as I get settled (early-ish to mid May) expect a few home improvement projects coming your way.

and while I'm at it, there is a great collection of recipes in the Cookbook section of the bludot website - warning! Flash - you'll need to click the "cookbook" tab, then click "cookbook" again, don't miss the side tabs for drink recipes too [let's hear it for usability designers!]

digs magazine has up instructions for yummy (and easy, I hope) homemade pasta

mmmmm Troutgirl has up her recipe for strawberry shortcake with great instructions, and an amazing knit rug she made

recipe for vegetable stock at rebecca's pocket