Cool Story, Sis #1
Yesterday I decided to wind up a hank of this yummy yarn for my next pair of ankle socks:
:00 "Look how self-sufficient and frugal I'm being!"
:01 "Okay, winding the core was easy."
:02 "Hmm, maybe I should check a YouTube video."
:04 "This doesn't look right."
:06 "Holy fuck, I'm only a quarter of the way through
... and this was only a 65-gram skein!"
:08 "OMFG OMFG OMFG"
:10 "Dear Gail, do people actually do this? It sucks."
(Gail's reply: "No, they actually don't.")
:12 "Helloooooo, WEBS!"
:14 *click* *click* *click* *KA-CHING*
Even though the Internet told me that hand-winding a center-pull ball isn't too hard, it didn't tell me all the ways it can go terribly, horribly wrong. What happens if your ball falls apart because you didn't wind it evenly enough? What happens is: you are in a world of hurt.
This morning, I spent another 15 minutes rewinding my pitiful attempt into a hank. It was a complete pain in the ass, and I'm very lucky that the knots weren't even worse than they were. Lesson learned.
Cool Story, Sis #2
Today, I was working on Simplicity 2886, which I was hoping to use for my border-print dress. And you know what? That pattern is too hard for me. So I'm ditching it. Not gonna tell what I'm doing instead though, ha ha! You can find out in a few days.
ps--You can still leave a comment on my Pay It Forward post to get a nifty gifty from me! Please do!
OK, never thought I'd say this, but Gail's wrong! I hand-wind all the time! I want to reserve the right to return unused skeins for credit. And I make my husband help me. Of course, occasionally it goes really wrong and we end up having a fight and there's knotted yarn everywhere, but most of the time it's good. :-)
ReplyDeleteOMG, K.Line, she can hear you! :) I'm glad to hear it works well for you--and your husband is a doll for helping!
ReplyDeleteMuahahahaha! Yes, I can hear you!
ReplyDeleteActually, I gave up being right YEARS ago. It's way too much work! Like hand-winding hanks into center pull skeins!