Yeah, that’s it. It’s also been a different jumper and .. and .. bugger it ! – I’ve forgotten the first thing it was when I’d just bought the yarn. It’s Lion Brand Mandala, which I found I loathe; hence the frequent attempts to produce an article I didn’t.
Yeah yeah, I know I said and all that. But I’m a frightful liar. Yous should all know that by now. [grin]
Can anyone explain to me why all the various kinds of running shoes have those ugly turned-up toes ? – I really hate them because they make feet look like jokes.
Anyway, this is its final config.: I won’t be frogging this version. In fact, even though it’s bloody Mandala, I rather like it. And I’m SO HAPPY that I actually used all those cakes that had been re-wound on my yarn-baller so many times .. I feel virtuous. I AM virtuous. But that’s another thing yous all know ..
DOWNUNDER WITH BOODZ 
looks fab and so do you xxx
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My darlin old mate, I believe you to be now in the mood to chat ridiculously; so I shall call you for that porpoise !!
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Sketchers slip on – new – don’t have to bend down to put them on – look them up
very comfortable – i have in grey xx
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I will need to try on, Goanna; but they look amazingly comfortable !!
How do you find things the way you do ?!!
XXO
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saw on instagram xx
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Exactly the kind of snuggly sweater I’d pull on and off ten times a day. As for the shoes, I’ve always assumed the turned up rubber soles are just to keep wearers from kicking out the toes of the fabric uppers. Or maybe it’s a manufacturing necessity, something about securing the rubber sole to the upper. I’d never really thought about it.
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How did I miss this comment earlier ? Bloody WordPress. Honestly, sometimes I swear I’m going to move to a different platform; but then I remember that all of yous wouldn’t be there.
Some things in life are impossible. Sighhhh ..
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I’ve occasionally gone looking for another platform and none offered as much as WordPress. But if you should move, just give us a heads up and we’ll follow.
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You’re right, of course. Once I tried Typepad, and I quite liked it. But the building up of people to share thoughts with never happened; and it had a cost factor as well.
I wouldn’t mind trying out Blogger; but I’ve never been able to keep my concentration going sufficiently well to get a site happening.
And as I can’t decide on a central topic, I just kinda mumble along here, occasionally giving vent to loud swearing. 😀
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I was on Blogger a long time ago, before WordPress. Never tried Typepad. Tried Medium for a little while and it was very nice as far as it went. But WordPress offers so much designwise that it beats everything else I’ve looked at.
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Well, Colorado, your site looks real good; so that opinion has value !
But then, don’t all of your opinions ?!! 🙂
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Gracias!
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De nada.
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I love your blanket jacket, M-R. It’s colorful and very attractive. You wear it well! As for the shoes, good question. I don’t know the “why” but they are sure to be expected with the current styles. You look very stylish! 🙂
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That is a phrase that I do not recall ever having been said to me before, you beautiful creature ! – and I thank you hugely for it !!
So obviously it’s better as a cardi than it was as a blanket. Very satisfying. 😀
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I haven’t been around for ages M-R – busy moving house – but that cardigan looks terrific. And I like the shoes as well. Very stylish indeed!
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So where are you now, Sue, after the ghastliness of moving ?
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I’m up in the Northern Rivers M-R – just south of Port Macquarie. The area is going gangbusters, houses going up everywhere, but Bathurst was the same. I’m in a quiet corner away from the crowds! I have old friends here from living here long ago.
Friends back in Bathurst are going nuts from the now-every-weekend car races at the Mount and the crowds and traffic they bring in.
I fear our koalas in this area are doomed – they are coastal critters and the trees are being felled everywhere I look.
On the plus side, our local library has an incredible collection of opera and classical music films – who’d have thought!
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That was indeed A Move !! 🙂
It’s horrible to think of development’s being so brutal to the koalas; and it’s happening in more places than where you are now. I can’t help wondering what we’re going to think of ourselves when we’ve managed to make them extinct. 😦
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I love the blanket/sweater! It looks warm and cozy, with colors that definitely attract my eye. You did an excellent job with it, M-R, and glad you landed on something you are happy with.
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I wrote a reply. It vanished. I am becoming less and less enamoured of WordPress. Sighh ..
Thank-you, my dear M-J: I think those lovely autumn colours are what have kept making me hang on to the yarn, even after all the froggings.
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Knitting is an art form, one which you appear to excel at. I tried, but my end products were laughable. Me thinks I do better knitting together a blog post. 😁
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I am going to forgive you for describing my crochet as knitting.
I used to knit, but arthritis in my hands – especially the left one – has put paid to that. And I can still crochet only because I do it in a VERY .. ahhh .. unusual manner. So it can pay to be an off-the-wall kind of person.
And you do indeed perform excellently with your blog, M-J: you have followers who have been there for years and years ! – since the days when you used to ride a MOTORBIKE !!!
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Oops, sorry! Crocheting is an art form too, also something I am no good at. Consider me corrected!
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