yay! boo! huh....?

clearly this is a day of mixed emotions.

to the left we see the happiness of it all. this is some beautiful Classic Elite Flash that i plan to crochet into a pretty summer shawl/swimsuit cover-up for one of my girlfriends. it came in the mail today--another ebay treat. besides being beautiful yarn, i love the label. it has a neat little lightning blot on it and a list of reasons to knit with flash....

• bright fun colors
• easy care
• great for kids and the kid in you!

it seems so quaint and old school. but the claims are all true. it just makes me smile. the yarn is wound in quaint old school hanks as well, so i get to do some old fashion winding into center pull balls.

now the bad.
my knitting needles have still not arrived. 20 mailing days, people! i checked the tracking, and at least they are back from their side trip to new jersey. (they started in texas, went to california, and then they crossed the country and landed in capital heights, maryland. they ran off to jersey and now they are back in capital heights. sigh!)


and i will end this on a note of confusion. lion brand came out with a new yarn this week. it is called sasha, and it is supposed to look like persian lamb with "just one stitch!" there are just so many questions.... first, why make a yarn that only looks good in one stitch (garter stitch!?)? and if you have such a specific product, why not write more patterns for it (only four?!)?

and understanding that you make these very specific yarns in hopes of making a lot of money off of them because there are no others out there like them (no substitutions) why price it so the trend oriented people can't afford it?!? there are 21 yards in a ball. and a ball costs $6.99 ack! i am just baffled!

can there really be that many visionless, gullible garter stitchers in the world? i hope not.

3-d cupcake

failing to photograph myself in the sweater, i borrowed the dress form at CUA today. she doesn't have hips, and her bust is a wee bit pointy, but you get the idea of what the sweater really looks like, at least.

it was strange to go over to CUA, where i opened a show just 5 days ago and see it already struck. because it is a university, of course the shows are about process and not final product so much. so they run for only 6 performances. after working on shows that run at minimum 4 weeks, it seems like a lot of work for so little pay off. well... payoff for the actors. i still got a full design fee.

i sent the handpainted cotonyarn back today. there really was not 10oz there, and that is unacceptable. i am tempted to leave negative ebay feedback because the lady was in total denial that there was a problem and then when she cheerfully refunded me, she didn't refund the shipping even though the problem was her fault, not mine.

oh, yeah. and did i mention that the package arrived with a way too flowery smelling dryer sheet in it? i had no idea why until i stuck the yarn under my nose and sniffed it like a dustbuster.... cigarette smoke! lady was trying to cover up her nasty smoke smell with a nasty dry sheet! ugh! i can't even believe she sells (ugly) handmade baby afghans from her home. i bet she chain smokes away while she crochets her acrylic granny squares in lorian, ohio.

ha.
i'm from the midwest. i'm allowed to make fun of my own people.

on an up note, i did find a replacement for the handpainted cotton boucle. this is not handpainted, but it is the suggested yarn for the project and i did not pay retail. i'll post a picture when it arrives.

in the continuing saga of yarn and disappointment...

i am grumpy. ebay is letting me down in ways it has not before. i love ebay for my higher end yarn needs, so i decided to try buying some other craft related items. pictured is the awesome yarn that arrived today. it came super fast and the colors are just as fantastic in person as on screen but (and there is a big but) the posting title and description stated that this would be a 10 ounce skein.

the skein that arrived is only 6 ounces. i need the additional 4 ounces to make the gift i intend to crochet from this awesome cotton boucle. i emailed the seller, and we will see if she can send me more. i hope she can, but i won't hold my breath because it is hand painted by the seller, and she may simply not have any more stock. if she tries to dye more, the colors probably won't match.

the second ebay disappointment is still floating in the ether. i ordered a set of interchangeable circular knitting needles on january 27th, and they still have not arrived. i'm giving it until wednesday before i start jumping up and down on the seller. by then i should be done with my sweater, and i really want to cast on for a hat.

keep your fingers crossed for me. especially about the cotton yarn. it is just perfect for a project, and i really want it to work out.