For this special Christmas episode, Melanie and Deborah are together in Colombia. They explore the many ways that Christmas is celebrated around Bogota (like UN observers… but with knitting sticks).

The girls learn to wet felt, and have some fun dyeing yarn for Melanie’s new dream gloves.

Are you a new listener? Deborah explains what The Savvy Girls are all about.

The Gerbils even drop in to sing some special holiday songs, and SavvyDad answers some more listener queries.

Enjoy!

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As promised in Episode 37, here is Savvy Mom’s fantastic recipe for traditional potato latkes.

I have collected many recipes for latkes, including sweet potato latkes, butternut squash latkes, baked latkes, zucchini latkes, etc. The following recipe is the traditional way to make these lovely, delicious fried treats.
Enjoy the latkes with a variety of toppings. (See notes below.)
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The girls are once again together, this time in Colombia.
Join them as they celebrate Hanukkah, and engage in some musical mischief.

Deborah talks about working on the Ruby Red cardigan, with the help of this provisional cast-on video.

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