Store Message

Thanks everyone for your support of our custom knits.  We look forward to 2024 being a great year here at The Knit Tree.   As Sharon Nani, owner, prepares for retirement, she is training her son, Ken to knit the items in the online store, plus the ones that were removed.  Ken is going to take over The Knit Tree and its equipment so we can continue to offer these unique custom knits to our customers. Ken is not new to machine knitting - he earned his high school and college spending money by filling orders back in the 1990's, and has continued to help in maintaining the equipment.  Ken is creative in his own rights with his "Custom Wood and Land Works" business where he falls the timber, prepares the lumber and creates unique wood items and projects: custom storage sheds, fences, decks ect.  So we may add new catagories to this web site when the time arrives.  SO LOOK FORWARD TO ADDING THE CAMO KNITS BACK INTO THE ONLINE STORE THIS YEAR.


Friday, June 24, 2016 - 12:03

Video of The Knit Tree Cottage Industy Studio showing Knitting Machine Equipment and Sewing Equipment
Friday, June 24, 2016 - 12:03

This is a video of The Knit Tree Cottage Industry showing the knitting machine equipment that I (Sharon Nani) use.  I also included the area where I assemble my knit projects which includes the sewing, linking, and steaming equipment.  Enjoy the little journey through my Knitting Machine Studio.

Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 10:01

Travel as You Knit Series of 3 articles on the Short Row Method of Creating Knit Necklines
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 10:01

Another group of Machine Knit America articles that I wrote are posted on The Knit Trees ‘article page’ http://www.theknittree.com/articles.html  These are all under the Knitting Machine Basics Category.

Travel as You Knit is a series of three articles giving detailed instructions on how to knit necklines by the short row method.  These are written for machine knitters, but hand knitters can use the same techniques by slipping stitches.  This technique is how I try to finish most of my knit garments because it gives a very smooth and polished finish which makes assembly even easier. I suggest you knit each mini sample from parts 1 thru 3 because it starts with the simple rules then advances unto the round necklines – learning these knitting skills will give you the foundation to add the procedures to any of your own knit garments.  Have fun Knitting
http://www.theknittree.com/documents/12mkav4n595_shortrow1.pdf
www.theknittree.com/documents/13mkav4n695_shortrow2.pdf
http://www.theknittree.com/documents/14mkav5n195_shortrow3.pdf

Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 09:56

Control Your Bind Off: MKA article on The Latch Tool Bind Off for both single and double bed knitting machines
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 09:56

Another group of Machine Knit America articles that I wrote are posted on The Knit Trees ‘article page’ http://www.theknittree.com/articles.html  These are all under the Knitting Machine Basics Category.  This article was written in 1995, but it is applicable to any knitting machine and gives a very polished finished look to your knit projects.
How to Control Your Bind Off gives the detailed instructions of how to do “The Latch Tool Bind Off” for both single and double bed knitting machines which I use on 90% of my knit projects. http://www.theknittree.com/documents/11mkav4n495_bindoff.pdf

Monday, June 6, 2016 - 12:54

Machine Knit America Articles: Lycra
Monday, June 6, 2016 - 12:54

I am on a Mission. I posted the next two articles I wrote for Machine Knit America on The Knit Tree’s article page in pdf format under the Yarn Information Category. http://www.theknittree.com/articles.html

Article #9 “Polishing up with Stabilizing Agents” was written about knitting with monofil, sewing thread, elastic, and lycra®. Remember this was written in 1994 before digital cameras were in full swing. http://www.theknittree.com/documents/9mkav4n294_lycra1.pdf

Since I sell the lycra®. in my online store, I already updated this article with photos – so you can check out the updated version with photos http://theknittree.com/lycra.html

http://www.theknittree.com/documents/10mkav4n394_lycra2.pdf

along with the published version with no photos, so I can wet your appetite to look forward to the other 23 published Machine Knit America articles to be updated with photos. The 10th Article was a practical application of using lycra®. in waistbands. Read more about lycra® in the product description at my online store. http://www.theknittree.com/…/spandex-stabilizer-lycra-trade…

lycra®. lycra® is used by machine knitters, Circular Sock Machine knitters, hand knitters and other crafts people to add that professional polish to their products.

Sunday, May 29, 2016 - 15:28

How to Conduct a Time / Cost Study & Fill in the Work Sheets to Determine Selling Cost of a Knit
Sunday, May 29, 2016 - 15:28

In 1994, I wrote a series of 3 articles about how to determine the selling cost of a knit product for Machine Knit America.  Even though that was a long time ago, the process is the same.  The only thing that is different is substituting the correct wages for today when you fill out the worksheets. When someone writes an article for a magazine, you are given guidelines for how long the article can be.  This topic had so much information for it to be valuable to the reader, that it was divided into the following three parts. You can find these articles and the worksheets on The Knit Tree Article page in the Selling and Marketing Knits category.

  • How Accurate is your Pricing? Discusses the Simple Equipment Needed Part 1
  • How Accurate is your Pricing? Discusses the Time/Study Worksheet Part 2
  • How Accourate is your Pricing? Discusses the Selling Cost Worksheet  Part 3

Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 08:59

Machine Knit America Articles: Basic Knitting Topics
Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 08:59

OK Machine Knitters, I am finally starting to post the Knitting Machine Articles and Design Patterns that were published in various magazines. I am going to post them in the order that I wrote them, because being a technician, I started with the basic machine knitting skills and tips and then advanced as I went along.  These articles will all be posted on my Knit Tree Articles page under the appropriate Category.  But to keep it simple, after the article name, I will put the magazine abbreviation (Machine Knit America: MKA, Machine Knitters Source: MKS, and Inkknitters: INK), Volume, Number and year.
                In 1993, I was asked to write a series of articles on “Knitting for Profit” for Machine Knit America.  These knitting skills are for all knitters whether knitting for profit or pleasure.  In all I wrote 23 articles for MKA before they closed publication.  In 1993 I did not have a digital camera, and always wanted to add photos to the articles to update them before posting on the web.  But I decided that would just take tooooo long, so I am scanning them as published to get them all up for the knitters, then as time allows I will go back and add short videos or photos.   Please enjoy this first group of five articles and feel welcome to comment.  They are in pdf file format for easy reading on all computers, you will need a free pdf reader.

Saturday, May 30, 2015 - 13:20

Hello!!!
Saturday, May 30, 2015 - 13:20

Hello, it's me, Dani, or Crochet Critter...whichever you would like to call me. This blog is going to be one that hits close to home for me, several of my family members, and millions of people across the world. Cancer. In my case it is Papillary Thyroid Cancer, and I am on year 4 of my battle. Let's start at the beginning, shall we?
 
            One morning I got up and got ready to go to a post natal appointment, I had just had our second child, Little Ninja, and this was my appointment to make sure everything was ok. The doctor did her usual check up, and then felt my neck.
            "Your thyroid is a little large, have you ever been checked for thyroid problems?"
            "No"
            "I am going to refer you to a doctor over at blah blah blah, this could be nothing, but it could also be very serious."
My heart sank into my stomach, what could be wrong? I just had a baby, please tell me it's nothing serious. Please? I went in for my check up with the doctor she recommended me to, and he did all of the usual doctor tests, with the diagnosis of "enlarged thyroid". Thanks, that's what I needed to hear. But WHY was it enlarged? We decided it would be best to have some blood tests done and a biopsy, to rule anything bad out.
            My blood test came out fine, and we hoped and prayed about the biopsy. It took a whole week to get the results, and it was the most anxious week of my life. I can still remember the day I got the phone call, how cold it was that morning, and how the sun was really bright in the kitchen window. Both of our girls were asleep and so was their dad. It was very early in the morning, but I hadn't been sleeping well and jumping at every phone call.
            *riiinnnnggggg, riiiiiinnngggg*
            "Hello?"
            "Hello, Dani? This is Dr. Blah, we got the results from your biopsy back. I regret to inform you that you have papillary thyroid cancer. We will need to schedule you a surgery and get you in to see an endocrinologist immediately."
            "....."
            "Hello?"
            "Yes, I am still here" I am trying to fight back tears at this time
            "We need to see you ASAP, can you come in this next Monday?"
            "Yes, I can" I am crying now
            "Ok, see you bright and early on Monday"
            Mind you this happened on a Friday morning. That meant I had all weekend to search the internet for information about papillary thyroid cancer, what treatments were available, what I need to prepare myself for, and the scariest part, the mortality rate.
            90% recovery rate, IF it is caught soon. Well, what stage do I have, what is the prognosis on my life expectancy? Will I have to go through chemotherapy? So many questions swarming my brain, all in a two day period. The emotions came later, as they do when you are in shock. And when they came, it was a storm, but that is another blog, so stay tuned. ;)
            After that phone call it was a whirlwind of information, new doctors, diets, blood tests, and other tests. And finally my first surgery. In 2012 I had a total thyroidectomy and they also had to remove part of my vocal nerve, my lymph nodes, and one of my parathyroid glands. After this surgery I went into severe calcium deficiency and needed to be hospitalized in order to become stable again. To this day I take 1200mg of calcium to make sure I am balanced out and to ward off osteoporosis. Why did my calcium drop so low? Good question. Your parathyroids make your calcium, when one of mine were removed, the others went into a type of shock and stopped producing calcium. I needed an IV over night and a heart monitor to make sure that everything would be ok.
            Shortly after this surgery, I needed to endure 10 days of RAI (Radioactive Iodine Therapy) where I would be quarantined. I set up the travel trailer that my husband's grandparent's have in their yard as my quarantine area. This allowed me to be near the home, but also far enough away to not cause others to be radiated. During the time it took me to set up the trailer, I also needed to starve my body of iodine, so that when I took the RAI pill, it would eat it up quickly before trying to reject the radioactivity. This is to kill the cancer in my lymph nodes, the small pieces they can't get out. So to starve your body of iodine, you go on a LID (Low Iodine Diet) which is a very strict diet, that again, I will cover in another blog, complete with recipes.
            The 10 days in quarantine was excruciating. Being away from my girls, Little Princess and Little Ninja, was killing me. They were only 3 months and a little over a year at that time. It was one of the hardest 10 days of my life. After it was all said and done, I had to get a MET scan, it's a two and a half hour nap session in which a machine scans you from head to toe. I get nervous when it is over my face, but other wise, it's quite relaxing. Once the scan is done, one more blood test is done, and then you have to wait for the results. Seems like a lot has been done already, no? We are no where near done yet, we are just in year 2!
            Results come back that I am doing alright, that things seem to be getting smaller and going away, YAY! We will check again in 6 months. In 6 months, I have to take another radioactive pill, this one much less radioactive and I don't have to be quarantined. This is called and "uptake" and then I do another MET scan, to see where there is still cancer. And again after the scan is a blood test. The blood test is for thyroglobulin, which is made when your body is making thyroid cells. The higher the number, the more cells. In my case, the results from this scan showed a lot of cancer in my left neck lymph nodes, and my thryoglobulin levels were really high. So we talked about surgery...again.
            I went back to the same surgeon that did my first surgery, and he told me that he would have to knick my vocal nerve in order to get some of the cancer cells off, but that at UCSF they had the technology not to knick it, but that I had a choice (as if it wasn't obvious). I scheduled my surgery for UCSF and started making arrangements. After three trips down there for biopsies, appointments, and tests, the surgery day was upon us. Mind you, this is surgery #2, for the same cancer that was supposed to be gone after my quarantine.
            This surgery was very different, I woke up and saw that my mom and aunt had come unexpectedly, and that my husband was right there waiting for me to wake up. My whole shoulder was numb and my neck was killing me. As it turns out there was a nerve in my shoulder that was completely severed, so I have no feeling in part of my left shoulder and arm. This comes in handy when Little Ninja practices her Ninja skills on me.
            I had another round of radiation, this time with a 14 day quarantine. It was a much higher dose. I stayed in the trailer again, it's come in handy a lot these last couple of years, haha. A few weeks ago I got done with my "uptake" and my last MET scan and am now waiting for the results, which I will update you with as I know more details.
            For now I wait and I raise awareness, for cancer of every kind, for thyroid disease, for unseen diseases whatever they may be, for autism, and for family togetherness. I hope you enjoy this part of our blog and come back again and again for updates as things change and we grow.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 14:32

Autism and Sleep Problems
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 14:32

Here we are ready to take care of Little Princess (age 4) and Little Ninja (age 3) while Mom and Dad take a Big Vacation for 6 days.  Papa and I called in the troops – Grandpa Ken (Andrew’s Dad) and Grandma Theresa are coming down for the 6 days too.  They will stay in the Little House.  Yes, it takes 4 of us to take care of the little ones.  We take the day shift and Grandpa and Grandma take the night shift.
 
After all, Papa and I (great grandparents) need our sleep at night and Little Ninja has always had sleep problems.  So Grandpa and Grandma take Little Ninja back to the Little House to sleep in her own room at night.  Well, if you want to call it sleep.  Her sleep patterns are very irregular.  Even as a 1 year old, she would only sleep for 4 hours at the most, then up for 5 or 6 hours.  With two girls only 11 months apart and both on the autism spectrum, Mom and Dad have had to adjust their sleep patterns too.  When Dad got home from work, Mom had the opportunity to take a nap, and Dad’s shift began.  We all hoped that as Little Ninja got older she would outgrow those sleep patterns.  Now, even if she is up all day with her Parent Infant Program class starting at 9 a. m. to 10, then preschool from getting on the bus at noon and getting home at 4:30, she still varies each night with different sleep patterns.
 
The first night of vacation, Little Ninja didn’t go to sleep until 3 a.m.  Grandpa had to put the gates in the bedroom doorway and laid down with her until she fell asleep.  She was good and played nice just didn’t want to sleep.  The next day was Sat., no school, but Grandpa still got her up at 9 the next morning, thinking if she stayed up and played all day, she would sleep better the next night.  Well, Saturday night was even more interesting.
 
 Little Princess sleeps at our house in the special room that we set up for the girls.  She is a good sleeper and will go to bed at 9 and stay asleep until she is awakened to go to preschool.  (You can see a video showing the room in Respite Care 1 Home Safety).  Grandpa and Grandma took her to the Little House after dinner so she would also have the opportunity to play in her room.  Little Princess feel asleep early while she was there, so Grandpa decided he would keep both girls Sat night since there was no school on Sunday.  He also thought Little Ninja would go to sleep at a reasonable time since she had so little sleep the day before.  WRONG!!  The girls share a bedroom.  They have very nice bunk beds with a staircase to the upper bunk which also has the guard rails around it.  Little Princess has the upper and Little Ninja the lower bunk.  Grandpa put Little Ninja into bed at 10 p.m. (early for her) thinking he was going to get a restful night.  Then disaster struck.  Little Ninja wasn’t about to go to sleep that early, she climbed up the bunk bed stairs and woke up Little Princess for play time.  Unfortunately, Papa and I had already gone to bed.  So Grandpa had another night of staying up until 4 a.m. with both girls having all kinds of fun.  Luckily for him, he could nap during the day, while we watched the girls.
 
All of us try to do the normal things that the Autism web sites recommend.

  • Bath before bed
  • Baby Bedtime Lotion for relaxation
  • Quite time
  • Little day time naps
  • Following the same bedtime routine
  • Soft singing to sleep

The fact remains with Little Ninja, you just have to put her in her room, tell her it is bedtime, turn out the lights, and let her play herself to sleep.  You also keep your fingers crossed that she doesn’t wake up Little Princess in the process.
 
All I can say is BIG CADOOOS to Mom and Dad for their loving care of these two special girls and handling the daily challenges.  They deserve to get away and have some fun knowing their precious children are being well cared for and in a safe environment.
 
Comments welcome if you have come up with some helpful tips that can help Little Ninja and her sleep problems.  (note: melatonin or medication is not an option at this time).

Sunday, May 3, 2015 - 18:52

Respite Care for Special Needs Children: Part One: The Safety Net
Sunday, May 3, 2015 - 18:52

Grammy and Papa are getting ready to watch after our Little Princess and Little Ninja while Mom and Dad get away for a little vacation.  It’s time for them to recoup their energies for the wonderful task of caring for their special needs daughters.
 
OK, let’s backtrack a bit.  This first topic is about Respite Care Part one because this is an ongoing need --- The absolute need for parents to have some time away from the responsibilities of caring for their children with special needs so they can recap their energies, their own personal relationship to each other, and just have some fun.  Well honestly speaking, parents need a break even if their children are not of special needs.  But that is not what our blog is about.
 
To get started let’s introduce ourselves and tell you a little bit about our unique housing situation.  Grammy (Sharon) and Papa (David) live in ‘the big house’.  We are Great Grandparents of Little Princess and Little Ninja. We have a family care house (the little house) just behind us that was originally built for Papa’s mother back in the early 90’s.  When she passed on to the other side, our son – now Grandpa Ken, moved into the house with his two children.  He had lost his wife in a car accident and his son Andrew (Little Princess and Little Ninja’s Dad) was only 4 at the time.  Now, many years later, Andrew, Dani (Crochet Critter), Little Princess, and Little Ninja live in ‘the little house’.  Of course, we had to add bedroom extensions for the expanding family.  This gives the home environment on the property for a unique respite care situation.
 
It is important for children with special needs to be comfortable and familiar with their caregivers and the surroundings.  It is also important that the caregivers are competent, loving, and understanding of the special traits of the children.  What causes a melt down, what foods they will eat, when they need squeezes and hugs, and when they just need some space to gather themselves are all things that come up in a care giving situation..  And naturally, there is the added anxiety that their routine with Mom and Dad has been disrupted. There is so much here to share that it will take several blog posts to tell you and hopefully give you some tips and support so you know that you are not alone to confront some of these situations.  Of course, the posts by me, Grammy, talking about respite care are views through the eyes of a loving caregiver – Mom can give you the details from the eyes of a parent.  So my posts will mainly be related to respite care situations, the joys and the challenges that come up and how we hopefully deal with them.
 
Well, you had one clue in the above paragraph, that Papa and I are the great grandparents, yes we are elderly, 75 and 68 respectively.  But we are still full of vim and vinegar.  We have to be to keep up with Little Princess and Little Ninja.  But we have had lots of experience and patience helping with the care of our own children, grandchildren, and now great grandchildren.  This is the first time we were blessed with the opportunity to give love and care to someone with special needs, in this case, our great granddaughters on the autism spectrum.
 
We had to rearrange our home quite a bitand see how we blocked off the fireplace with portable pet fencing for safety. Little Princess age 4 and Little Ninja age 3 don’t understand fireplaces are hot and hurt, and for our own sanity we don’t want them getting into the kitchen or by the TV or into my knit workshop rooms with all the cottage industry equipment.  We put upper lock hooks on the bathroom (Little Princess thinks the kittie litter box is a ‘sensor bucket’ sand box and yes she finds interesting treasures in there --- but we want to eliminate that experience).  Hooks are also on the computer room door and our bedroom where we have our medicines securely out of their range.  But they have lots of room to run and play in the living room, hall, and the bedroom set up especially for them when they are in our care.  And they have access to the locked rooms with supervision. We also keep all doors to the outside locked whenever the girls are here.  Since both children are flight risks, we have also installed an outside fence around our property.

Now, you may be saying “Why don’t you just teach them – No – Don’t touch”.  You just try that with two children on the autism spectrum.  They do know the word ‘No’ and if you can get them to ‘look’ at you so you have their attention, they will listen.  Little Princess does not respond to her name.  She lives in her happy land of fairies and princesses a lot of the time.  She has been diagnosed with Classic Autism 1 with Sensory Processing Disorder.  Little Ninja, as her name applies shows signs of High Functioning Autism and in my view is very OCD.  When she enter our home, she runs to make sure all the doors are shut that are supposed to be and will drag the living room fencing into position like a good little Ninja.  Let’s also be honest, we cannot have our eyes on both of them 24/7 so we feel the safety net we put in place helps us as well as them. J  It allows them to play freely in a safe environment.
 
OK, now you have an idea for the setting for this part of the Autism Blog to take place.  Tune in for part two, when the vacation for Mom and Dad begins, and our adventure with Little Princess and Little Ninja starts later this week.  (I must admit this is not the first time we have cared for them, we have been helping since their birth so they are very familiar with us and our home, but there are still daily challenges, tips, and triumphs which we will share with you.
 
Until Then, have a great day and if you are a caregiver of a special needs person, know you are appreciated and your service is in great need.
 
RESOURCES:  Visit Rowell Family Empowerment for Northern California. Their respite care program is free for parents/caregivers of special need people if you qualify for their services.  That’s where Crochet Critter got started gathering information on programs to help her children for early intervention.

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Big gate for door ways, hallways ect.
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Sunday, April 26, 2015 - 14:25

Eggs Bennedict and Hollandaise Sauce
Sunday, April 26, 2015 - 14:25

Eggs Bennedict and Hollandaise Sauce

 
Great Holiday Breakfast
Serves 8-12
 
Hollandaise Sauce:
This sauce is a ‘base sauce’.  Other sauces are made by just adding different ingredients or reductions to this.
Note: You can downsize the number of servings proportionately: 2 oz butter per 1 egg yoke:
1 lb salted butter (must be salted)
12 large eggs for sauce: we’ll use yokes only, you can cook the whites for your dogs or whatever (1 egg yoke per person you are feeding)
¼ cup white Zinfendel (or any white wine of preference)
¼ teaspoon worchershire
A few shoots (drops) Tabasco sauce (1/4 tsp)
Sprinkle of cayenne pepper (or a red pepper)
2 tablespoons Fresh lemon juice (must be fresh squeezed – not lemon juice from a bottle)
 
Eggs: (2 eggs for each person)
16 slices Canadian bacon or ham of choice (2 for each egg)
Water for boiling eggs
1-tablespoon vinegar (or pickle juice)
8 English muffins cut in half
Little butter for buttering muffins
16 eggs
sprinkle paprika

Separate 12 eggs to obtain yokes only into a “metal Bowl”: no whites must be mixed in it. Steps: you better be fast for this or have some helpers:
1.  Melt the butter for sauce: do not boil (note:  when you do step 4, butter should be about same temperature as whipped egg yokes: you can melt in microwave)
2.  Separate 12 eggs to obtain yokes only into a “metal Bowl”: no whites must be mixed in it.  We won’t be using the whites.  add the zinfandel, worchershire, Tabasco, cayenne, and lemon juice to the eggs yokes in the metal bowl.
get a double boiler of water boiling: or if you don’t have a double boiler- like Mom – use a small kettle of water, and place a metal bowl on top of it (must be metal).  This is for the sauce.
3.  Whip the eggs for about 10 min by hand hard, or preferably a beginner should use a mixer.  With a speed max of 10 on your mixer: mix at speed 6 for 3 min. Then turn to high and mix 1 min. more.  At this point egg yokes are medium yellow in color and getting thick.
4.  At the same time, as step 3: get a double boiler of water boiling: or if you don’t have a double boiler- – use a small kettle of water, and place a metal bowl on top of it (must be metal).  This is for the sauce.
 Whip continually as you ‘drizzle slowly’ the melted butter from step 1 into the mixture 5. At the same time, start warming a kettle of water for poaching the eggs, put in 1 tablespoon vinegar (or pickle juice) to keep the eggs from breaking while they poach.
6.  Put whipped egg mixture from step 3 which is in a metal bowl on top of the kettle of boiling water or double boiler.  Whip continually as you ‘drizzle slowly’ the melted butter from step 1 into the mixture. (See Tip in # 7) (note: melted butter should be warm – about same temperature as warmed eggs.   Do not overheat, or eggs will start to ‘scramble or chunk’.  This step is critical to the consistency of the sauce.  This process should just take a few minutes, and now the egg mixture should be a ‘pale yellow’.
now the egg mixture should be a ‘pale yellow’.  
 Remember, you must whip continually or your eggs will chunk and begin to scramble and DO NOT BOIL!!
 Assemble: muffin:  ham: Eggs and sauce: sprinkle paprika . 7. Tip: The foam at the top of the melted butter and the water at the bottom, should also be drizzled into the whipped eggs, this is what gives the added salt and adds to the flavor.
8.  Sauce is made, keep warm on double boiler: at same time: poach eggs to desired temperature: toast and butter muffins: fry ham for a few minutes in a lightly buttered frying pan
9.  Assemble: muffin:  ham: Eggs and sauce: sprinkle paprika .
Teaching young girls the art of the perfect Eggs Bennedict Assemble: muffin:  ham: Eggs and sauce: sprinkle paprika .

Here is a Bonus Recipe based on this Hollandaise Sauce

Béarnaise Sauce 

Put over vegetables like asparagus or seafood, like grilled salmon:
Make base sauce: See hollandaise sauce
Make a reduction:
Put 2 tablespoons tarragon in ½ cup red wine vinegar. See pic 7
Heat on medium until still moist, not dry.
Whip this mixture into the hollandaise sauce.
Keep warm, do not boil:
Serve over vegetables (asparagus) or seafood (salmon)