I finally got around to making this year’s Christmas ornaments. The whole process went fairly smoothly right up until I needed the glue gun. I’ve got two, you would think that I would be able to locate at least one of them fairly quickly.

The glittery stuff is called “microbeads.” It took a fair amount of googeling to find that out.

I also revised my Holiday Baking menu to contain only fruit flavored things: Applesauce Cake, Lime Shortbread, Strawberry Thumbprint Cookes, and Golden Fruitcake Bars. I am not particularly interested in eating any of those things (I wanted to make Anita’s Kringles), but this way everything matches. Next year, I am thinking of making the Knitted Ornaments in Handknit Holidays and baking only round things to go with them.

The other thing I’ve finally managed to do is finish the back of M’s cabled vest.

It doesn’t look finished, but it is.

It looks like it will fit just fine in the new size. It also looks like I am going to have a whole lot of yarn left over. I will save it for next year’s Christmas ornaments. Maybe I will bake only orange things. Cheese straws are orange. This could work out well for me.