Year: 2004

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To all who order from handpaintedyarn.com

I am attaching a letter that I received entailing the intracacies of handpaintedyarn & sanfelipesantiago’s shipping process’. Here you go!

Dear Chauntel.
 
I am happy it arrived on time.
 
The operation is like this. All the orders received are sent the same day to the U.S.A. There are sorted and forwarded. The whole process take around ten days. It is not fast but to keep all the stock in the U.S.A and send directly from there it would add almost $2 per skein due to warehousing prices.
Worst thing of the delay is that if there is a problem it would usually take 10 more days to solve it. In your case the mistake was made in the U.S.A so your yarn was already there and could solved fast.
Bad thing. A lot of Americans want instant satisfaction and ten days looks like a lifetime to them. They can always go to a store and get it, but a lot do not take into account that.
 
Work was too much for my boss and I am here to improve communication, but delay will keep the same. I hope mistakes will be less too since I am here to help.
 
I am sure it will not a problem if you want roving in natural. Let me know how many grams you need. I am not sure price. 
 
Regards
Antonio
 
Thank you to everyone for the Birthday wishes! It has been a great day!!
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Today…what could have been…

I really was hoping that today would have been a kick-ass knitting day. But, alas, no such day for me. Stress about work (the hubby’s co. & Tracy’s job, that is), in-laws coming into town, bday tomorrow (and no Disneyland trip ), and I still have not finished the last felted bag for Tyler’s teacher.

So, as of now, 7pm, I am about half finished with the bag. It shouldn’t be too bad to finish but I just can’t seem to go really, really fast like I need to. Also making up the stripe pattern has a tendency to slow me down, I find myself just staring at the pattern & not moving on. Hello?!?!Anyone home (echo, echo, echo)?!?! Jayme came over this morning since she didn’t have to work until 2 and knit a virus. Of course she used her own handdyed, handspun yarn to make it. It’s for a visitor friend…no names until he or she receives it.

I had major stash enrichment today!! I will post pics of the actual yarn I received but until daylight tomorrow you will have to make do with what I put up now. Here is the lace merino Tracy & I have been waiting since October to receive

Here is some wool sock weight yarn from sanfelipesantiago on Ebay

Also some of the beautiful verdeatriana from handpainted yarn

Verdeatriana mm117

As well as some of their natural merino (possibly for dying, haven’t decided yet)

Natural mm63

Of course I will post a picture of the stash all in one. It’s so soft & woolly…I could sleep with it all. I might have a bit of trouble actually getting the hanks to ball up correctly but hey, it would be a good nights sleep finally!

 

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One bag down, one to go!

So in the midst of knitting projects & acquiring a new angora bunny, we are getting a new piano. Unfortunately my living room is barely big enough to hold the 5 of us let alone much furniture. So I am in the middle of furniture moving. Luckily my couches are easy to move. So I am trying to move only the easy to move objects. What I would like to do is move the entire room around…entertainment center, 2 bookshelves, antique mini dresser, 2 couches, 1 1/2 chair, coffee table & the Tannenbaum. (bytheway, that last period. had a lot of emphasis put on it ;o))

Tracy be forwarned that the living room will be thrashed when you get here in the morning. I am really hoping that I can get the piano in without losing one of the couches. My brain tells me it is possible but right now I have little faith in my brain!

I will post a picture of the finished bag, it’s not felted yet. I think I will do that in the morning. Instead of doing a boring St st or garter st handle I did it in horseshoe cables to spice it up a bit. I haven’t felted those cables before but hey adventure in knitting is fun!! So I will go get a picture now, forgive the background…you will see things that noone should see of my living room. (How can I be so vain?? Oh that’s right…it’s my mom’s fault!;o))

 

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Sewing circle Tuesday @ the Andreasen house

Today was the day for sewing the charity blankets. Tracy, Erin and Jayme came over for coffee & sewing on my living room floor. Below are the photos of the first finished blanket. Unfortunately I didn’t think of actually taking pictures of us all hunched over while sewing them together.

We had enough squares for one blanket & only 4 short for the second blanket.  So tonight or tomorrow I will get the others done so that we have enough to complete the second blanket. Anyone else for a sewing circle??? Coffee & snacks on me!! Any takers let me know. I am hoping maybe Monday morning, the 20th? Great…

On other knitting fronts, last night at Good Cup was fun…Laura was finally there! Woohoo for Laura! She was making the cutest little fish that I have ever seen! Of course I have no picture. Someday I may actually think to take pictures of what I may post about. Duh!

I have one bag for a teacher almost done, I only need to make the handle and then felt it. I am thinking I will just make it an open tote bag. I wanted to do a messenger bag but I think I will like it better once it is felted, the size of the bag that is,  without the flap. So that is that.  I will get that done tonight & get the other bag started. Hopefully I won’t fall asleep while knitting. That has been happening a bit lately. I think I may be fighting off that cold that has knocked out two thirds of Santa Barbara County.

I am excited about the charity blankets….I am thinking that a 30″x30″ square blanket isn’t so difficult to make so maybe I will just make one here & there, in between projects. Also caps for the babes. My daughter, Sadie, has been so into crocheting but frustrated because she isn’t actually finishing her first project (she wanted to make a round rug for her cousin Allie’s room). Tiny baby caps are perfect little projects to make yourself feel accomplished! I think that is a great idea! Pat myself on the back for that one, crochet & charity all in one lesson! Good girl!