The following blog post contains foul language. Reader discretion is advised.
I am cursed. There is no other explanation for this situation. Fucking cursed.
I have finished several projects recently, and I am itching to cast on my entrelac socks. I have the yarn already- two skeins of Dream in Colour "Smooshy", one teal and one sort of coral-y, watermelony red. They are very large skeins, so I set myself up in front of the TV with my ball winder and swift, carefully placed the red skein on the swift, and began to wind.
Snag. Fuck.
I had made maybe three revolutions when the yarn stuck, a rogue piece of yarn looped around the (supposedly) free end. No big deal-
Wind the yarn off the ball winder.
Slip the end of the yarn through the offending loop.
Re-wind the yarn onto the ball winder.
Turn, turn, turn. Snag. FUCK!
Repeat a few more times, adjusting the yarn on the swift, turning the other direction, removing the whole skein and replacing it upside down.
Say fuck a few more times (this was surprisingly unhelpful).
Decide to take drastic measures, and start winding off by hand. I had a good sized ball going by the time things had worked themselves out, so I wound it back onto the ball winder. Turn, turn, turn.
I'm going along at a good clip, with only a few minor snags, but nothing that requires actually removing the ball again. Turn, turn, turn.
The yarn-winding gods will only let me be happy for so long, though. Turn, turn, whomp! Something hits me in the forehead, hard enough that it takes me a few moments to compose myself and figure out what the fuck that was about.
The tube dealie (yes, that's the official term, fuck off) on the centre of the winder had come loose, and the fucking thing flew right up and clocked me. To add insult to injury, this has also resulted in a fair bit more tangling. This isn't funny.
I spent the better part of 5 hours untangling this yarn (while watching TV, taking computer breaks, and of course eating and drinking) and I am still not done. I am not happy with this yarn, especially since this is one time I know that the tangling is not my fault.
Fuck once more, for good measure.
Update: I have now officially finished untangling the fucking yarn. I haven't forgiven it yet.
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5 comments:
Oh, man! That bites! I had a very similar experience with a skein of Lorna's Laces. That may be why I later sold it...
Oh I've had my tubie thingie fly off the winder too... though I can't say I've had so many problems with winding a hank of yarn before!
Dude, that sucks. Why can't skeins just be nice to unwind? And did you say "entrelac" -- does this mean you still have another to go? Best of luck, and may the knitting at least be fun!
Oh, I had a similar experience with koigu. It totally turned me off koigu no matter how much people rave about it.
Holy crap. what a complete and utter piss-off! I once spent 6 hours untangling a skein of yarn. Not an experience I would care to repeat. Did you have a nice bottle of wine at the end? Hope so!
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