Even More Yarn

It's been awhile since I last posted. It's been really busy around here the last week or so. Last Friday we got probably the biggest shipment of yarn we've ever received. I took a before picture of the receiving half of the warehouse.

The shipment arrived at 10 minutes to 3 last Friday afternoon (we close at 3 on Fridays). The yarn was packed in bales. There were 38 bales in total. Each bale weighed 90 kilos (198 pounds). This is what one of the bales looked like.

The warehouse crew started unpacking it Monday morning. This is a video of one of the bales being cut into. They have to be very careful not to cut too deeply or they'd hit a bag of yarn. You can see it expand as air gets into it.

It was almost all unpacked and on the shelves by early afternoon. Then the orders had to be pulled, invoiced and shipped. So we've been busy in the office too.

I bought a new digital camera last week so I've been having fun playing with it. It's amazing what you can do with it. As soon as I figured out how to take movies with it I was filming everything: my cat, Jennifer in the office. She doesn't like that very much. I won't post that one.

I'm turning the heel of my latest sock. I really like the way this Jawoll Aktion is striping. I think I might give this pair to Annie in the warehouse. She's working for us on a temporary basis. She's an excellent worker. Very intuitive.

Well that's all for now. I'm off to get a much needed hair cut. My friend Susan and I have ballet tickets for Sunday afternoon so I'll let you know how it was. We're seeing An Italian Straw Hat.

Have a good weekend and happy knitting.
Susan