Thank you so much Zeich! It was the part of your comment where you tell me to go to special recipes that was my stumbling block. There are two icons and the one on the left is the one that automatically opens up when you go to craft. By clicking on the other one, I get the menu to craft collectibles. And I now have several hundred yellow crafter's scrips!!!!!

But, as so often happens to me in this game, overcoming one hurdle soon provides me with another: Now I need two Fieldcraft Demimateria III in order to craft a balanced darksteel hook in order to obtain the Masters Blacksmith Book II before I can begin to purchase the more advanced books. And before I can purchase the Fieldcraft Demimateria III I have to figure out how to gain access to Snowsoak Springs in the Firmament. I will post a new request for help with that one!