Putzlesnutz!

I know, I know...dead or alive, yatta yatta yatta. (where would we be without the Seinfeld references?) Yesterday, in case you happened to tune in for one minute, there was a time when my freaking shopping cart stuff was not operating properly and I blogged about it. Thank goodness those of you who REALLY wanted yarn were tenacious enough to either keep hitting CONFIRM ORDER or just plain emailed me to figure out what the BLEEP was going on. I'm telling you, it was the fault of Frick and Frack Putzlesnutz, the lovely Hungarian webhosts up in Canada. They decided to upgrade some software or program for my shopping cart right in the middle of the day. Yeah, sweet, I know. It took me whining and sending atomic messages and just all out pestering them to have them understand that NO, they had NOT fixed it. Guh! Twenty four hours later, they were still futzing. Finally one of them decided to try to place an order on my site and Ohhhhhhhhhhhh. Duh.

So, here is what has been going on lately at Chez S...Lime & Violet shenanigans are keeping me bizzy and I am still trying to figure out how in the WORLD I am going to have enough to bring to Stitches East. We bring in more troops, that's all. Friday and Monday saw Tink's best friend, Denise here helping with tagging and inventory. What a blessing it all is, cuz this old broad was getting a little bit over-tired. Troops help, big time. One great thing is that while chatting with Doll Maker extraordinaire, <a href=">Mari Morris  the other day, I got the message loud and clear that there was a better way for me to get my stock across country, without breaking the bank. Amtrak. This will also give me another week, instead of the super early and ridiculous deadline for the stock to get to Maryland, if we went through their decorator with a trucking company. Phooey, Louie. So, The Husband was a man with a mission and hooked us up, getting the info and we will be able to have more time, which means a LOT at this point. Thank you, Mari.

I might as well tell you that very soon I will be adding three new yarns to the site and will eliminate some old timers that are not serving me as well anymore (why oh why do mills turn out crap after so many years?). I have been dyeing Blue Faced Leicester yarn for some time now and enjoying the heck out of it. The first garment created with it is gorgeous. People who have bought El Dorado, which is a kid/silk sport weight yarn, have been bugging me to get it up on the site and so when I get a minute the photography will commence and poor Holly will have her hands full. Third is a rolly polly little bat faced girl, nah...it's just lovely Big Wool, a heavy worsted that takes color like Jack the Bear and is a felter's dream. Teasing, I know...too bad, it's fun. :o)

Last but not least...I have been stealing a few minutes out on the front porch, resting my back and listening to Hummy Wars. The thing riveting me to my seat is the latest book by my talented friend Vicki Stiefel called The Grief Shop. This is the third in the series of books with a ballsy female homocide grief counselor who uses common sense and intuition to get to the heart of the mystery. I am just loving it and highly recommend it to anyone who loves shows like House or CSI or Law & Order. This book is very hard to put down...darn it. Hey, she even has knitting references in there! Great read, Vicki.

Comments

[AlisonH]

I didn't know when Stitches East was, so I was wondering if you were on the road already, it's been so quiet. Glad your site's back! As for El Dorado--I've got a scarf in it in Mardi Gras right there looking at me as I type this. Love it.

[violet]

Make sure to let us know which ones you're discontinuing! I may just have to pick them up before they go away completely. :)

(And there's an email here half-done for you, too -- I'm playing Catch Up From Houseguests And Not Sleepingness this week. :>)

[Eva]

Oh what is it that you are going to discontinue???
Hmmm... I love those kind of shows and so I clicked on the link and some weirdo HTML mumbo jumbo site came up...

Cheers Eva

[CarolineF]

Glad you found a way to get here efficiently! I would never have thought of Amtrak but it makes total sense. If you need to send anything here last-minute I can hold it for you.

[Lisa S]

I am going to quit dyeing most of the cotton yarns because they are a ROYAL PITA and once the Merino Sport is gone (non-Superwash) it is going to go Bye-Bye. It is GREAT for felting but that is about it. Now, if felters start yammering and get me to keep it, then it will stay. No need to pass out, thinking that I am going to eliminate Lace or Fingering or any of the other wonderful basics. If YOU think that something is a fabulous yarn then it is likely that *I* will think that it is worth keeping. I am going to quit carrying the undyed Henry's Attic yarns as well.

It is very interesting to find notes here that did not get into my email inbox. Hmmm....the Putzlesnutz Guys are at it again. Why can't they quit farting around up there???

Thank you for the offer, Caroline. I may take you up on it. You are a peach.

[Michelle]

Lisa...did no on tell you...this week is Canadian offical Farting Around week...the company building my house is doing a bang up job of Farting Around!

Actually I think they invented Farting Around!

[Lisa S]

Hey Eva, thanks for the head's up about the link. I have a note in to the webmaster. There is a letter missing in the link addie that I copied and so you can't go there until the code gets one little tweak. I DO want to remind people that "TInk" is really Brenda Patipa and that she has some mighty cute designs up on the site (more coming, folks). She is more than the woman that helps to keep me organized, after all...those of you coming to Stitches West will have plenty of time to gab with her in the booth. It is going to be a lot of fun.

Michelle...National Farting Around Week. Fabulous. Is there beer involved? :o) Of course MY Canadians forgot to turn on my email this morning after 1 AM and so there was more of the berating of the Putzlesnutz Brothers. Fun for the whole family.

[Vicki S]

Thanks, Sweets, for noting my new book, The Grief Shop, on your blog. I am soooo thrilled you like it. Makes my day.

The Amtrak suggestion is simply brilliant! How come we don't think of trains much? I know, I don't, yet they're quite amazing and quite sane compared to other modes of transportation.

So excited about Fat Bunny, not to mention your newest yarns. I'm pumped, pumped, pumped!

[Kristine]

I'm glad your site is up and working again, and extremely excited about the possiblity of new yarns! (happy dancing in VT). About two months ago, you and I emailed back and forth about the best yarn for worsted socks, and I ended up picking the Joseph's Coat colorway -- just thought you might want to see what the yarn turned into when it grew up!