There has GOT TO BE an *EASIER* Way to DO "THIS"!?!

I'M SERIOUSLY *EXHAUSTED*!! -- And MOTHER would "like" to add ANOTHER "VENUE" onto This *SEASON*..?

 

yeah.. I *DON'T* think so! -- Not unless, I *just* SELL the TOQUES, can GET/share a TABLE for $15. or LESS, and SOMEONE ELSE "Drives"!!

 

ANYHOO... OVERALL, the Day went WELL!

• The WEATHER was GREAT! - Warmer. SUNNY!!
• We actually Left ON TIME! - Got GREEN LIGHTS for *most* of the Way!
• CUSTOMER-TRAFFIC was Steady, although there have been bigger CROWDS in the Past...
• "SALES" were a tad Slow at first, however, that perked up with the Sale of a Couple of My FLOPPY-BERETS.. SOLD FOUR in Total!
• Got LOTS of "INTEREST" on a Few BLANKETS... But, being FIRST-TABLE in THE ROOM has its "Downside" when it comes to the "BIG-TICKET"-ITEMS and *immediate* Purchases!
• Then again, *THANK-YOU*, FABULOUS-RETURNING-CUSTOMER-NANCY!! - She *Patiently* waited to BUY a *STACK* of WASHCLOTHS whilst ANOTHER-COUPLE-OF-WOMEN were literally *rummaging* through My "DISPLAY"! - Then RETURNED to BUY *MORE* a Half-Hour LATER!!
• BTW, I need to seriously consider "CHARGING" for the PETTING-ZOO-"FELTING" going on with My BLANKETS and TOQUES - which NO ONE *Bought*, but sure ENJOYED "Handling"!
• Meanwhile, NEITHER of the "CUSTOMERS" who *REQUESTED* That HAT and SCARF "showed-up"! -- NEXT TIME, I Definitely take "DEPOSITS"!
• Honestly. I *could* have USED the TIME making WASHCLOTHS!

 

 

 

 

well... I "nodded-off" for a few Hours Earlier... Gonna most *definitely* SLEEP-*IN* Tomorrow!!
-- And, "maybe" catch-up on some "Paperwork"... Some Reading... VEGGING...

 

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Pre-SHOW BLOOG-DOWN...

"...sorry... You're too late... THE-AUNTIE has already gone into Pre-SALE-LOCKDOWN. - Please, just leave a *COMMENT* and come back Later... Thanks!"

"OH! - And DON'T forget to drop by the CRAFT SALE!"

[The CAST of "DEER-DYNASTY" waiting for Their *RIDE*]

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"IT's" Done! And, I'm *DONE*...

SILLY ME, I WAS ACTUALLY *HOPING* TO GET TO BED "EARLY" TONIGHT... [yeah. right. "THAT" happened!]

So. There was a "CHANGE-IN-PLANS", Earlier... I ended up Switching "SHOP-FARI"-Days with The ELDERLY-PARENTAL-UNITS. -- *I* will be OUT & ABOUT Tomorrow, instead.
- FATHER had been chomping at the "bit" to "GET OUT"...

Which all, left Me to cram My "prep-work" over to TODAY... At LEAST, I finally got THAT SCARF Finished!! -- I just HOPE that IT's "what" THE CLIENT had "in mind"..?

And, *LUCKY*-YOU-GUYS get to "see" IT *FIRST*!

PATONS

"Classic Wool"

- 100% New WOOL

- [made in TURKEY]

- Colour: 77044-Mercury

- Colour: 00226-Black

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I'm running soooo BEHIND!!

HONESTLY. I *NEED* ANOTHER WEEK!!

SOMEONE - *Remind* Me NEXT YEAR to NOT accept ANY "CUSTOM"-ORDERS between My SHOWS!!

I "had" Planned on Starting on THE SCARF *EARLIER* - after Dinner... HOWEVER, I had one of My MID-Evening "NAPS" that somewhat skewed My SCHEDULE! -- I was positively POOPED from taking MOTHER DOWNTOWN to see the Lastest "SIGNATURES" CRAFT SHOW...

Well *over* 3-HOURS of Walking about and Talking to Several of the AWESOME ARTISANS... And, of course, I FORGOT to pick-up ONE of the SHOW-BROCHURES. - But, I *did* gather a Number of CARDS...

Anyhoo... MANY "New" PEOPLE... Perhaps at a LATER DATE, I'll POST some Highlights..? Just not *Now*. MUST get back to THE SCARF...

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now...I just HOPE that THE CLIENT "Likes" IT!

BUT, IF "NOT", I'M SURE SOMEONE *ELSE* WILL WANT IT!

"PRETTY-IN-PEWTER"

LION BRAND YARNS
"MARTHA STEWART Crafts"
- 100% MERINO
- [made in the U.S.A.]
- Colour: 5300-549-PEWTER: silver gray

[just Folded-Up]

[photographed without a FLASH so that the TEXTURE can be seen]

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yuck! Such *crappy* Weather for those Poor VETs!

YOU'D THINK THAT THE COLD *RAIN* AND *WET* SNOW COULD HOLD OFF FOR A FEW HOURS AT LEAST..?!!

*RARELY* does the WEATHER "co-operate" around HERE on "REMEMBRANCE DAY"! - WHICH I'd imagine, is considerably bothersome for THOSE - [a good many ELDERLY and INFIRMED VETERANS] - attending the rather large *prolonged* NATIONALLY-"TELEVISED"-[Governmental-"PHOTO-OP"]-EVENT...

However, ALL *Necessary* CEREMONY aside, I really wish that ONE of these Days, "SOMEONE" would put up *some* Protective-Canopy for the VETS and ELDERLY... The area surrounding the NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL is somewhat "exposed" despite being in the heart of DOWNTOWN. -- I've often wondered about how *Many* of THEM end up "catching" some potentially FATAL AILMENT due to WEATHER CONDITIONS..?


Anyway...

**THANK YOU** to ALL of THEM

- PAST and PRESENT!!

Meanwhile, for Those of You on TWITTER, consider "Following" -- @WeAreTheDead
[SEE 11NOV2011 POST for LINK Details]

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whew! I *Didn't* have to SHOVEL!!

THANK YOU, SLIGHTLY-HIGHER-TEMPS AND RAIN! - [ew! did I just say that?!]

whatever... At least, IT was one LESS "Chore" to see to Today. However, I still wasn't able to GET TO My "KNITTING" until *after* DINNER! -- THANKFULLY, "Progress" has been GOOD!

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