One!

I have my first Finished Project of the year:
which I technically could have finished before the end of the year, but a head-start can't hurt.  Especially when one has been sick for a week. 

We're very lucky, however. We have had "His" and "Hers" get-well kitties.  Callisto kept Andy company in the back room,
 while Theo has hung out with me in our room--here enjoying a pillow-fort Andy built for him:
No, our cats aren't spoiled in the slightest.

I thought I might even be showing you a second finished project today,
but the Baby Surprise Jacket didn't get finished today.  It's moving right along however.  The turquoise yarn wasn't listed in my Ravelry stash, which is a bit disconcerting as I would have sworn that after moving everything out of and back INTO the sewing room I finally had all the yarn accounted for, but I guess I missed one.  I had discovered the error in time for yesterday's tally to be correct with this addition, but I'm really hoping there aren't more I haven't counted.  I can't imagine where they might be lurking. 

And, f i n a l l y, my order from Jo-Ann Fabrics arrived.  After their long delays, dumping of much of my order, and no communication from them, they topped off the whole experience with:
Does this look white to you???????????????????????????????  I know they pay their staff so little that they aren't going to attract Harvard grads or anything, but a PERSON initialed that label, and even someone with no knowledge of fabric whatsoever could have grasped that there was a problem with this "white crepe back satin."  I was going to make white satin Christmas stockings this year, but that will be for another time--and store. 

Being Jo-Anns, it wasn't an isolated problem.  This:
was supposed to be variegated embroidery thread that I thought might look interesting on one of the rope bowls.  To round out the entire fun-filled experience, there was no packing slip enclosed which is required for returns to Joanns.  I waited until I was under the calming effects of cold medicine to call "customer service" and ask them to remedy the problem.  I just can't for the life of me understand their company philosophy, but the whole experience so soured me on purchasing that this next year might be a snap.............

Comments

Meredith said…
Hope you are feeling better, I love my Joann's, but of course I am not ordering from them just going in and buying from them. I am almost finished with item number one, maybe tonight!
Hugs,
Meredith
January 3, 2014 at 5:57 PM
RobinH said…
Aw. I love the get-well kitties. (Mine are more aptly called the get-more-food kitties.)

And FO#1 is beautiful! I bet the surprise jacket joins it shortly...I still haven't got around to trying that pattern- I really think I have to!
January 3, 2014 at 7:10 PM
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