So my sister was asking me on Facebook: when am I going to post another blog?? Right now, dear sister.
This year I decided that, due to a low level of funding, that everyone will be recieving hand knit gifts this year for Christmas. That, and the fact that I am so sick of buying and selling that I could loose my cookies. It probably doesn't help that I work in a store that sells things that are completely unnecessary, but people spend inordinate amounts of money on every week. Of course, those are the people paying my bills so let me stop while I'm ahead.
Anyway, most of the gifts that are done are my sister's gifts, so there will only be sneak peaks for you, Jamie. 
I have finished a pair of felted slippers for my mom, they are called Fuzzy Feet from Knitty Winter 2002. I always knit her slipper/socks, but everytime I knit them in acrylic they would wear out really fast. I knit some for her in wool, and she caught them on a piece of stripping between her carpet and linoleum and now has a hole in them (this womas is really accident prone). In exasperation, I tried to think of what to do....and then I was reading some of Yarn Harlot's back postings, and she was making Fuzzy Feet. I thought to myself, BINGO.
Try to snag these, mom. Or wear them out in the next decade. They are felted bulky wool, as you can see they stand up by themselves.
My mom's other gift will be a cardigan, the February Lady. I was knitting on it, and kind of messed up the first buttonhole, but it was still a hole. I came to the second buttonhole, and tried really hard to get that one right. A few rows later, I realized that not only had I screwed up the second buttonhole, but it wasn't even a hole. As this is my first sweater, and a gift, and a gift for my mom, and I am kind of a perfectionist about my knitting, I am frogging back to the row of the first buttonhole. I will get to that as soon as I finish my sister's last gift, which I only need another hour or two to finish. I may even finish tonight! I won't have any pictures up since obviously she reads this blog, but I will post them soon on Ravelry, which she does not have access to. Ha ha Jamie, I told you that you should have joined Ravelry!
To end, here is something Sylvia and I had for dinner recently. Mashed potatoes with vegan butter, kale sauted in olive oil and chopped garlic, and autumn latkes from the Veganomicon. Yum!
