A Little Yarn On The Side

The only thing worse than having a math problem that you can't find on a sweater is FINDING the math problem on the sweater..........

So, it turns out I wasn't just being a lazy slob who didn't keep the sewing room clean.  Subconsciously I must have understood that there is a point where the sewing room is so clean that I don't want to sew because I might make a mess.   Well, there will be no more of THAT sort of behavior in my future!

The sewing room is actually clean.   Like really clean--you can actually see the tables because things are put away and everything.  Combining spring cleaning with friends coming to visit was more motivating than I had dared hope.  Of course, all that cleaning did interfere with crafting time, but there has been some crafting since the last post.  There was some quilting until I had "help,"  and I have finished another Crest of the Waves scarf, which is the last of the mohair blend in my stash-dash basket.  Andy's sweater is still waiting for me to redo the collar, and I now have a 30-inch zipper, which is the largest size I can get without getting creative, so I hope it works.  There's a new chemo cap in progress, with what I think is one of the last 4 skeins of the chemo cap yarn.  I made a change in the stash-dash basket, replacing the two skeins of pink baby cashmere left over from Fleur with two similar skeins left over from a baby swe...

Our regular knitting blog broadcast has been interrupted by housecleaning.  This mad obsession by the blog owner will certainly pass quickly and probably won't recur for at least a year or more.  Please stand by for our host to regain her sanity.

So, I thought I would run a few errands around town, then drive Jeeves down to the repair guy 142 miles away.  I had even stopped to pick up an audio book to listen to during the 3+ hour round trip drive, and had even driven about 30 miles when I decided to stop for coffee.  About this time, the starter on my car also decided to stop, but not so much for coffee.  Luckily, this was at a truck stop, and after two attempts to jump start the car which ruled out a dead battery, two very nice men were able to give me enough of a push so I could start the car that way (thank heavens my car is a manual transmission, or my car and I would still  be at the truck stop, but I would have probably have moved on from coffee to hard liquor or whatever one can get at truck stops).  Knowing that I would never get my car restarted unless I made a point of always parking on steep hills (which Twin Falls is spectacularly devoid of), I called my mechanic and said I was on my way back...

I'd like to say that I got lots of things done on Finishing Friday, but I was too angry with Holland's Sew Shoppe to really focus on anything.  I'll be taking Jeeves to the other dealer this afternoon, and when HE finds the problem, I'll be reporting that to the BBB.  I don't know what--if anything--the Better Business Bureau will really do to them.  I've always sort of believed in the back of my mind that they are the champions of the consumer, but I've also known that one of the most unethical businesses I have ever encountered (and I can say this because I worked for them for a few months) has been a member for years and has an excellent rating.  So, I guess we'll find out.  BUT, no one I know will ever  do business with that company again, and that's a fair number of people. I thought it best to avoid sewing in any form, so I dug out my Stash Dash basket, and have now (as of last night) finally finished that monster 880-yard skein on the shawl...

I received a response from Hollands through the Better Business Bureau, and they are claiming 1. There's nothing wrong with my machine 2.  The designs I used for example are NOT Husqvarna designs , and since I specifically said they were, they're obviously then implying I lied about it. and 3. THAT I'M STABILIZING IT WRONG.  Yep, after I used the exact same piece of embroidery that they used as their stupid example. It's official.  I really hate them.  Can you believe this?  Oh, and remember when Jeeves came back from the first repair with more problems than when he went in AND without the back cover?  Holland's is claiming that they didn't charge me for that repair "as a courtesy."  Well, thank you for not charging me to break my machine.  That's big of you. I have asked them to transfer the warranties to the dealer 142 miles away, refund the $60 "repair fee" and have sent pictures to the BBB.  I never want to see these bastards ...