hullo - sorry i haven't been as talkative this week. work has been busy.

SNB last night - lots of fun and lots of drama!! from a drunk next door trying to beat up a manager at the cafe we were at, to a new waitress who always returned a minimum of 3 times to ask what you ordered (even AFTER she wrote it down - it was her first day, but still!!!) sigh. i swear she didn't give me decaf because i was up all night.

i knit more on my boogie sweater. i need to get some more photos up either tonight or over the weekend to show you my progress. i am 10" into the back. i also need to post photos of the poncho - i'm about 2 inches into that.

i'm am setting up the route for the yarn crawl and i am very excited! so far - 13 people are definately coming, and about 8 maybes! we'll be swarming in the tiny shops! but it will be fun!

tonight i have to work on some jewelry since tomorrow i am doing a demonstration at AC Moore. this is not my class - it's a demo day. i sit there for four hours making jewelry. well at least i get paid for it! the ones i need to work on tonight are samples for display on the floor. this SHOULD be a simple task, but no. There are nine groups of projects (each having 2-5 pieces) distributed by corporate, and i have to make them exactly like that.

still sounds simple doesn't it?

it's not. i started looking for the various beads to make the pieces. the list of materials is where it all goes to hell. either it says "blue beads" (which really helps in an aisle full of beads!) or it lists something that either isn't in stock yet (another 2 weeks) or has never been and will never be (as far as i know) in stock.

yikes. the advice i was given? make substitutions. so now i need to figure out from a small blurry color photo which beads i need to find substitutes for.

i spent almost two and half hours shopping, and i only had 4 of the nine project groups supplies picked out. (one group, and part of another, cannot be made because there are KEY pieces missing and no substitution would work.)

i was supposed to have them done by now, so i need to make the ones i hve supplies for tonight, and take them in tomorrow. the best part is that i am supposed to explain to someone at ANOTHER store location how to make them because they couldn't understand the instructions either. yeah right. i tried calling but she's never there.

i tell you - after the 2.5 hours of hell, i was ready to walk away from AC Moore for life. but i'll stick it out thru tomorrow and my class in May. and i will not do any floor samples in the future no matter what they pay me.

but - if you want to stop in and say hi, i'll be in the parsippany AC Moore on Route 46 from 11-3 showing off.

and i'll probably be hitting the bar around 3:15 to recover.

Comments

[Karen]

I can't wait for the yarn crawl!!

[Sharon]

Who says knitting isn't exciting?
Your yarn crawl will be wonderful. Wish I could join. I'll be in NYC on May 22 though, planning to visit Knit New York, and several bloggers will join in. Want to come? I'd love to meet you.