Monday, February 12, 2007

Ann at Crossroad Knits asked us "Where is your knitting?".

My knitting is everywhere, though I try to keep it in some organized fashion. I'm not that good at the whole organized thing though, at least not in this case, mainly because I have more stuff than I have places to store my stuff. We're working on changing that though, with a new home possibly in the near future, but back to the knitting.


Here I show my knitting nook in its normal state. A mess. But at least I can sit in the chair now .. that's a huge improvement. Great natural light when I'm knitting during the day, and the overhead ceiling fan has natural light bulbs for when I'm watching tv with honey and Brandon.


This is the basket honey got me for christmas .. the one that made me cry when I opened it because it was filled with goodies, and just showed how well he knows me. It serves as a perfect knitting nook backet, because it can close, it doesn't take a lot of floor space, and is beautiful. Inside you can see the handles I finally got for my Promenade Bag, the finished back piece of my tunic sweater, and a bunch of other odds and ends that are awaiting me having time to knit them.


Also beside my chair is a bookcase, seen in the background, and a side table on which a basket of yarn sits. This basket is filled, mostly, with fun fur, so that whenever I get fed up with a projects .. it happens, y'know .. I can pick up needles and some fur and make up a quick hat. And they are quick indeed. :)


This is the newest addition to my knitting bags. I got this one at Walgreen's for $5, and also picked up an LED book light for $2.50 ... $7.50 for two excellent knitting accessories .. can't beat that. Inside here you can find the dishtowel I wove, the yarn and beads for my Heartstrings Cowl, the yarn and beads for my beaded scarf, and the string and beads for my knitted bracelet, as well as the just barely started front of my tunic sweater. This is the bag I carry around with me now, since it has lots of room.


Last but by far not least is the Candleflame Shawl I'm knitting for a friend. It's nowhere near complete, but it sits right now on my desk amongst the other yarn I've piled here for Project spectrum, mainly because I try to work on it while I'm working on schoolwork in my office.

That's where my knitting is. Where's yours?

Sunday, February 11, 2007

KnitPicks Order Update

I've calmed down some .. okay, a lot, since I ranted about the shoddiness of KnitPicks' shipping system. But I have to show the rediculousness of the situation.


Carrier ID: 02081979197917509006
Manifest ID: 1939174
Status: Sortation Center Departure
Est. in Home 02/06/2007
Date Time Description Location
February 10, 2007 6:04 AM Sortation Center Departure NEW BERLIN, WI
February 6, 2007 2:14 AM Sortation Center Arrival LOS ANGELES, CA
February 5, 2007 5:42 PM Sortation Center Departure SAN PABLO, CA
February 3, 2007 1:16 PM Sortation Center Arrival SAN PABLO, CA
February 3, 2007 3:45 AM Sortation Center Departure LOS ANGELES, CA
February 1, 2007 1:20 PM Sortation Center Arrival CHARLOTTE, NC
February 1, 2007 5:21 AM Sortation Center Departure GROVE CITY, OH
January 31, 2007 8:34 PM Sortation Center Arrival GROVE CITY, OH

Above you will see the tracking information for my original package. Now see .. I live just outside of Charlotte, NC, so the fact that the foolish thing had made it now to Wisconsin just completely amuses me.

On 2/7/07 I finally, after getting a -very- unsatisfactory email back finally from a KnitPicks representative, I called and as soon as someone finally got to me I requested a supervisor. She handled me well in my distinctly irate state, and informed me that yes indeed something had gone wrong, as she could clearly see. Now, why the first person to handle my email couldn't see that I do not know. Oh wait, I do. She confused my order with another she was looking at .. as she told me in a follow-up email. *scoff*

Michelle, who was the supervisor I spoke with I beleive, assured me that another package would be shipped 2-nd day air the next day, and I would also receive a $10 credit for my trouble. Now .. my other issue with this is UPS' 2nd-Day Air doesn't in fact take two days if it starts out on a thursday or friday, since apparently they don't run trucks on Saturday, which is unsatisfactory to me, but that's something I can't blame KnitPicks for. I'll just start requesting they ship it another way, and if they won't I won't be ordering from them. Elann will be happy to take my money and ship to me any way I want I'm sure.

So now I have a second package on its way to me.




Your package is on time with a scheduled delivery date of 02/12/2007.


Tracking Number: ** *** *** **** *** *
Type: Package
Status: In Transit - On Time
Scheduled Delivery: 02/12/2007
Shipped to: ROCK HILL, SC, US
Shipped or Billed on: 02/08/2007
Service Type: 2ND DAY AIR
Weight: 2.50 Lbs

Package Progress
Location Date Local Time Description
GREENSBORO,
NC, US
02/09/2007 12:42 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
COLUMBUS,
OH, US
02/09/2007 2:43 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
COLUMBUS,
OH, US
02/08/2007 9:49 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN
US 02/08/2007 4:45 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

If it doesn't arrive Monday, I'll be taking it up with UPS this time, since I can't understand how "2nd-Day Air" can take 5 days to get to me.