From Developer Diary: LOTRO Book 8 Crafting Enhancements:

There are some significant enhancements in store for the crafting system in The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria Book 8, and we’d like to take time to provide the details for those who love to make stuff in the lands of Middle-earth!

Continuing right along with the goal of creating a better LOTRO experience for players both old and new, in Book 8 we are updating the levels of crafted armour, jewellery, shields, and weapons to improve the frequency at which equipment upgrades are available to users of crafted equipment. To provide a smoother transition for all, we are making special arrangements for all currently-equipped crafted gear. This change will affect most crafted equipment with level requirements up to 50, so we've included some fancy tables below to provide all the information you need.

The second crafting-related update comes directly from feedback we've received from many crafters with regards to optional ingredients. We are happy to announce that optional ingredients for all crafting professions have been completely redesigned! Special new ingredients for every tier and profession will arrive in Book 8, with more ways to find them through farming, gathering, and artifacting (that's antiquing in Scholar-jargon). Crafting trophy brokers located in Michel Delving and Esteldin will accept all existing optional ingredients in exchange for the new ingredients.

For more details, read on!

That is cool. I think we are starting to really get into crafting as a way to help each other, and I know that I have loads of items that I have been saving for everyone that I want out of the kinship vault. ^_^

First video at http://www.lotro.com/lotro-media/movies. I would link to it, but flash is wonky. I will fix it later (maybe, ha!).

Of course, pies!