Next and final parcel will be posted out the 18th December.
Please send any address changes to aliceATsocktopus.co.uk
Dear all - apologies again. This year just seems not to be going that well. The next fibre club will be delayed. Again. I know, I am so sorry. It is going out the first few days of November as I have had to extend my stay in the US until Wednesday to attend my cousin’s funeral. I am back on Thursday and will post out the parcels on Tuesday next week.
I’m loving the 3 ply that Lazulus spun up from the Merino. Just gorgeous.
Time seems to be flying by, and the next parcel is due again soon. Please email me any address changes. The next one will be posted the last week of October.
I’m hoping that we’ve got a safe window for the parcels - the only mail centre striking today in London is East London, and I know our parcels go to the Battersea depot. We’ve got a clear window until the 29th and 30th when London strikes again. For other UK delivery addresses, as far as I can tell Edinburgh addresses will have delays as they are striking today and Friday. Bristol is striking on Monday, and below are the delivery offices that are striking next week.
Monday 28th September
Coventry
Coventry DO
Leamington Spa DO
00:01 on Monday 28th September 2009 until 00:01 on Tuesday 29th September 2009.
Various other DOs
Burslem DO :
04:00 on Monday 28th September 2009 until 04:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009.
Huntingdon DO :
23:00 on Monday 28th September 2009 until 23:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009.
Peterborough DO
21:00 on Monday 28th September until 21:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009.
South East London
New Cross Gate
03:00 on Monday 28th September 2009 until the completion of their duties on Monday 28th September 2009
Kings Lynn DO
from 21:00 on Monday 28th September 2009 until 21:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009.
Nottingham and District
Nottingham NG3 Deliveries
04:00 on Monday 28th September 2009 until 04:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009
Eastwood DO
04:00 on Monday 28th September 2009 until 04:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009.
Grantham DO
04:00 on Monday 28th September 2009 until 04:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009.
Plymouth and East Cornwall
Looe
Monday 28th September 2009 until 23:59 on the same day
Plymouth Mail Centres Deliveries
00:01 on Monday 28th September 2009 until 23:59 on the same day.
Plymouth North West DO
00:01 on Monday 28th September 2009 until 23:59 on the same day.
Plymouth West Park DO
Monday 28th September 2009 until 23:59 on the same day
St Austell DO
00:01 on Monday 28th September 2009 until 23:59 on the same day.
Tuesday 29th September
Kent Invicta
Sheerness
Medway Valley
Faversham
Chatham
Maidstone
00:01 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 23:59 on the same day.
Scotland No 2
Ayr
Irvine
Johnstone
Kilmarnock
Kilwinning
03:45 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 03:45 on Wednesday 30th September 2009
Eastern No 4
Cambridge
00:01 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 23:59 on the same day.
Ely DO
04:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 20:00 on the same day.
Haddenham
Isleham
Soham SPDO
06:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 16:00 on the same day
London Div
West London DOs
Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 03:00 on Wednesday 30th September 2009.
SW London DOs
03:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 03:00 on Wednesday 30th September 2009
SE London DOs
03:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 03:00 on Wednesday 30th September 2009
North West London DOs
03:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 03:00 on Wednesday 30th September 2009
North London
03:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 03:00 on Wednesday 30th September 2009
Night DOs
from 23:00 on Monday 28th September 2009 until the completion of their duties on Tuesday 29th September 2009 for all duties commencing after 22:30 on Monday 28th September 2009 but before 02:59 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 .
Similarly Industrial Action consisting of Strike Action will be taken from 03:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 03:00 on Wednesday 30th September 2009 for all duties commencing after 03:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009.
Mail Centre DOs
Tuesday 29th September 2009 for all duties commencing before 18.00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009. Similarly all duties commencing after 18.00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 will take industrial action consisting of strike action commencing from the beginning of their duties on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until the end of their duties on Wednesday 30th September 2009.
East London DOs
03:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 03:00 on Wednesday 30th September 2009
Collection Hubs
03:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 03:00 on Wednesday 30th September 2009
South East London
New Cross Gate
Tuesday 29th September 2009 until the completion of their duties on Tuesday 29th September 2009
Middlesbrough DO
from 03:00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 03:00 on Wednesday 30th September 2009.
Boston DO
03:30 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 03:30 on Wednesday 30th September 2009.
Portsmouth and District
Bognor Regis
Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 23:59 on the same day.
Newport Isle of Wight
Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 23:59 on the same day
Portsmouth
00:01 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 23:59 on the same day.
Skegness DO
04.00 on Tuesday 29th September 2009 until 04.00 on Wednesday 30th September 2009
Wednesday 30th September
South East London
New Cross Gate :
03:00 on Wednesday 30th September 2009 until the completion of their duties
Night Dos
SLMC SW1
03:30 on Wednesday 30th September 2009 until 03:30 on Thursday 1st October 2009 for all duties commencing after 03:00 but before 22.00 on Wednesday 30th September 2009
SW London DOs
Chelsea DO
from 03:30 on Wednesday 30th September 2009 until 03:30 on Thursday 1st October 2009.
Apologies everyone - we are dealing with more royal mail strikes this week. Our collection hub and mail centre are out Tues/Wed this week.
I decided to hold back your parcels rather than have them join a backlog when the service resumes (from what I understand, after a strike the backlog is not dealt with first, regular service resumes for postings made during service hours, while the backlog is dealt with bit by bit).
From the CWU site, it looks like both collection hub and mail centre in are back in service on Thursday so the parcels will go out then and join normal service. I’ll post again Thursday afternoon with a status report. Huge apologies for this. Thank you for bearing with me (and Royal Mail)!
I have the fibre! It’s now being written up by our Fibretect (who incidentally has just passed her pilates exams - round of applause please!).
We will have everything ready to be post out on the Tuesday the 22 September - I am hoping for the 21st but that will depend on whether the printer can rush it through and post it to us on Friday. I have a new printer and he is good, so this is possible. But to be safe, I’m keeping with the Tuesday just in case. This will include your fibre, and a double digest Issue 3 and 4.
As for the fibre - how about a guessing game? Can you guess the fibre and/or the colour(s)?
Just wanted to let you know, and to reassure you, not to be alarmed by the changes happening at Socktopus. Socktopus as you know it is closing so that I can join forces with Stash Yarns in Putney. SOFA will continue unaffected, apart from the postal return address changing. My contact details remain the same, and your last three parcels will go out as planned.
Speaking of which:
1) Please can you let me have any address changes?
2) The parcel will be sent out around the 15 of September. I will confirm shortly!
Timing for this parcel has been slightly complicated as we have a guest Fibretect. Unfortunately the first fibre parcel for the guest Fibretect to review went awol. The second one arrived but only a few days ago so our guest Fibretect has valiantly agreed to review the fibre despite the fact that he is travelling at the moment.
For this parcel only, I will be sending the fibre out on its own. The 3rd issue of the Digest will be made available online (on a page to this blog) so that you will be able to access it. The fibre will arrive with me by the end of the week and will be parceled up over the weekend and posted out on Monday the 20th.
ETA: The fibre is landing with me on Tuesday the 21th July, and will also be posted out to you on the same day.
I am so sorry for the delay. A close friend has been ill and recently passed away. I’ve fallen off my horse, so to speak and things got away from me. I’m back in the saddle again, and getting things sorted for your fibre parcel which I hope to be able to send out in a week or so. I’ll update shortly on status. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Please also send any changes in address to me at Alice @ socktopus . co . uk with SOFA ADDRESS CHANGE in the subject heading.
