XRX Attorney Sends Instructions to Stitches Claimants

I’ve been trying to keep you posted when I hear more about XRX, Inc., the company that ran Stitches events, ceasing to exist. To recap: the day after a virtual event, and not long before an in-person event was set to take place, the company added a notice to the Stitches events page saying the company would cease to exist and no longer hold events.

It implied that the company would be filing for bankruptcy, though the letter sent to claimants from the company’s attorney merely says the company “will be dissolved,” which is not necessarily the same thing and doesn’t offer the same protections to people and companies owed money than filing for bankruptcy does.

Some individuals who signed up for events that are not longer happening have reported successfully getting chargebacks from their credit card companies (more on that and some other updates here).

The Screwed by Stitches Facebook group has been made private, but if you join you can find a few people who have shared the letter, dated June 9 and sent by attorney Clair R. Gerry of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

In a nutshell, though, the letter says potential creditors have a right to file a claim for any amount they may be owed by the company. In order to do so, they need to submit a claim in writing along with supporting evidence of the amount due.

Such evidence could be “any contract, invoice, billing, statement or other documentation” supporting the claim. Claims must be mailed to the attorney within 120 days of June 9. If statements are not filed on time or to the address indicated in the letter they will be considered void.

The letter notes that if claims that are rejected, claimants will have to “commence legal action” to appeal (which sounds too expensive for most people to want to deal with). It also says they anticipate there will not be sufficient funds to pay all claims, in which case claims will be paid on a pro-rata basis (meaning only a fraction will be paid) and if a person’s pro-rata is less than $10 they will not be paid.

I don’t know if the company will have to file for bankruptcy once the claim period is over, or if it can just dissolve and pay a percentage of claims without officially filing. I’ll keep an eye on it and let you know when there are more updates!

Next Pattern:

Using your yarn stash is important to me throughout the year, but as I start to feel the end of the year coming on I get more excited about using things I already have in the house. Maybe that’s because I don’t want to go to a store in the thick of holiday shopping times, or I like the idea of having a little space in my stash when the new year rolls around.

It’s super satisfying to use up all the little odd balls you’ve made over the year (or years), and I have several stash busting blankets I work on when it’s cold and will maybe finish someday.

If you’d like to start a stash busting project that’s perfect for using up odd balls, check out the Soukish pattern from Neisha Abdulla. This pattern is made for fingering weight/sock yarn, and it’s worked in a tube with allover color work.

This is great for a couple of reasons. You don’t really have to weave in your ends when you can hide them in a tube (this is one time you might even get by just tying a knot when you change colors!) and you can change colors whenever you run out of yarn and it will look good.

Of course the pattern is made with blocks where the designer changed colors, but you can change yours more or less often as you need to make it work for your stash. You can use blank charts to design your own color combinations, or even your own stitch patterns if you like. You can also adjust the length of the scarf as needed or turn it into a cowl based on the amount of yarn you have.

This project looks like a lot of fun and would be a great thing to have on hand to stitch up and then to wear during the cold, gloomy months.

You can get a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Neisha Abdulla]

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