Wow - that adds up so quickly! Do you think USPS, UPS or FedEx would give you a discount if you shipped all of your charity items through them? You would definitely qualify as a frequent customer.
I sent a package to my cousin in Iraq and the guys at UPS packed it up for me for free and gave me a good deal on the shipping.
That’s a good idea! I’ll go to the UPS office nearby, and show them what I have spent in the past two months. Maybe they can “make me an offer I can’t refuse”. :teehee:
I wonder how much I’ve spent on ALL the Oddball projects so far? I’ll try to get all my receipts together, and hopefully have a report soon.
But, I’ll probably have to wait until after Easter to do it. I’m so busy right now with church music.
I think it would be cool if we could get an account somewhere that all the Oddball Knitters could use. But, that’s probably just a dream, since we’re all over the place.
I never thought about that! That’s a great idea! UPS is a national company so they might be able to do something for us since we’re all over the country. National corporations have agreements with shipping companies so why can’t we?
My only complaint with UPS is that sometimes they are more expensive than USPS. If they could give us a discount they might be able to win our business. We could warn them to “never underestimate the power of charity knitters” !
No need. I called my local UPS store and they said that we’d have to set up an account the the main office and bill everything to one credit card. Since that wouldn’t work for us I checked out their charity section on the website. They are no longer accepting unsolicited requests for their charitible giving programs. Darn it!
Maybe the local store managers will give us discounts if we knit them something as a bribe . . . .
:teehee: :knitting:
Maybe we could help spread out the shipping costs to the rest of us if the last person of each blanket started a new blanket when they finished up. That way you’re not starting a new one each time.
Plus, I’m going to stick with baby blankets, shawls, and 12 inch squares for the “Many Colors” afghans from now on, which will make the shipping lower for everyone.
The large blankets are just too expensive to mail when they get bigger.
Plus, if something happens to one of our large blankets, it’s just HEARTBREAKING! :pout: (Like our missing blanket #3) :verysad:
I like the idea of sticking to baby blankets. There are loads and loads of places for distribution to babies around the country. Our baby blankets seem to be the type of project that works up so quickly. And with fewer knitters per blanket, the blanket is less likely to get lost in transit. I would be happy to start any new blankets you desire. In the meantime, I will be on the lookout for more round needles in size 5, 6, or 7 tomorrow afternoon when I hit the local A.C. Moore.
Today, I went to Michaels and bought a few more things for the Oddball projects.
Caron Simply Soft was on sale, so I bought 3 skeins for our current blankets. Knitting needles were on sale too, and I found one size 6 circular! :woohoo:
I also grabbed 4 new journals to use for the blankets. Neat!
The yarn was $2.50 a skein. The needles were $3.74, and the journals were $1 each. I spent $15.24.
I think we are almost at the point where we will have enough knitting needles very soon. I received 2 in the mail today from pinnut3200. Thank you!!
And I just remembered that I recently won two auctions on eBay for more needles. I paid $12.00 for those auctions, so now my Oddball Fund is empty. Thank you all SO much for your help with needles and point protectors and journals and yarn and postage!!! :woohoo:
Today, I came home from teaching piano lessons, and saw that I have received more donations in my paypal account, to be used for our Oddball projects.
:cheering:
Thank you so much!!! I now have $40 available to use for postage!
We really needed it too. I’m sending 3 packages tomorrow, and will be sending 8 more in the next week.
I really think the USPS hates me. I tried to ship a package to day, and they couldn’t take debit or credit cards. But, they waited till you got to the window to tell you! 15 out of 25 in line left.
I went to usps, and sent it out. I was so frustrated I wanted to scream.
But, it’s on it’s way. I sent 3 needles that can be used to further the wonder of the oddball baby blankets!
Thank you!!
