I finished the 3rd granddaughter's socks Thursday & started on the gusset for the 4th granddaughter's socks. I also put the 2nd heel into my son's gf's socks. This is her 1st knitting project and maybe this weekend it will work out to be able to get her socks up above the ankle and then teach her to purl so that she can put some ribbing on the socks. I think she is just planning for them to be about ankle height, so she is nearly finished if that is correct.
About 2 weeks ago my oven died, so yesterday part of my day was spent in shopping for another stove. I got this stove. Then I waited to get my son to pick it up for me in his truck, but he had a very low tire on his truck, so we waited about 3 hours for Wal-mart to get that fixed.. Delivery just doesn't work for me with both of us working days, etc. There is no one that I can have wait here to let them in nd I can't usually take time off from work. I might be able to after the 1st of the year by taking the 1 vacation day I will probably have, but I don't want to wait that long. I need another oven for Christmas baking. I still have my old stove hooked up to the gas in the kitchen, so just had my son & his friend leave the new one in the box at the top of the stairs, then after they had left, I took down the dog gate & scooted it across the floor to the kitchen, got a Stanley knife & opened the box, then found a good sized dent/scratch in the upper top right hand side. It is where with a little bit of paint, with it butted up against the end of the counter, then I won't hardly be visible. So I have contacted Sears about getting a partial refund. They told me last night that they would give me 5% back, but then when I looked online, I saw that the same stove had an online discount of 5% for yesterday. So I printed that out & think I just might see if I can get 10% because of that. That would be about $60 instead of $30. I know that it will only cost me about $2 to cover up the damage, but I still don't want to pay full price for a damaged stove. Will see what he says when I get there. There was absolutely no damage to the box, so this was done before it was boxed. And I have pictures of the box as well as the damage.
I set up a hair appointment on Friday and will finally get my hair cut again after 3 months since my disastrous haircut back in September. There are still sections that may not even be long enough yet, but it should for the most part be good. So 2 weeks from tomorrow! Just in time for Christmas!
I have gotten through my first semi-annual "big" inventory at work! I don't know that I helped a lot since there were only certain things I was allowed to do being new. But I helped count parts, checked serial numbers on parts, and helped the person over Advance Exchange as she read off serial numbers and I marked them on her lists. I personally didn't think it was as bad as they all seemed to think, but maybe that comes from either me doing the inventories for my other jobs over the years or because I wasn't given as much responsibility. I know today I was glad to be able to start putting tickets back in the system so that I wasn't just sitting there twiddling my thumbs.
I stopped at my LYS (Local Yarn Store) on my way to shop for the stove and thought I would check into some sock yarn to make me a shawl/capelet/poncho for wearing at work this winter. I was envisioning something that might have points front & back, but only hit at about elbow length on the sides so that it would be warm for my shoulders, while still not getting in the way while I am working. I didn't want to have to come up with my own pattern though, so I bought 2 skeins of Lang Jawoll Magic in color # 84.0079 - a black/green/turquoise colorway and then searched Ravelry for something that might work. I found this pattern and think I can just stop it at the right point by trying it on periodically as I work. Right now it probably shouldn't even be in the works, but it is! I don't know many knitters that can resist the temptation. Right now I have it on straight needles and I have some Chiaogoo needles on order for it to eventually be worked on. I still have at least 2 projects to work on for Christmas gifts, so will be putting it aside now that I have it started to do that, but I think this will be my gift to myself as soon as I get those done for being semi-patient. I do have a crochet project that I started for my niece that I will have to get back to as soon as I get done with Christmas stuff, but I just might finish this first so that I can have it. I usually am a bit cool at work already and am afraid it will get worse. I am thinking that with the wool, this will possibly be warmer than even my acrylic sweater that I have been wearing. And I am thinking I will put some buttons or something on it to hold it closed in the front without having to fiddle with adjusting it all the time. Will see. But I didn't want anything that I had to pull over my head at all.
Have fun & Happy Crafting until the next time!
About 2 weeks ago my oven died, so yesterday part of my day was spent in shopping for another stove. I got this stove. Then I waited to get my son to pick it up for me in his truck, but he had a very low tire on his truck, so we waited about 3 hours for Wal-mart to get that fixed.. Delivery just doesn't work for me with both of us working days, etc. There is no one that I can have wait here to let them in nd I can't usually take time off from work. I might be able to after the 1st of the year by taking the 1 vacation day I will probably have, but I don't want to wait that long. I need another oven for Christmas baking. I still have my old stove hooked up to the gas in the kitchen, so just had my son & his friend leave the new one in the box at the top of the stairs, then after they had left, I took down the dog gate & scooted it across the floor to the kitchen, got a Stanley knife & opened the box, then found a good sized dent/scratch in the upper top right hand side. It is where with a little bit of paint, with it butted up against the end of the counter, then I won't hardly be visible. So I have contacted Sears about getting a partial refund. They told me last night that they would give me 5% back, but then when I looked online, I saw that the same stove had an online discount of 5% for yesterday. So I printed that out & think I just might see if I can get 10% because of that. That would be about $60 instead of $30. I know that it will only cost me about $2 to cover up the damage, but I still don't want to pay full price for a damaged stove. Will see what he says when I get there. There was absolutely no damage to the box, so this was done before it was boxed. And I have pictures of the box as well as the damage.
I set up a hair appointment on Friday and will finally get my hair cut again after 3 months since my disastrous haircut back in September. There are still sections that may not even be long enough yet, but it should for the most part be good. So 2 weeks from tomorrow! Just in time for Christmas!
I have gotten through my first semi-annual "big" inventory at work! I don't know that I helped a lot since there were only certain things I was allowed to do being new. But I helped count parts, checked serial numbers on parts, and helped the person over Advance Exchange as she read off serial numbers and I marked them on her lists. I personally didn't think it was as bad as they all seemed to think, but maybe that comes from either me doing the inventories for my other jobs over the years or because I wasn't given as much responsibility. I know today I was glad to be able to start putting tickets back in the system so that I wasn't just sitting there twiddling my thumbs.
I stopped at my LYS (Local Yarn Store) on my way to shop for the stove and thought I would check into some sock yarn to make me a shawl/capelet/poncho for wearing at work this winter. I was envisioning something that might have points front & back, but only hit at about elbow length on the sides so that it would be warm for my shoulders, while still not getting in the way while I am working. I didn't want to have to come up with my own pattern though, so I bought 2 skeins of Lang Jawoll Magic in color # 84.0079 - a black/green/turquoise colorway and then searched Ravelry for something that might work. I found this pattern and think I can just stop it at the right point by trying it on periodically as I work. Right now it probably shouldn't even be in the works, but it is! I don't know many knitters that can resist the temptation. Right now I have it on straight needles and I have some Chiaogoo needles on order for it to eventually be worked on. I still have at least 2 projects to work on for Christmas gifts, so will be putting it aside now that I have it started to do that, but I think this will be my gift to myself as soon as I get those done for being semi-patient. I do have a crochet project that I started for my niece that I will have to get back to as soon as I get done with Christmas stuff, but I just might finish this first so that I can have it. I usually am a bit cool at work already and am afraid it will get worse. I am thinking that with the wool, this will possibly be warmer than even my acrylic sweater that I have been wearing. And I am thinking I will put some buttons or something on it to hold it closed in the front without having to fiddle with adjusting it all the time. Will see. But I didn't want anything that I had to pull over my head at all.Have fun & Happy Crafting until the next time!
Sounds like you are very busy. I'm finally knitting socks for myself. Good luck with the stove. Renate
ReplyDeleteThank you! I have decided to add 1 more gift to the list, so am trying to finish a hat before Tuesday afternoon. The stove is going good - I made my own platform to put it on to bring it up to countertop level night before last, so I am liking that!
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