No sweater racks?
January 25th, 2007 at 6:35 pm (Random babbling, Works in progress)
I bought my sweater drying racks at the evil Wal-Mart last summer, but when I went back to pick up a couple more yesterday they didn’t have any and not even a tag on the shelf for them. Great. Now I’ve got to track some down at another store. Haven’t gone to Target yet but maybe I’ll do that this weekend when I can leave the kids home with Chris. Arlo is in a screaming phase and it’s just too much to handle right now. I suppose I could look for one online and skip the trip to the store, not to mention the impulse purchases! Not to say that I’m immune to online impulse purchases, but it’s a little easier to abstain when there are shipping charges involved, for some reason. (Let’s not mention how many times I’ve increased my order to get the free shipping from KnitPicks!)
I did come home with a 1# cone of Peaches & Creme, though. It’s white, nothing terribly exciting, but good enough. I had an idea to make myself a bathmat out of it, รก la Mason-Dixon Knitting or One Skein, but one uses a heavier weight of the stuff and the other is crocheted with a double strand of yarn. I didn’t feel like winding off half the cone and finding a size J crochet hook, so I cast on for one of the dishcloths from the Monthly Dishcloth Knitalong Yahoo group. I’m about 2″ into it already, hooray for speedy, just-mindless-enough projects!
I left my sock in the car and haven’t felt like going out to get it, plus it’s just too much concentration right now. Hence the mostly-mindless knitting being a very good thing. Sleep hasn’t exactly been in high supply here this week. Lots of movies for the kids, too. We’re watching Shrek tonight for the first time, hopefully it’s as good as I keep hearing. If not, they’d be happy to watch Charlotte’s Web 923409810 times a day.
jess said,
January 25, 2007 at 7:01 pm
That is totally weird about the sweater racks! I have seen places like Target and Bed Bath + Beyond move them around the store periodically… but what a pain!
Hooray for dishcloths!
Renee said,
January 25, 2007 at 7:56 pm
I’m exactly the same way - if I have to pay for shipping, I really think twice about something. But I’ll dump all kinds of stuff I don’t really need into my cart at Target. AND the Knitpicks free shipping thing. I’m sure it’s expensive for them to pay for all that shipping, but if you consider all the crap I’ve bought to get the free shipping, it must at least even out in the end for them.
April said,
January 25, 2007 at 8:01 pm
I hate it when I have one specific thing to buy, and I to to a store that I have seen the item at, only to find they no longer carry it. I’ve done it more than once. And I hear you on the lack of sleep. Nick decided to be awake in the middle of the night. He was happy (even though I kept growling “go to sleep” at him), but he was awake. Hopefully tonight is a better sleeping night for everyone!
Chris said,
January 25, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Oh, Shrek is great!!! I hope you like it. The soundtrack is also fabulous.
I think I got my drying racks at one of those bed & bath places, if that helps.
scout said,
January 25, 2007 at 10:10 pm
I looked just the other day for some at Target and they didn’t have them either….
scout said,
January 25, 2007 at 10:14 pm
I just bought 4 of these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Garment-Sweater-Drying-Rack-Stackable_W0QQitemZ260079103670QQcmdZViewItem
Kristi aka Fiber Fool said,
January 26, 2007 at 1:18 pm
I got my sweater racks at Bed, Bath, and Beyond if that is of any help. Sorry to hear Arlo is in a screaming phase, that is never fun.
Julie McC. said,
January 26, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Screaming children are an excellent argument for online shopping. Consider the shipping charges as a trade-off for gas and frustration.
BethP said,
January 29, 2007 at 4:08 pm
oh you will love Shrek. Shrek 2 is even funnier, if you can imagine…. its an even bigger parody of the fairy tale characters.
and remarkedly, NOT DISNEY!
BethP said,
January 29, 2007 at 4:10 pm
i’m retarded and meant REMARKABLY. chalk it up to TV Brain Drain.