NO SHOVELLING. NO $PENDING. NO STITC... no. wait... I *did* THAT!

AND, GOT AT LEAST 15 SQUARES DONE...

And, NOT much ELSE! -- Watching LAUNDRY "dry" really *doesn't* "Count", does IT?


CROCHETING goes so much more QUICKLY when I *don't* have to CHANGE COLOURS every Other SQUARE!


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"BLACK FRIDAY"..? More like "IN-THE-RED"-WEEK!

I'VE $PENT WAY *TOO* MUCH MONEY THIS WEEK!

-- SO I STAYED *HOME*, TODAY!

Besides, the WEATHER was black DARK enough as IT was! RAIN... OVERCAST... ugh!
-- And, I've got STUFF "to-do", *IF* I can muster up the ENERGY... Still have a Couple Hours of WORK left to do on the CURRENT BLANKET.

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**HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY, NORAH**!!

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ugh. Feels like the COLD WEATHER is here to STAY!

AND OF COURSE, I ONLY HAVE A *GAZILLION* THINGS TO DO *BEFORE* IT GETS WORSE!!


ANYHOO... I muddled through the *usual* SUNDAY-"CHORES"-STUFF, then got back to WORK on the "Current" BLANKET. -- GOOD progress is being made... At least, on THAT Front! - Everything ELSE, not so much...

whatever...

BTW, HERE's a THANK-YOU "TEASER" PIC for ALL of those LOVELY "COMMENTS" from the Other Day!

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Keep an Eye OUT on *THIS* SPACE!

AS, I WILL SOON BE TURNING "THIS"...

...INTO **THAT**!!














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More SQUARES and LOOSE ENDS

FINALLY. A "QUIET" FRIDAY...

Time to get MORE done on the CURRENT BLANKET!

THE "DESIGN" PLAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE "WORK-IN-PROGRESS"

Basically, IT *IS* the *SAME* COTTON YARN! - [AMERICAN Cotton processed in CANADA!] - Just "Labelled" differently for both "MARKETS".

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Switching the "CREATIVE"-GEARS again...

I'M FLIPPING OVER THE "TOQUE" PRODUCTION TO "FLOPPIES" THIS WEEK...

I've got a FEW BALLS of "COLORWUL" just screaming to be USED!

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oh. Just call Me *CRAZY*!

I'M STILL KNITTING IN 41C HUMIDEX TEMPS!

And, no sooner had I Finished ONE HAT, I had ANOTHER on THE STICKS!

At "FIRST SIGHT", These TWO COLOUR-COMBOS appear to be a rather *unlikely* "MATCH-UP"...

HOWEVER, once ENTWINED... THEY actually don't Look so badly!

IT reminds Me of a Piece of MULTI-LAYERED-PAINTED WOOD that has been WEATHERED and SANDED away...

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ah. ANOTHER Way to *Prevent* SPENDING...

SLEEP-"IN" *REALLY* LATE SO THAT IT'S NOT WORTH THE EFFORT TO GO "OUT"!!

BTW though, in My "Defence",
I didn't *GET* to BED until 7am!!

 

AFTER Finishing "HANAUMA-BAY"

- [SEE YESTERDAY's POST - *WHEN* IT gets "POSTED"!] -

I sorta got *side-tracked* with some CYBER-STUFF...

 

And then, was TOO "AWAKE"!

So, of course, I just HAD TO Start-Up on

ANOTHER HAT!!

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yes. THIS is *WOOL*. And, yes, IT's +30C out!

BUT, THESE COLOURS *ARE* "COOL"-ING, NO..?

BESIDES, My EYES were needing a CHANGE from the Recent GREYs, BROWNs, and REDs of Late!

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hmm... IT's all rather SUSPICIOUS "TIMING" in My Opinion!

"FATHER'S DAY" FALLING ON THE *LONGEST* DAY OF THE YEAR..??

I dunno know...

Seems an awful LOT like a GLOBAL MENS'-"SPORTING"-GOODS-TV-VIEWING-INDUSTRY *CONSPIRACY* to Me!?! -- [just saying...]

whatever...

MEANWHILE, I actually managed to get My BRAIN around to doing some MUCH needed BLOOG-Work Today! -- At least ONE *old* "POST" any way. And, some PRE-Posting PIC tweaking... - My EYEBALLS kept going whacky doing THAT for too long!

So of course, I had to switch over to *YARN*!

yep. Got ANOTHER HAT on THE STICKS!

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wow. Haven't I just been the *PRODUCTIVE* PRINCESS-PROCRASTINATOR Today!

~~*SHOCK!!*~~

"SCARY", eh?! - For some REASON I actually got around to FINISHING a Couple of Bits of "IMPORTANT"-PAPERWORK!! -- AND, dragged My Tush down the Street to the MAIL-BOX to **POST** THEM!!

NOW, if *only* I could just get My MIND wrapped around getting *around* to WRAPPING a FEW "certain" PARCELS..??

MEANWHILE though, I was over-whelmed with a HANKering to Start on THIS...

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Time to SWITCH over to THE NEEDLES...

GONNA GIVE THE HOOKS A BRIEF REST...

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Honest! - I REALLY *was* going to SHOVEL!

HOWEVER, SINCE IT DIDN'T *START* SNOWING UNTIL "LATE", I DIDN'T BOTHER...

Besides, I had OTHER "STUFF" to DO! -- That - [in the END] - turned out to not especially LOOK like much... NOT, that IT ever DOES! -- really...

ALTHOUGH... "LATER" in the Evening, I was *struck* by some *CHROMO*-CRUNCHY-INSPIRATION!

Actually, to be Honest, I have Contemplated *THIS* "COLOUR-COMBO" Before. BUT, had never gotten around to APPLYING IT! -- Until, TONIGHT...

Recently, on a GROCERY-GETTING Trip to FARM-BOY, We had come across some "HEIRLOOM"-CARROTS...

THEY looked almost EDIBLE-ish - [*AFTER* a GOOD Scraping!] - And, Their Textured-PIGMENTATIONS were INTRIGUING... They ended up TASTING surprisingly *GOOD*, too!

-- hmm... DON'T I also just HAPPEN to have *YARN* in "THOSE" HUES..??!

BTW, speaking of "ANCESTRAL-WEAVING"...

**HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COUSIN-B!!**

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I'm going to have to CUT-BACK on the "VAMPIRE"-HOURS...

AS, I'M WASTING WAY TOO MUCH "DAYLIGHT"!


I "did" Stuff... But, IT just doesn't "Look" like IT... And, I'm gonna HAVE TO get a WHOLE LOT *MORE* done Tomorrow!!

ugh!

IT's a *MYSTERY* to even "know" WHERE-TO-*START*!?! -- *BETWEEN* the PROBABLE-SHOVELLING!!

There are THREE THINGS that I could *really* DO-with right Now!

• "SPACE"!
• a "KILL-SWITCH" for that frakking GEO-SYNCHRONOUS-ORBITING-*SNOW*-SHAKER over Us!!
• *TIME*!

oh. And, a MASSIVELY-MEGA-"LOTTERY"-WIN would be *WELCOMED*, too! - BUT, I've already WON $30. over This Past WEEKEND, so My "Chances" are pretty much quite likely *screwed* at the Moment. -- IT's probably "best" that I *FOCUS* My "MOJO" ELSEwhere!

SUCH AS, "CELEBRATING" **POST 1300** by sticking TWO More TOQUES onto the FANGS NEEDLES!!

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"..HEY! Turn-UP the "HEAT", so IT can SNOW!"

I *SUSPECT*, "THAT" WAS THE *THOUGHT* GOING THROUGH THE MINDS OF ALL OF THE "SKIERS" OUT THERE..?? - so as, to CONJURE up *more* METEOROLOGICAL MELEE...

BTW, have I mentioned My *profound* "DISLIKE"

 for OUTDOOR-WINTERY-"SPORTING"-PEOPLE..?

[needless to say, I *won't be consumed with "OLYMPIC-Fever"!]

So, the NEXT TIME when You're STUCK in that 4-Foot-SNOW-DRIFT or most probably, SHOVELLING to Support that Next HEART-ATTACK, go ahead, *BLAME* Whatever-Current-BLIZZARD on THOSE "NUMB"-SKULLS!!

-- I *DO*!


ANYHOO... Although the TEMPS are Rising, the WINDCHILL is keeping Them in-check... And, as well perhaps, the FORECASTED-SNOW-FLURRIES..?? -- I'm *HOPING* that the BULK of the "LATEST"-STORM will just Brush PAST Us! - I haven't been "OUT" since Last Saturday!


MEANWHILE, I've Started on THIS....

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If ANYONE "Asks"... I will DENY *ever* of having Said "THIS"--

-- THAT IT'S JUST *TOO* COLD TO GO "SHOP-FARI-ING"!!


okay. GRANTED, I've been "OUT" in *much* NIPPIER TEMPS... HOWEVER, at Present, I'm in NO "need" of STUFF that would necessitate *any* VENTURES into the "Current" FRIGIDNESS!! - [-31C WINDCHILLS] -- Actually, I'm rather ENJOYING My "HIBERNATION"!

NOR, am I Feeling "TEMPTED" to *BUY* STUFF that I have NO ROOM *FOR*!

Besides, I'm still *trying* to "ORIGAMI" the STUFF-ALANCHE-"SURVIVORS" as it is... Not to mention, getting BACK to ALL of My STITCHY-PROJECTS that had to be put "ON HOLD"!

THIS - eventually - will be for LITTLE-PRINCESS-BIG-RED...

BTW, *SPOILER ALERT*, I'll be ADDING "SOMETHING-NEW" to the DESIGN!
-- BUT, You're gonna haveta WAIT until IT's DONE!! - [oh yeah, I'm *EVIL*!]

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If there's a SUB under there...

...IT'S NEVER GOING TO BREAK THROUGH THE "ICE-CAP"!

So...Forecasts "Rumour" has it that We'll be getting some SNOW, but mostly FREEZING-RAIN Overnight..? Then, RAIN *all* Day, Tomorrow..? -- As in, ANOTHER "yo-yo" *HEATWAVE*!! -- If THAT doesn't BREAK-UP the GLACIAL-SHEET on the Laneway, I might have to resort to SPRAYING the Area with some *FERMENTED* JUNIPER-BERRY-"JUICE"..?

I was OUT There for almost an Hour Today, NOT "making a DENT"! And the WISP of SNOW-PELLETS that covered IT all, might as well have been teeny BALL-BEARINGS! About all I managed to "accomplish" was a bit of a SCRATCH-Job on that ICY *POLISHED* WHITE Blacktop...

oh. And, a START on THIS... [for CADET-JUNIOR]

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"HOLIDAYS" in the MIDDLE of the Week are so *Confusing*...

..just saying...

MEANWHILE though, despite the Fact that I *should* be "Finishing" a Couple of OTHER-*PROJECTS*, I just got this "hankering" to try out some of that Recently-ORDERED-ONLINE-YARN... And, seeing as there was "Space", and My OTHER SET of NEEDLES This-Size are Broken, I decided to put TWO TOQUES on the Same LINE. -- They'll actually BOTH get DONE more Quickly *THIS* Way!

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Taking a Brief-Break from the BLACK...

seriously. I *NEED* TO WORK WITH SOME "COLOUR" FOR A CHANGE! -- Going BLIND...

It recently occurred to Me that My Nephew-In-Law, TAP-MAN, could probably do with a TOQUE Himself...

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nuts! - I forgot to Turn the Dryer ON...

oh, well... TOO LATE NOW... REMIND ME TOMORROW...

Hey! QUICK! Break out Your CALENDARS and "MAKE NOTE" -- IT was **SUNNY** on a "SUNDAY", again!! - For a while, anyway...

Sooo... After SOCK-Laundry. And, RE-packing the "FOOD-STORAGE-BUCKET" - [BTW, We really DO have ENOUGH CEREAL *until* EASTER!!] - And, the Sunday-CYBER-BLOOG-TROLLING... I managed a few more INCHES on the PINK-HAT until I ran OUT of BALL!

I'm going to have to Switch over to the BLACK-HAT now....

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