Blue Sparkle Sweater was finished….

Duh!

I thought I had posted about the sweater and other scarves.  Losing my touch!

This is the back with a tab.

This is the front.

This is my eight year old sweet granddaughter.  I think even after adjusting the neck line it is still too big.  She wanted the sleeves shorter so I let her have her way.  The Mariner's hat is blue sparkly too!  

Sweater for my Granddaughter

My granddaughter is 10  years old although she looks about 13 or 14.  I am making her a sweater called Harbor Lights.  Ran out of yarn so bought two more skeins.  Need to finish four more rows on one sleeve and then another round on the body and put on buttons.  I only had the two shown, so bought enough in a similar button to the bottom one she liked.

The pattern is on Ravelry http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/harbor-lights and is a pattern from Annie's Attic.  Designed by Lena Skvagerson.  Guess it was an instant hit as it took me a long while to find the yarn!!  Back in stock now thank goodness.

I think the sweater doesn't lie quite right, but looked good on her.  I did not make the back bottom the same as the pattern.  I used shorter stitches to give it a straighter look.  Did not care for the long long tail in back that comes below the butt.  She did not like the three different colors for the sweater - I really did though!  

Will be happy to go on to something else.  Making scarves for Christmas and will also make potholders and Christmas decorations for family.

At some point I want to make a sweater for me.

TARGET on line subscription

THIS IS A COMPLAINT BLOG TODAY!

Have you had any dealings with Target on line?  I never had until recently.  I saw they had my favorite coffee so signed up for a subscription where they deliver it every month at a discounted price.

Guess what!  They didn't have what I ordered. They shipped a different kind. So I called and complained and told them to cancel the subscription and the account. I would be nice and keep the coffee but didn't want any more.

Then wrote them a message.

Then went on line to cancel.  Did you know they won't let you cancel on line?  BEWARE!!!   It is like they have you in handcuffs once you open an account and subscribe to an ongoing delivery.

So - I went on line to chat (again) and called the customer service (again).  Oh, it's cancelled for sure!

 NOPE.

Received an email to confirm the upcoming shipment of the next subscription. Called again, and again I spoke to a supervisor who said not to worry, it was all cancelled and to ignore that silly little email I received saying that my upcoming order would be shipped.

NOPE.  

I now receive another email saying that it HAS shipped.  So I go on line and talk with the Chat people - again.  This is the third time.

She tells me she can't do anything (after 20 minutes) and to call the customer service line (same one I spoke to before - that was Tom, the supervisor).  Today I spoke with Daniel, the supervisor.  He could not help me.

He passed me on to Jaime, the BIG supervisor (who sounded like he was 15).  Jaime says that he will make sure (Ahem! ever hear that before Cat???) that the account is cancelled, that the subscription is cancelled and that I won't be bothered again.  Of course, that is the something I had expected, but now don't.

We shall see.

In either case I am going to dispute the charge and refuse the shipment.

UPDATE

It took another two rounds of talks to finally get to a nice and intelligent woman who was able to cancel my subscription. Wrote to CEO to explain my frustration. An  "associate" called me to apologize and say to please come back to Target.  She said she would send me a $25 gift certificate to make me happy, and would email it.

Guess what.

She didn't.  So my bottom line still stands.

BOTTOM LINE 

DO NOT BUY ANYTHING ON SUBSCRIPTION ON TARGET'S SITE!