Shades of Pink

Finally, out of all the babies born in the last couple of years, a girl, a girl I finally got to knit for a girl : ) I present to you "shades of pink"  

    

 

All wrapped up, in pink, of course.

So this gift takes the place of the little sublime jacket and it was made for a 6 month old. Knitted in a couple of weeks the hat in a day and a half.

And just when I thought the blue spell was over. Along came Max : )

                                    

This was made for little Maxwell David, I really love that name. His mommy wrote me the sweetest thank you card. This is a size 6 months but he has a little growing to do. 

I love wrapping and giving gifts : )  But I am so through for a minute with baby stuff and I feel a great relief. I have some other things on the needles and in my thoughts for ME : )

My Horrible Internet Experience Ever !

I don't think I will back date this I am just going to move on and play catch up from this date forward. Ok so where did I leave off last???? Oh yes, I remember now........ I was waiting on that fabulous pattern booklet right? Well, I had the most horrible experience ever. You can just read my entire summary of that from the email that I sent to the merchant. And it goes a little something like this........................ 

To whom it may concern

12/ 7/ 08 Order placed

12/ 12/ 08 Confirmation email received that my "order was shipped via 

U.S. mail and that I should receive it in 2-3 days" "from Elizabeth"

12/ 22/ 08 I sent an email regarding the fact that I had yet to 

receive my order.

12/ 31/ 08 I received no reply from the email that I sent. 

Therefore, I called 888 381 yarn. The person that I spoke with told me 

that she would try to track the order and that she would email me back 

later that morning. I never received a reply.

1/ 5/ 09 Because I had not received any responses or my order, I 

filed a dispute claim with my visa credit card company to receive a 

refund.

1/ 15/ 09 I received my package at my ups box address noted that it 

was mailed 1/ 8/ 09. The problem now is that I did not receive all of 

my order. The Sublime book # 612 is missing. I do not understand why 

you received your money and you think it's o.k. to not send me my 

entire order? I have never received such service with my entire 

experience of online ordering and typically knitters are such honest 

people, shame on you. I had cancelled the dispute with visa because I 

was so happy to get my package, that was until I got home and opened 

it. You did not put an invoice in the package nor did you offer a 

refund or store credit for the item I did not receive. Because I have 

received such poor service I will be reopening the claim with visa and 

you will be receiving this partial package back via registered mail 

and I will expect a full refund. I want to just let it go but I cannot 

ignore the hurt and disappointment that I feel with your company. 

Again shame on you.

Sincerely

Tawnya L.

And this was her (the merchant's) reply...................

Tawnya,

I have sent several emails in regards to this order. Your original package

was returned to me damaged. I resent the order out on 1/8 minus the 612

book, which was destroyed in the first shipment and now out of stock. I

emailed to let you know about the reposting and backorder issue. As you

have not been receiving my communications, I can completely understand your

frustration. 

I will issue a full credit for the order upon receipt of your return.

My apologies for the communication problems and your inconvenience,

Elizabeth

www.theknittinggarden.com

Yes, I know simply horrible. After that experience I was terrified to buy anything  online for awhile. Of course I got over it pretty quickly : )  So what happened, you ask? She refunded, but again shame on her for putting me through that ordeal, and to think I really loved her online shop. So theknittinggarden.com shall remain on blast with me for a life time. I did end up getting the book and couple more sublime pattern books from other sites. And here is the finished project.

      

I really really really liked this knit. My only complaint is that I wished it would have been knitted in the round. It's seems pretty easy enough to convert. I made the short sleeved version. The pattern was odd but super fun something different for a change. Sublime has the most easiest and cutest patterns. This was done over 2-3 days. I ended up not giving it away because I felt that the newborn size was to small even though when I held it up to several newborn outfits it was perfectly sized, I wished I would have made the next size up. I feel like a newborn would have only gotten a couple of days maybe a week at the most. Oh well, I will be making this again because I just adore it. I love love love the yoke. I have decided I will post details about yarn and stuff on my ravelry (look me up my name is brownsheep) page, no need of doing double work right.

So On With the Knitting

I do not know why it takes forever to receive packages from the upper east coast. I have been waiting to start on this..........

It's the little daisy swing coat by sublime. I also ordered the yarn, in pink or piglet as they call it, funny huh?  Well, I feel like it is taking forever. I ordered this book and yarn a week and a half ago. I ordered some more yarn a couple months ago from a shop in New York and it took at least 2 wks for my package to arrive. What's up with that? Granted I do know it's the holiday season and things are slow but my goodness. I thought well maybe it's the distance from which you order things, you know how far they have to travel to get to you? But I can remember ordering things from California and receiving the package in a week tops. O Well maybe it has to do with who the sender chooses to use to send the package. Speaking of mail, packages, and all that stuff I ended up getting a ups box at the ups store. Here is my other rant................ Why does the ups man/woman just leave your package at the doorstep now when your not home? They use to bring it back the next day. Did they change their policy or something? I use to have to sign for stuff I don't believe I have signed for a package in at least over a year now. They will leave your stuff at the door step in rain sleet or shine. I don't get it so I got a box. I was always afraid of someone stealing my packages.

On with the knitting................. so I decided to make another one of the "Hoodie" baby blankets by the thriftyknitter

I love this pattern. I see many more in the future. If you click on the link and look up the pattern on her site, you will see the cutest pictures of the baby she knitted this for.

This was my first blanket I did with this pattern. I just used the knit stitch and I did a crochet border. Remember my friend Jen? This blankie was for her cute bouncing baby boy Lucas.  This bankie was done over the summer. His colors as if you can't tell are chocolate brown and blue.  I was going for subtle on the blue it kind of pops which is just what I wanted but then I kept second guessing myself and thinking maybe I should have done a couple more rounds of crochet with the blue. Now that I look at the photo months later I am happy with it. I used cascade sierra, it is an 80% cotton 20% wool blend and the name of the color of course was......... chocolate : )  I can remember knitting this up it, although it was a simple stitch I never got really bored with it because of the rich color, it reminded me of tootsie rolls : )

And this is the second blanket with the pattern.  I love this color too this yarn is lion brand's cotton ease in stone. I have not made up my mind yet as to what color I will trim it in because this color goes well with just about anything you place it up against.  Right now it is just a gray blob but I will keep you posted.

DECISIONS

I just want to say that this will be my last post on my family. I have decided to start a separate, private blog for family time not to mention I have started back up my interest in scrapbooking : ) so that takes care of all things family.  I love my family with all of it's ups and downs. And I think that is why I don't get to blog as much because this thing called "LIFE", which is also one in the same as "FAMILY" to me, gets so in the way and sometimes I am just too busy living it as opposed to sitting in front of a computer writing about it : )  I am really loving my life now. I have a new grandchild, his name is Jayden he arrived Monday 12-8-08   8lbs 7oz. Much bigger than his big brothers birth weight. My husband and I got to meet him on Wed. he looks just like Jordan did only bigger : ) OMG I can't tell the difference. He is a lot more mellow than Jordan was he is calmer Jordan was fussier. Speaking of Jordan we have had him all week, yes it has ben quite a chore but it's just our way of helping out his young parents.

I have come to some realizations and decisions in thinking about family this week. I have decided to quit my second job. I realize that I want to really be there and spend lot's of time with my 2 grandsons. I want to do stuff with them that I did not get to do as much of with my son when he was a child. These two kids are going to make me go broke :) I may need the second job after all : ) Just kidding, my husband and I really enjoy them and we are looking for lot's of good times in the future, hopefully they'll keep us young and full of energy.  The extra money was really nice but I was really missing spending time with Jordan and that's just not worth it. Oh well I got some good purchases like my itouch and my new living room set, paid off some stuff and got a nice little nest egg savings. Besides nothing lasts forever, I can't wait till my last day, I am counting down the days.

That 2nd job was really pushing in on my time with my husband, my knitting time, and my time with my book club at my 1st job so now I can get back to all the things that are really precious to me and that I really love.  I have several baby gifts to make including my own grandson's. Some I just need to finish up and some I need to start. I have not been reading the book club choices but I have been attending the meetings so I can't wait to get back to reading the selections. And now I will be able to attend more of the Guild's meetings as well as go on some of the trips and  things that they do. And I have really been neglecting my Hubby we will finally get back our date night : )  Yes it's amazing what holding a new born baby will make you realize huh.