Monday, February 18, 2008

Somehow I felt that Saturday would be the delivery day for the box of Jamieson and Smith 2 ply jumper weight yarn in the discontinued colors. However we had to go out before the mailman came. Of course, when we got home, there was the postal slip saying to come to the post office on Tuesday to pick it up since we weren’t home to sign for the box. Monday is an American federal government holiday so the postal workers were not delivering and I was really anxious for the box. I called the number on the slip and a clerk did answer as they were still working behind the closed counter windows. She took pity on me and called the carrier on his cell phone to see where he was on his route. I ended up driving about five miles to meet up with him but I got the box!!!



Forced myself to wait to open it until I’d gotten the notes out on who had ordered which colors and how many. A couple of us had ordered together to hold down the shipping costs.

Ripped open the box with assistance from Miss Boots, The Cat, and there was the PILE of beautifully packaged colors. Thanks go out to S. Johnson, the shipping room clerk, for a great job on packaging and carefully checking the yarn against the invoice.




I had a great time sitting out in my sunroom spreading out the colors and sorting them into piles. Every color we ordered was available and all the counts and colors were correct. Last photo shows the split up orders all ready to go to the happy knitters. The biggest box is mine

3 comments:

Laritza said...

That is a load of yarn!

junie said...

I just got home and checked the email and saw your post. I rushed right over to see all the discontinued colors. Golly, I am now jealous. I should have bought some yarn darn it. I was being strong. Sticking to my pledge...what a mistake that was!

Congrats on the haul girls. What fun playing in all that yarn!!!

ooxx
junie

mehitabel said...

Gorgeous haul...you are going to have so much fun with that, i see lots of nice FIs in your future!