Been crocheting since the fall, but found some patterns that make me really want to try knitting, too! Any online classes that you recommend? Or great first patterns that – with the help of youtube – I can use to teach myself?

A loved one is having surgery tomorrow and I need your best, stupid TV recs for distracting me all day. Good “laundry folding” shows where you don’t need to pay too much attention. Open to reality or not.

Having a summer dinner party this week, and the weather is getting in the way of my grill-focused fantasies. Looking for easy but impressive meals for a crowd, highlighting summer produce. Must be vegetarian.

I need to buy some beautiful and very sturdy hooks for my entryway. My kids will be hanging their backpacks and coats on them, so I want to anticipate the weight of a high-schooler's backpack for the future. Gold/brass preferred but open to some whimsy. The rest of the space has green, black, and dark wood tones, but with white walls.

I host a monthly cookbook club and this weekend's doubles as a Fourth of July party. It is largely a vegetarian-leaning bunch. What cookbook should we choose for a nod to the 4th?

I'm terrible about skincare, and need to up my moisturizing game for both my body and my face. (Have the SPF and retinol covered.) Have keratosis on my arms. What should I be moisturizing with? Every time I get out of the shower?