4.30.2011

The Downside of Knitting




Don't you just hate this? 
When you have to spend your precious knitting time untangling yarn? 
Oh Madelinetosh Pashmina.. you are so beautiful.. yet so tangly...



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29 comments:

  1. chemicalikaApril 30, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    Oh no - thats not fun!

    I'm also experiencing a downside - an hour and a half spent pinning and repinning a shawl out and one of the pins broke off in my finger :(

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  2. penelope10April 30, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    It is a waste! looks like spagetti.

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  3. penelope10April 30, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    It is a waste! looks like spagetti.

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  4. tempo.dkApril 30, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    Yeah, I know the feeling - frustrating.

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  5. AnaApril 30, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    Whoa there! I wish I had some MP to untangle! It's only a dream....

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  6. MaryseApril 30, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    This is quite an exercise for patience, yes, it happens sometimes. But you'll forget about it fast when you re-start knitting it!

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  7. ctexasApril 30, 2011 at 3:13 PM

    looks like my puppy got it. I have been experience this for a bit.

    We are learning mine and not yours hope this works soon.

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  8. Caryl KApril 30, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    I had a skein of Handmaiden Lace Silk - 900m worth of laceweight - that was fine until the last 100m or so, then I had to spend two hours untangling it while somehow trying to keep my cat from giving in to temptation... I truly feel your pain.

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  9. Victoria WilliamsApril 30, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    Ha ha! Yes, I do. I was planning on dying some yarn and went to untie it when it all fell on the floor. I think I spent three days worth of spare time untangling that mess.

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  10. KnittyBarbApril 30, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    Been there...done that...probably will go there again...

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  11. Ertman-Trowbridge FamilyApril 30, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    And it gets worse: when untangling and the cats come to help you out!

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  12. MeganApril 30, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    I have a skein of Wollmeise lace garn I need to get after soon, and I'm scared to death!

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  13. Kristen RettigApril 30, 2011 at 9:48 PM

    Arggh. Sometimes they can be so unruly, yet we still persevere and love them anyway. Like children.

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  14. AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 1:59 AM

    Terrible !

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  15. SuzanneMay 1, 2011 at 4:48 AM

    It happens to everyone and somehow that's only a wee bit of consolation.

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  16. MoniqueMay 1, 2011 at 8:26 AM

    I had this same downside yesterday.

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  17. JturnrichMay 1, 2011 at 8:36 AM

    Strange as it seems, I sometimes enjoy working out the tangles. It can almost be soothing...or at least I tell myself that it is! ;) Maybe it makes me feel like I'm doing some "cleaning up" and not avoiding housework with my knitting.

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  18. AlyssaMay 1, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    It always happens with the pretty ones! You have to watch them! I'm lucky that my knitting group has lots of people that like to untangle knots and messes. Ball winder messes are the worst, too!

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  19. UnknownMay 1, 2011 at 7:58 PM

    Oh, that's frustrating! What are you knitting?? :>

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  20. AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    Pardon me, but there is no downside to knitting... Unless it is darning. :)

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  21. KelMay 2, 2011 at 5:12 AM

    oh! man, I know the feeling! I hate when yarn tangles grrr!

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  22. UnknownMay 2, 2011 at 6:58 AM

    yes definitely frustrating! ashleymccauley on ravelry

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  23. stephaniesewsagainMay 2, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    Oh that's so sad. Pashmina is such a divine yarn.

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  24. Cassandra and AlexMay 2, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    That color is delicious!

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  25. RachaelMay 3, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    I find that super-pricey yarns tend to be more tangly than the cheap-o ones! What a pain!

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  26. kaetrnMay 3, 2011 at 3:48 PM

    Not fun at all! But it is a beautiful yarn...I'm knitting with a madelinetosh yarn right now too...your buttery yellow is so lovely!

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  27. EmilyMay 3, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    I was given madelinetosh prairie to knit the homin shawl for a friend, and am experiencing the exact same thing. It has taken me a week on and off, and it still isnt't done! Grrr!

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  28. TobyMay 3, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    Ugh~ I just untangled 400 yards of Purple Label Cashmere Tanis in Shadow. I did manage to rescue all of it but oh my the frustration and F-bombs... *sigh*

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  29. ImoenMay 5, 2011 at 3:08 AM

    yeah, I love this too!
    there's so much I could do instead of untangling my yarns...

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