Good day: Hubby took me shopping at the grocery store. I know for a lot of people this seems rather mundane, everyday dread....but we don't go to the regular store very often so it is a real treat--especially if he lets me buy stuff I want.
They had Yoplait yogurt (all styles) on sale for 20/$10 (can't beat 20cents a container, no limit)...so we did a really good job at cleaning them out. My daughter stopped counting at 40 when she was putting them into the 'over flow' refridgerator.
He also let me get some Coffee Mate creme....Raspberry (I have got to do a review on this too)
and some International Instant coffee (orange something--I'll review that too)...and some barley for soup....and some canned soup they had on sale (trying to get the kids to eat more soup in their lunches)...and some rutabagas, turnip, & parsnips (they are hard to find at this store)...and they had Hamburger Helper/Chicken Helper on sale for 10/$10!
I love this stuff--it is a great launch point for meals. The box says it feeds 4 but I need to make enough to feed at least 8 (I have two teenagers and a preteen, plus there's hubby)....so I figure out what's in it and stretch it out.
Take the "Lasanga" that's going to be easy....an extra can of tomatoe sauce and a few wide egg noodles...viola supper for 8.
Or the "Chicken Fried Rice"....extra rice, as much chicken as I need, maybe an extra cup of peas...whammo-dinner for the family!
Then as I eat them I pick them apart....trying to figure out what they used for flavoring (being careful not to get anything with fish)....then when I'm out of the boxes I can figure out how to make it myself...and save the money.
Lets see we got chips & ginger-ale for flu season (best to have on hand ahead of time) and little samplers of coffee.
They are the cutest things...they were 10/$10 and are going to be perfect for a gift for my SIL. We figured we could get a couple of coffee cups from Dollar Tree, stuff them with a few of the samplers, put them in a nice basket and give it to her that way. I think it will make a nice gift...maybe I'll even include some Romance novels (I think she likes that smut....I know she wouldn't be into Bronte or Austin).
We ever worked outside with the dog on some basic obedience--she really needed it....we have let it slide the last month or so. She did really well.
Straightened out my cupboards so it would actually hold it all (couldn't believe all the stuff I had to find a spot for).
Bad Day:
While making the bed, the corner of my pillow knocked off a statuette I had in my window and it broke.
I was a beautiful statuette of two cherubs sitting on a bench; one had a basket and the other held a little birdie in its hands.
I kept it in the house because I was afraid that it would get broken outside (ha!) and I've been able to keep it fairly safe for the last 5 yrs. It has taken a couple of spills but nothing really happened to it.
This time...a feather pillow smash the sucker to smithereens!
Okay, technically it wasn't the pillow...it was the floor/wall as it fell. I totally lost one of the cherubs....she lost her head and her wings---insert joke here---there was not saving it. No just gluing it together.
It was a resin statuette and once they break they are ruined.
It was so hard to throw it out....it felt kind of like throwing out an heirloom even though it wasn't that old...but it had to go. [sigh] Somedays I miss my mom.
Hubby tried to make me feel better by telling me to look at Design Toscano for something simular (love them) but he doesn't know I just spent way too much at Herrschner's again....and I swore I wouldn't...swore it....looked at their pages and said 'nice but I can live w/o it' then placed too big of an order the next day figuring that most of it would be out of stock because the prices were so good.
I just got the shipping notice yesterday (the day after placing the order-very unusual for them) and I did get EVERYTHING I ordered. {sigh} not that I'm not happy....I just don't know how I'm going to hide it all from hubby.
I'll have to post some of the stuff I got later.
But good day/bad day.....lets hope the good day just keeps going.
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Saturday, February 23, 2008
Friday, September 21, 2007
Why you can't leave me alone for a second....
Okay so hubby went out of town last week and well, I got bored with out him and I had just about enough of my new socks....so I went online. Bad thing...especially when I get the new email from Herrschner's telling me about a new yarn sale...
I'm a very bad girl. I'm a very, very bad girl!
I'm a very bad girl. I'm a very, very bad girl!
This is what 25 balls of Plume FX (5 each of "Peacock", "Raven", "Soft Pink", "Cafe Latte", and "Cardinal", it feels just like soft downy feathers).....14 skeins of StyleCraft's Gypsy (2 each of "Mood", "Fantasy", "Paradise", "Mystic", "Horizon", "Jade" and "Sunset"...its sooo soft...think of a fluffy puppy and you've got it!).......6 skeins of Hot Socks (3 each of "Nightskies" and "Earth"...extremely scratchy by the feel of it....maybe a while before I use it).....5 sets of Knit Sticks (the needles with the build-in ruler, sizes 5-9).....two sets of point protectors...and a partridge in a pear tree....looks like. Well, there was some other needlecraft stuff I got as well that isn't in the photo...but then I don't really count that stuff as part of my stash.
I'm so naughty.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Jimmy Beans Update 4
Yea!!! The last of the order came yesterday...didn't dare write anything about it for fear of hubby finding out.
Final delivery came in soft mailing envelope (the vinyl water resistant kind)...Inside it were my single ball of "Ducky" colored aMAIZing and my 2 hanks of Lorna's Laces in "Bee Stripe".
I was a little surprised when I took a really good look at the receipt...I DID pay for the signature service...but no one told the post office that! Both times the package was dropped off in the mail box without a sig being sought after. Looking at the package it does say "e/ USPS DELIVERY CONFIRM" so I don't know if that's just a tracking service or if that is the post office's way of saying "Get a damn signature" that got ignored! Either way, I'll save the $2 extra bucks next time and just go regular delivery...since I don't know which side goofed up on this, it hard to tell who to be disappointed with...but since I paid Jimmy Beans most people would blame them--not crying over $2...this time.
It was so funny, last time my daughter found they had included two pieces of "Whether's Originals" as a thank-you gift...perhaps as an apology for not getting it all off at the same time (?)....any ways, there was no free gift this time...LOL...why do I find this amusing? Because this was the part of the order that I was really waiting for and had let them know so...if anything this is the order where I would have expected a little something extra.
But that's okay....if you go thru life expecting things you will be (a)disappointed, (b)shunned by your fellow man and (c)less as a person, in my opinion--you get what you pay for...well, mostly.
Now about the yarn:
aMAIZing:
It is actually a flat ribbon yarn about 1/8 of an inch thick (don't have the accurate ruler handy) and is woven instead of spun by the looks of things. It doesn't seem to have much "spring" to the fibre so it would be useless as a sock yarn. The texture reminds me of crochet-cotton, it seems very soft at first feel until you start to really feel the fiber of it all...like crochet-cotton it has a firm, almost rough feel to it...I'm not sure I like this brand at all. I'm glad I only bought a single ball....it will likely go onto the "need a quick grab" shelf of my stash...to collect dust....maybe I will find a use for it.
aMAIZing by SWTC (South West Trading Company);
cost $9/ball;
size 50g/130m or approx. 1.75 oz/142 yds.;
gauge 6 sts & 8 rows= 1" (24sts/32 rows=4") US size 7 needles;
care machine washable/dry;
Content 100% Corn Fiber;
company website: SWTC, Inc-The Home of SoySilk Yarns
Lorna's Laces, Shepherd Socks:
Actually I'm glad the photo was inaccurate on this one. The yellow is actually a very nice dandelion gold...no wait, dandelions aren't deep enough...its almost a marigold color and the black appears to be a true black....as opposed to just a very deep green...I like the looks of it.
It comes in a hank form, so there is some balling that needs to get done before stitching can begin. It is very soft and will make the most luscious socks! It would also be great for thin mittens or light scarf...a sweater would be wonderful too, but at $11/hank it would come out rather expensive!
The coloring I find unique--but then I've never used a hand dyed yarn before--one half of the skein is this lovely gold and the other is the luxurious black with a band of intermingle...okay that part is just muddy and ucky, almost an olive or grass stained color (so I guess this means the black really is a deep green, the standard in the industry) but I suppose it is the nature of the beast.
The hank itself is roped upon itself...not familiar with roping? That means they have put the yarn into a large circle and then pulled it out taught, twisting it tightly then letting it naturally coil upon itself--one end is then tucked into the other and the natural tendency of the yarn to both work with/fight against the twist keeps it all in place without over stretching the yarn fibers themselves.
I had heard praises of the yarn from others and being that it sounds like a rather rare issue...JBW says there are only 100 skeins produced a year in each color, 2 skeins needed per pair of socks...I had to give it a try.
I don't usually like working with wool as it seems to cut into my hands, but unlike Wool-ease, this has a very nice flow to it. As I have typed I have been running it over my fingers to get an idea as to how it will play on my fingers during stitching...it seems to slide well, but I can see I will have to take a few breaks at the beginning to get used to things. Still it is better than I expected for wool. As I get knitting I will keep everyone updated on how well it takes to small needles (which it is supposed to be made for)...frequent "frogging"....and how well the stretch/ease is.
Shepherd Socks by Lorna's Laces;
cost:$11/hank
weight: sock weight/standard 1 size: approx. 215 yds/2 oz or 196.5m/56.5 grams
gauge: 7 sts/1" (no listing of needle size): JBW gauge: 7sts/1" size 2 needles (28sts=4"); neither wrapper or JBW gave gauge of row.
care: machine washable;no drying instructions given
content: 80% Superwash wool 20% nylon company
website: Lorna's Laces:All Natural Hand-Dyed Yarns Well off to start some balling!
JBW RATING
Customer Service: started out stronger than most, but kind of lacked off with the second part of the order
Prices: A tad high for my tastes, but a lot lower than most of the places I've seen offering hand-dyed yarns. If the prices were a little lower I would probably shop here more often.
Delivery Service: orders arrived within 2 days of shipping notice, since my order was fairly small the envelopes worked okay but would have preferred getting the order with the wooden needles in a box of some sort to guard against breakage (the needles are fine, nothing got broke).
Shipping Fees: very reasonable! $4 up to $75, and then its free....I really like this. Most places I shop with have a sliding fee scale based on how much you spend, usually an order under $35 will add an additional $10 in shipping...I absolutely love this feature, I can make a small purchase and still pay less than the yarn for shipping. This means that I would probably buy from the company a LOT more than the others.
Over All Rating:Well, JBW shines in customer service and shipping costs; its just too bad that the prices are out of my normal comfort range. While the shipping costs would bring me back time and again for small orders, the high prices stop me dead in my tracks. Perhaps I've just been spoiled by the $3/skein deals that acrylic, nylon, and blended yarns give me but if the price gets higher than a cup of coffee I am much less likely to buy it.
There is no real invoice, just a detailed register slip...which is fine in many aspects, but I would like something a little less flimsy for my records.
Final delivery came in soft mailing envelope (the vinyl water resistant kind)...Inside it were my single ball of "Ducky" colored aMAIZing and my 2 hanks of Lorna's Laces in "Bee Stripe".
I was a little surprised when I took a really good look at the receipt...I DID pay for the signature service...but no one told the post office that! Both times the package was dropped off in the mail box without a sig being sought after. Looking at the package it does say "e/ USPS DELIVERY CONFIRM" so I don't know if that's just a tracking service or if that is the post office's way of saying "Get a damn signature" that got ignored! Either way, I'll save the $2 extra bucks next time and just go regular delivery...since I don't know which side goofed up on this, it hard to tell who to be disappointed with...but since I paid Jimmy Beans most people would blame them--not crying over $2...this time.
It was so funny, last time my daughter found they had included two pieces of "Whether's Originals" as a thank-you gift...perhaps as an apology for not getting it all off at the same time (?)....any ways, there was no free gift this time...LOL...why do I find this amusing? Because this was the part of the order that I was really waiting for and had let them know so...if anything this is the order where I would have expected a little something extra.
But that's okay....if you go thru life expecting things you will be (a)disappointed, (b)shunned by your fellow man and (c)less as a person, in my opinion--you get what you pay for...well, mostly.
Now about the yarn:
aMAIZing:
It is actually a flat ribbon yarn about 1/8 of an inch thick (don't have the accurate ruler handy) and is woven instead of spun by the looks of things. It doesn't seem to have much "spring" to the fibre so it would be useless as a sock yarn. The texture reminds me of crochet-cotton, it seems very soft at first feel until you start to really feel the fiber of it all...like crochet-cotton it has a firm, almost rough feel to it...I'm not sure I like this brand at all. I'm glad I only bought a single ball....it will likely go onto the "need a quick grab" shelf of my stash...to collect dust....maybe I will find a use for it.
aMAIZing by SWTC (South West Trading Company);
cost $9/ball;
size 50g/130m or approx. 1.75 oz/142 yds.;
gauge 6 sts & 8 rows= 1" (24sts/32 rows=4") US size 7 needles;
care machine washable/dry;
Content 100% Corn Fiber;
company website: SWTC, Inc-The Home of SoySilk Yarns
Lorna's Laces, Shepherd Socks:
Actually I'm glad the photo was inaccurate on this one. The yellow is actually a very nice dandelion gold...no wait, dandelions aren't deep enough...its almost a marigold color and the black appears to be a true black....as opposed to just a very deep green...I like the looks of it.
It comes in a hank form, so there is some balling that needs to get done before stitching can begin. It is very soft and will make the most luscious socks! It would also be great for thin mittens or light scarf...a sweater would be wonderful too, but at $11/hank it would come out rather expensive!
The coloring I find unique--but then I've never used a hand dyed yarn before--one half of the skein is this lovely gold and the other is the luxurious black with a band of intermingle...okay that part is just muddy and ucky, almost an olive or grass stained color (so I guess this means the black really is a deep green, the standard in the industry) but I suppose it is the nature of the beast.
The hank itself is roped upon itself...not familiar with roping? That means they have put the yarn into a large circle and then pulled it out taught, twisting it tightly then letting it naturally coil upon itself--one end is then tucked into the other and the natural tendency of the yarn to both work with/fight against the twist keeps it all in place without over stretching the yarn fibers themselves.
I had heard praises of the yarn from others and being that it sounds like a rather rare issue...JBW says there are only 100 skeins produced a year in each color, 2 skeins needed per pair of socks...I had to give it a try.
I don't usually like working with wool as it seems to cut into my hands, but unlike Wool-ease, this has a very nice flow to it. As I have typed I have been running it over my fingers to get an idea as to how it will play on my fingers during stitching...it seems to slide well, but I can see I will have to take a few breaks at the beginning to get used to things. Still it is better than I expected for wool. As I get knitting I will keep everyone updated on how well it takes to small needles (which it is supposed to be made for)...frequent "frogging"....and how well the stretch/ease is.
Shepherd Socks by Lorna's Laces;
cost:$11/hank
weight: sock weight/standard 1 size: approx. 215 yds/2 oz or 196.5m/56.5 grams
gauge: 7 sts/1" (no listing of needle size): JBW gauge: 7sts/1" size 2 needles (28sts=4"); neither wrapper or JBW gave gauge of row.
care: machine washable;no drying instructions given
content: 80% Superwash wool 20% nylon company
website: Lorna's Laces:All Natural Hand-Dyed Yarns Well off to start some balling!
JBW RATING
Customer Service: started out stronger than most, but kind of lacked off with the second part of the order
Prices: A tad high for my tastes, but a lot lower than most of the places I've seen offering hand-dyed yarns. If the prices were a little lower I would probably shop here more often.
Delivery Service: orders arrived within 2 days of shipping notice, since my order was fairly small the envelopes worked okay but would have preferred getting the order with the wooden needles in a box of some sort to guard against breakage (the needles are fine, nothing got broke).
Shipping Fees: very reasonable! $4 up to $75, and then its free....I really like this. Most places I shop with have a sliding fee scale based on how much you spend, usually an order under $35 will add an additional $10 in shipping...I absolutely love this feature, I can make a small purchase and still pay less than the yarn for shipping. This means that I would probably buy from the company a LOT more than the others.
Over All Rating:Well, JBW shines in customer service and shipping costs; its just too bad that the prices are out of my normal comfort range. While the shipping costs would bring me back time and again for small orders, the high prices stop me dead in my tracks. Perhaps I've just been spoiled by the $3/skein deals that acrylic, nylon, and blended yarns give me but if the price gets higher than a cup of coffee I am much less likely to buy it.
There is no real invoice, just a detailed register slip...which is fine in many aspects, but I would like something a little less flimsy for my records.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Where's my treat now?
Okay I was very good this weekend (kind of) and didn't buy a single bit of yarn from http://HancockFabrics.com . I was however very naughty when it came to material, though. I had a 40% off coupon which I just had to use on some Liquid Lame in Silver for a tinman outfit for my youngest son. Actually its kind of funny about Halloween....wait that's getting off topic again.
I also got some reflective ribbon in yellow and orange (a yard of each for dog collars), some vinyl to recover the outdoor chairs for the bistrol set I got from my mother (I got clear and lady bug covered so my choices are wide open), some tablecloth vinyl so I won't have to do so much scrubbing of the table after the kids get done eating (who says they get neater with age?), some fleece for memory blanks for christmas...okay a LOT of fleece, but it all only added up to 6 1/2 yds for 4 kids, and a Green Bay Packers [gag, gag] panel for one of the traitors in the family,ssssss; two pair of Takumi bamboo needles...one circ, 1pr. flexi...and a yarn applicator foot from Singer, I figure if the kids are going to do a Wizard of Oz theme for the year someone has got to be the lion (Hubby, maybe? I want to be either the witch or a flying monkey)
I wrote to Janome, the company who was supposed to tbe the manufacturer of the Harmony 8700 from Hancock to see if this foot would work , but Janome wrote back to say that they were aware that a Japanese manufacturer was making the old MC5300 and selling them to Hancock under the Janome name (which tells me, someone's in trouble) but that they do not recommend Singer feet for the Janome machines, just the Janome feet. When I asked if there was a specific reason (thinking maybe I'd get some reply like...the hole doesn't line up, or the shafts are different sizes or the pins are different sizes...what I got back was that they didn't have enough information on the Singer brand of feet to determine whether they would be a problem so they only recommend Janome feet.
WHAT??? Not enough info? They have got to be kidding me. Singer has been around for, what a hundred years if not more, and they can't get info on the product line?? What kind of Bull Treet is that? Of course you can get the info, you can get the feet and do tests can't you? What, they don't do product testing on their machines, is that what they are telling me? Basically what they said was if I use the Singer foot and something goes wrong I'm on my own, they won't cover any damage....not that they would anyways since they came out with a new $4000 machine which they are pushing instead and would love for me to have to buy!
Its a good thing that I finally got my old Kenmore working....my feed-dogs weren't grabbing, somehow they got disengaged...it will use any, ANY, Singer foot. The only thing I have to worry about is the shank of the machine...I know its not a slant shank, and since the foot is a snap-on it should work okay....it said short shank but I can't see that being a real problem with a snap-on, but we will see.
Oh and hubby had me order 10 yards, yup 10 yards, of black tinted vinyl for doing the windows. It is made to cling so we won't have to worry about adhesives at all. We will have to see how it works...I'm just hoping it will keep Addy from seeig reflections in the glass doors at night...nothing quite like walking into the room and being greeted by a rousing round of "who's walking in my yard" from a 100lb puppy (well really I need to weigh her, but she was 56obs at 5 months...and she's 8 months now...wow she's getting old!)
I also got some reflective ribbon in yellow and orange (a yard of each for dog collars), some vinyl to recover the outdoor chairs for the bistrol set I got from my mother (I got clear and lady bug covered so my choices are wide open), some tablecloth vinyl so I won't have to do so much scrubbing of the table after the kids get done eating (who says they get neater with age?), some fleece for memory blanks for christmas...okay a LOT of fleece, but it all only added up to 6 1/2 yds for 4 kids, and a Green Bay Packers [gag, gag] panel for one of the traitors in the family,ssssss; two pair of Takumi bamboo needles...one circ, 1pr. flexi...and a yarn applicator foot from Singer, I figure if the kids are going to do a Wizard of Oz theme for the year someone has got to be the lion (Hubby, maybe? I want to be either the witch or a flying monkey)
I wrote to Janome, the company who was supposed to tbe the manufacturer of the Harmony 8700 from Hancock to see if this foot would work , but Janome wrote back to say that they were aware that a Japanese manufacturer was making the old MC5300 and selling them to Hancock under the Janome name (which tells me, someone's in trouble) but that they do not recommend Singer feet for the Janome machines, just the Janome feet. When I asked if there was a specific reason (thinking maybe I'd get some reply like...the hole doesn't line up, or the shafts are different sizes or the pins are different sizes...what I got back was that they didn't have enough information on the Singer brand of feet to determine whether they would be a problem so they only recommend Janome feet.
WHAT??? Not enough info? They have got to be kidding me. Singer has been around for, what a hundred years if not more, and they can't get info on the product line?? What kind of Bull Treet is that? Of course you can get the info, you can get the feet and do tests can't you? What, they don't do product testing on their machines, is that what they are telling me? Basically what they said was if I use the Singer foot and something goes wrong I'm on my own, they won't cover any damage....not that they would anyways since they came out with a new $4000 machine which they are pushing instead and would love for me to have to buy!
Its a good thing that I finally got my old Kenmore working....my feed-dogs weren't grabbing, somehow they got disengaged...it will use any, ANY, Singer foot. The only thing I have to worry about is the shank of the machine...I know its not a slant shank, and since the foot is a snap-on it should work okay....it said short shank but I can't see that being a real problem with a snap-on, but we will see.
Oh and hubby had me order 10 yards, yup 10 yards, of black tinted vinyl for doing the windows. It is made to cling so we won't have to worry about adhesives at all. We will have to see how it works...I'm just hoping it will keep Addy from seeig reflections in the glass doors at night...nothing quite like walking into the room and being greeted by a rousing round of "who's walking in my yard" from a 100lb puppy (well really I need to weigh her, but she was 56obs at 5 months...and she's 8 months now...wow she's getting old!)
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Jimmy Bean Wool Update
Okay when it comes to online businesses I think one of the biggest pluses is customer service, in fact in the online world of commerce it is probably the one thing that will make or break a company. I just had my first experience with Jimmy Beans customer service (the place I ordered the corn yarn from).
I got a very nice and to the point letter from them stating that 2 of the items I ordered were delayed...one by 2-3 weeks and the other by only 5 days.
Now the one that is 2-3 weeks delayed is actually the one I am hoping to make my partner's socks with for the Hogwarts sock swap....and the company made it very clear on their website that only a limited amount of each color is produced and once sold out-its gone, no more....EVER! So while this has me worried, I knew the deal when I went in.
The second is the a-Maizing yarn (the letter gave me the proper spelling of the name) which I ordered in "Ducky"....it looks like a nice mellow, soft, almost baby yellow. I was surprised that I was told of its delay at all being it was only going to be 5 days late.
Most companies online would have sat on the info, especially since I was a new customer, and just shipped it when it came in.
I like this!! What I liked even more was the fact that Jimmy Beans gave me a CHOICE as to what to do....did I wish to have them wait and ship all at once, or split it up into smaller shipments at NO EXTRA CHARGE!!! WOW! As you can tell that means a lot to me as well.
I love a company who thinks along the same lines that I do...if the delay in shipping isn't thru any fault on the customers service why should they be penalized. I have ordered from a couple of other places online who had no troubles saying that they would charge extra if I chose to have them ship in parts.
Not that shipping costs is that big a deal with Jimmy Beans--they charge $4 shipping for packages ranging from $0-74.99, and at $75 shipping becomes free, for an extra $1.30 you can get "signature varification" which means you have to sign for it (so you can hide the package if its close to hubby coming home). My standard yarn orders are about $50 in product but shipping is usually around another $10-12, so this was a treat. It felt like the first time I had a Drumstick ice cream cone as a kid and found the cone was lined with chocolate as well!
I will keep everyone updated on the situation as it goes along. I would suspect that the first part of my order will be getting off this week, but then I wouldn't be surprised if it got off on Monday instead being I got my reply back to them so late in the day today.
So far, things are looking very shiny for this online store!!
UPDATE 7:14pm CT:
I heard back from Jimmy Beans...they sent out my order TONIGHT. They emailed me all the tracking info, plus a little explaination as to how it all works and why tracking info may not show up right away on the USPS site. I really like this!
They told me exactly how much they were charging to my cr.card for this shipment and restated which items will ship later (always nice to have reiterated)
They also included a list of current sales (50% off) although the month said "July" when its August I would think they will honor the sale price. And an invite to review the products for other crafters...most sites just put a clicker on their page but don't say anything about it...so it was nice to be asked to do it.
I got a very nice and to the point letter from them stating that 2 of the items I ordered were delayed...one by 2-3 weeks and the other by only 5 days.
Now the one that is 2-3 weeks delayed is actually the one I am hoping to make my partner's socks with for the Hogwarts sock swap....and the company made it very clear on their website that only a limited amount of each color is produced and once sold out-its gone, no more....EVER! So while this has me worried, I knew the deal when I went in.
The second is the a-Maizing yarn (the letter gave me the proper spelling of the name) which I ordered in "Ducky"....it looks like a nice mellow, soft, almost baby yellow. I was surprised that I was told of its delay at all being it was only going to be 5 days late.
Most companies online would have sat on the info, especially since I was a new customer, and just shipped it when it came in.
I like this!! What I liked even more was the fact that Jimmy Beans gave me a CHOICE as to what to do....did I wish to have them wait and ship all at once, or split it up into smaller shipments at NO EXTRA CHARGE!!! WOW! As you can tell that means a lot to me as well.
I love a company who thinks along the same lines that I do...if the delay in shipping isn't thru any fault on the customers service why should they be penalized. I have ordered from a couple of other places online who had no troubles saying that they would charge extra if I chose to have them ship in parts.
Not that shipping costs is that big a deal with Jimmy Beans--they charge $4 shipping for packages ranging from $0-74.99, and at $75 shipping becomes free, for an extra $1.30 you can get "signature varification" which means you have to sign for it (so you can hide the package if its close to hubby coming home). My standard yarn orders are about $50 in product but shipping is usually around another $10-12, so this was a treat. It felt like the first time I had a Drumstick ice cream cone as a kid and found the cone was lined with chocolate as well!
I will keep everyone updated on the situation as it goes along. I would suspect that the first part of my order will be getting off this week, but then I wouldn't be surprised if it got off on Monday instead being I got my reply back to them so late in the day today.
So far, things are looking very shiny for this online store!!
UPDATE 7:14pm CT:
I heard back from Jimmy Beans...they sent out my order TONIGHT. They emailed me all the tracking info, plus a little explaination as to how it all works and why tracking info may not show up right away on the USPS site. I really like this!
They told me exactly how much they were charging to my cr.card for this shipment and restated which items will ship later (always nice to have reiterated)
They also included a list of current sales (50% off) although the month said "July" when its August I would think they will honor the sale price. And an invite to review the products for other crafters...most sites just put a clicker on their page but don't say anything about it...so it was nice to be asked to do it.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Battle Brewing
Okay I couldn't resist any longer yesterday....I had two weeks vacation and hadn't bought a single skein of yarn. I had to order my partner's needles for the exchange anyways so I decided to treat myself for 2 weeks good behavior and ordered some yarn from Jimmy Beans Wool.
{hubby will not be pleased, but I did keep the cost low, doesn't that count for anything?}
I got a set of sock needles for myself as well as for my partner (so she won't know which are really hers), along with yarn from Crystal Palace (Maisy) and SouthWest Trading Co.(Maizing)
Both yarns use corn fiber as their main content. The Maizing is 100% corn, according to the website; while the Maisy is a corn blend with elastic nylon...this tells me that they mean for it to be used for socks....I don't know how they feel or how they will work though.
I have looked on KnitPicks and Herrschners and can not find a review or description of the yarns qualities or suggested uses.
Now I'm a corn farmer....although you would never be able to tell from this years field...so anything that comes from corn pricks my ears. I know the stalk and item fairly well....I'm wondering how they made this stuff!
I can't see them being able to use the corn silk...that would just be tendeous to gather (okay, any spinners out there should give it a try and let me know how it goes)...I'm wondering if they aren't using the stalk and cobs somehow to make a fiberous goo which is then treated to make a polymer which is then drawn into threads and spun.
I will let you know how I like it and give my review of it.
I placed the order yesterday using a credit card which we save for emergencies only...they didn't take the normal card I use and "hide" from hubby...so I will be watching the mail closely for the next month.
I will also let you know what I think of Jimmy Bean Wool...they are a new company to me, and I'm sure many others, and as a shopper I like to read reviews for quite sometime before I order from a company---it took me over 2 years before I finally ordered from KnitPicks even though I only heard one bad thing about them (actually it wasn't about them at all, it was about a defect in a load of interchangeables they got from the manufacturer...oops I digress). I am very careful who I give out credit card info....
Jimmy Bean is the only one of two companies now that have this info so any problems will be easily traced...although I do NOT expect any problems....its just that I jumped in with both feet w/o checking out the "landscape" first. This always makes me uncomfortable--I went thru the same thing the first few times I ordered from Herrschners and I grew up with that company!!
Well got to go....I've got a 7 year old in need of a hug...and a good tickling!!
P.S:
It is Popcorn sales time! Support you local Boy Scout troop and buy Popcorn and Wreaths from them instead of the big box store...yes it may cost a little more, but the extra money goes from a program that has been around for almost 100yrs (since 1910 in the US)...scouting teaches our boys to be self relient,
confident, to think about not only themselves but how their actions{or lack thereof} effects others and society. For the extra money you not only will help a scout earn "scout money" for camp, but you also help troops earn money so they can supply uniforms and books for scouts who are in need...no scout will ever be denied because of financial burdens, but the money has to come from someplace.
{hubby will not be pleased, but I did keep the cost low, doesn't that count for anything?}
I got a set of sock needles for myself as well as for my partner (so she won't know which are really hers), along with yarn from Crystal Palace (Maisy) and SouthWest Trading Co.(Maizing)
Both yarns use corn fiber as their main content. The Maizing is 100% corn, according to the website; while the Maisy is a corn blend with elastic nylon...this tells me that they mean for it to be used for socks....I don't know how they feel or how they will work though.
I have looked on KnitPicks and Herrschners and can not find a review or description of the yarns qualities or suggested uses.
Now I'm a corn farmer....although you would never be able to tell from this years field...so anything that comes from corn pricks my ears. I know the stalk and item fairly well....I'm wondering how they made this stuff!
I can't see them being able to use the corn silk...that would just be tendeous to gather (okay, any spinners out there should give it a try and let me know how it goes)...I'm wondering if they aren't using the stalk and cobs somehow to make a fiberous goo which is then treated to make a polymer which is then drawn into threads and spun.
I will let you know how I like it and give my review of it.
I placed the order yesterday using a credit card which we save for emergencies only...they didn't take the normal card I use and "hide" from hubby...so I will be watching the mail closely for the next month.
I will also let you know what I think of Jimmy Bean Wool...they are a new company to me, and I'm sure many others, and as a shopper I like to read reviews for quite sometime before I order from a company---it took me over 2 years before I finally ordered from KnitPicks even though I only heard one bad thing about them (actually it wasn't about them at all, it was about a defect in a load of interchangeables they got from the manufacturer...oops I digress). I am very careful who I give out credit card info....
Jimmy Bean is the only one of two companies now that have this info so any problems will be easily traced...although I do NOT expect any problems....its just that I jumped in with both feet w/o checking out the "landscape" first. This always makes me uncomfortable--I went thru the same thing the first few times I ordered from Herrschners and I grew up with that company!!
Well got to go....I've got a 7 year old in need of a hug...and a good tickling!!
P.S:
It is Popcorn sales time! Support you local Boy Scout troop and buy Popcorn and Wreaths from them instead of the big box store...yes it may cost a little more, but the extra money goes from a program that has been around for almost 100yrs (since 1910 in the US)...scouting teaches our boys to be self relient,
confident, to think about not only themselves but how their actions{or lack thereof} effects others and society. For the extra money you not only will help a scout earn "scout money" for camp, but you also help troops earn money so they can supply uniforms and books for scouts who are in need...no scout will ever be denied because of financial burdens, but the money has to come from someplace.
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