Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Keeping up the Pace

It is so cold! Arctic air is flooding in and we're going down to -47* with the wind chill tonight. School buses were not running today and everyone warned to stay in if you can. That's dangerous cold...I feel so badly for the animals and oh, my, the homeless!
I worked on hats, as usual; put two beards on hats, crocheted 2 more beards and 2 more hats.  Can I keep up that pace?
I think not...I worked all day but no housework done and just a very simple supper.
I did manage to sell 4 pattern books so that's 4 more gone from my 'stash'.  I have gotten rid of so many things since I came back from Manitoba but lots more to go.  That doesn't seem to be very much when you consider that I must have a thousand patterns.

The hats I finished today: (available in my Etsy and Ecrater stores, of course):


Monday, January 16, 2012

Saskatchewan Winters

It's official...we're back to the normal Saskatchewan winter!
We have had an extraordinarily beautiful winter this year; it has been absolutely balmy for this part of the country, but, that has come to an end.
Today has been very cold, with the temperature going to -34*C tonight and with a windchill of -39*C.
I hate it! And it's not supposed to get any warmer until the weekend, when it 'might' go up to -14*C.
Oh, well, we only have about 10 weeks left till it warms up nicely in April and we have to be thankful that we had a 3-month respite from the norm.

All the more reason to work on my warm beard hats available in my Etsy shop.  I'm working on some for the ladies...we deserve to be warm, too.  I have these two listed and have some more in the works.