If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Aaaaaaaagghhh!! Slippery yarn rant...
Well, I knew it would be understood here...
Since about 6:30 p.m, I've been d'loading pix from my favorite clip-art newsgroup, to keep myself occupied during the boring part of a project. Said project is skeining some yarn for over-dyeing. (not that it isn't a perfectly lovely fuschia color already; it's just that I need some dark purple rayon, and this was lying around in stash, the perfect yarn for dyeing purple.) Anyway, skeining is never what you'd call the most *interesting* of jobs, so makes sense to combine it with something else. g And hey, skeining ain't that difficult... I've got my niddy-noddy, which I can handle easily while sitting at the computer; the yarn's put-up is about 100 yds., in those figure-8-wound 'balls', so usually easy to handle; and there's only 7 of them. It's just slogging away at it until I get it done. No problem, right? Simple! Usually a 1-hour job for only 7 of 'em, or less, even. It is now almost 10 p.m. as I start this post. I have three - count 'em, *3* - balls skeined ready for washing and dyeing. Why so long, you ask?? This has *got* to be some of the most *slippery* dratted yarn I've ever laid hands on!! ::muted scream:: You wanna talk tangles? I feel like I've been trapped in a spider-web factory! Ohhhhh, man... LOL. It's not that it's vintage yarn from the early 80's. It's not that it's about fingering weight. It's that it's 100% pure *rayon*, and it's a corkscrew yarn. (think a fine version of Lion Brand's Homespun, for those of you not spinners. fawncier yarn mfrs. are now calling type this 'seed' yarn, sometimes, although that's usually a little more stable than most corkscrew yarns.) This stuff is slicker than the traditional greased hog on ice - make that a *drunken* greased hog on ice - and *evil*, too! The 2 plies slide freely along each other. (leading to knots and tangles.) It take malicious glee in slipping off the niddy-noddy at every opportunity, since of course, you don't wanna wind it on there *too* tight. You'd never get the skein off if you did - or you'd break the niddy-noddy. (leading to knots and tangles.) Any loose strands that come within an inch of another immediately try to twist around each other even more in a big, spontaneous "let's all ply together" love-in, despite all my efforts to the contrary. (leading to knots and tangles.) Trying to pull from the center of the skein was a *big* mistake, too. (that led to *major* knots and tangles.) Unwinding it from the outside of the figure-8 ball works better, but excess loops of the stuff still escape and dangle freely. (leading to knots and tangles.) If I don't keep a firm grip on it, bigger chunks of yarn, knotted together like a bunch of snakes, slither out of the skein further on in from where I'm unwinding. (leading to knots and tangles.) And, of course, when I hit one of those, I've gotta put everything down and untangle it. This means whatever's already wound onto the niddy-noddy sneakily tries to make a break for freedom, *again*, no matter what I've done to outwit it. I mean, I'm reluctant to use tape or SuperGlue, y'know? (leading to knots and tangles.) Of course, it's gonna look absolutely gorgeous when over-dyed; my test bits came out a beautiful deep, glowing purple, like the best dark amethyst. Incredible. It's just-- Well, you know how it is when washing/dyeing skeins. No matter how careful you are, and how well you've tied them, they still tangle up some. Now imagine after I've dyed and dried these skeins. I'm gonna have to wind them into center-pull balls. Seven of 'em. And there's no doubt, they're going to be even *more* tangled - it's inevitable. This stuff belongs to the Dark Side of the Force. I'm going to be stopping every few feet of yarn to (im)patiently pick apart practically impervious snarls. I'm gonna go nuts! Nnnnnnnnnnnnghghgghhhhhhhhh!!!!! On the other hand - it *will* be luscious. vbg But I wonder what it's gonna be like *knitting* with it, even stranded with cotton, as I plan to. Thank god I'm not trying to weave it; I can just imagine the mess warping a loom would be. I'd be beyond ready for the local Home for the Seriously Bewildered! Although I have downloaded about 50 new pix in between snarling at snarls, so I've accomplished more than it feels like. On the computer, at least. ) Ok, now that I've vented my feelings to a sympathetic audience, I'm gonna take a break and go do something simple, like maybe quantum physics, about which I know nothing at all. ::giggling:: Monica (tongue firmly in cheek) --------- "No, that isn't me you saw - I'm not here, I'm incognito!" (Me, Myself & I) Support our Troops!! http://www.wtv-zone.com/kjsb/bataan.html ShipSupport Mailing List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShipSupport/ |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
"CMM PDX2" wrote snip LOL Sorry for laughing, Coggie, but you know how it is. g Katherine |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
I held my breath reading the lively desciption
and forgive me too, I had to laugh a bit ! BUT... in the END it will be marvellous, and you sure will love it, because of the work and frustration !LOL!!! AUD ;-)) -- "CMM PDX2" skrev i melding ... Well, I knew it would be understood here... Since about 6:30 p.m, I've been d'loading pix from my favorite clip-art newsgroup, to keep myself occupied during the boring part of a project. Said project is skeining some yarn for over-dyeing. (not that it isn't a perfectly lovely fuschia color already; it's just that I need some dark purple rayon, and this was lying around in stash, the perfect yarn for dyeing purple.) Anyway, skeining is never what you'd call the most *interesting* of jobs, so makes sense to combine it with something else. g And hey, skeining ain't that difficult... I've got my niddy-noddy, which I can handle easily while sitting at the computer; the yarn's put-up is about 100 yds., in those figure-8-wound 'balls', so usually easy to handle; and there's only 7 of them. It's just slogging away at it until I get it done. No problem, right? Simple! Usually a 1-hour job for only 7 of 'em, or less, even. It is now almost 10 p.m. as I start this post. I have three - count 'em, *3* - balls skeined ready for washing and dyeing. Why so long, you ask?? This has *got* to be some of the most *slippery* dratted yarn I've ever laid hands on!! ::muted scream:: You wanna talk tangles? I feel like I've been trapped in a spider-web factory! Ohhhhh, man... LOL. It's not that it's vintage yarn from the early 80's. It's not that it's about fingering weight. It's that it's 100% pure *rayon*, and it's a corkscrew yarn. (think a fine version of Lion Brand's Homespun, for those of you not spinners. fawncier yarn mfrs. are now calling type this 'seed' yarn, sometimes, although that's usually a little more stable than most corkscrew yarns.) This stuff is slicker than the traditional greased hog on ice - make that a *drunken* greased hog on ice - and *evil*, too! The 2 plies slide freely along each other. (leading to knots and tangles.) It take malicious glee in slipping off the niddy-noddy at every opportunity, since of course, you don't wanna wind it on there *too* tight. You'd never get the skein off if you did - or you'd break the niddy-noddy. (leading to knots and tangles.) Any loose strands that come within an inch of another immediately try to twist around each other even more in a big, spontaneous "let's all ply together" love-in, despite all my efforts to the contrary. (leading to knots and tangles.) Trying to pull from the center of the skein was a *big* mistake, too. (that led to *major* knots and tangles.) Unwinding it from the outside of the figure-8 ball works better, but excess loops of the stuff still escape and dangle freely. (leading to knots and tangles.) If I don't keep a firm grip on it, bigger chunks of yarn, knotted together like a bunch of snakes, slither out of the skein further on in from where I'm unwinding. (leading to knots and tangles.) And, of course, when I hit one of those, I've gotta put everything down and untangle it. This means whatever's already wound onto the niddy-noddy sneakily tries to make a break for freedom, *again*, no matter what I've done to outwit it. I mean, I'm reluctant to use tape or SuperGlue, y'know? (leading to knots and tangles.) Of course, it's gonna look absolutely gorgeous when over-dyed; my test bits came out a beautiful deep, glowing purple, like the best dark amethyst. Incredible. It's just-- Well, you know how it is when washing/dyeing skeins. No matter how careful you are, and how well you've tied them, they still tangle up some. Now imagine after I've dyed and dried these skeins. I'm gonna have to wind them into center-pull balls. Seven of 'em. And there's no doubt, they're going to be even *more* tangled - it's inevitable. This stuff belongs to the Dark Side of the Force. I'm going to be stopping every few feet of yarn to (im)patiently pick apart practically impervious snarls. I'm gonna go nuts! Nnnnnnnnnnnnghghgghhhhhhhhh!!!!! On the other hand - it *will* be luscious. vbg But I wonder what it's gonna be like *knitting* with it, even stranded with cotton, as I plan to. Thank god I'm not trying to weave it; I can just imagine the mess warping a loom would be. I'd be beyond ready for the local Home for the Seriously Bewildered! Although I have downloaded about 50 new pix in between snarling at snarls, so I've accomplished more than it feels like. On the computer, at least. ) Ok, now that I've vented my feelings to a sympathetic audience, I'm gonna take a break and go do something simple, like maybe quantum physics, about which I know nothing at all. ::giggling:: Monica (tongue firmly in cheek) --------- "No, that isn't me you saw - I'm not here, I'm incognito!" (Me, Myself & I) Support our Troops!! http://www.wtv-zone.com/kjsb/bataan.html ShipSupport Mailing List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShipSupport/ |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message ... Monica, If you can cope with that yarn, you can do quantum physics! Both just require being able to think in N-dimensions. Trust me on this - I did do quantum physics once a upon a time. Cheryl Went to google and ready Monica's "rant". All I can say is - you have my sympathy. I've been knitting with a very slippery yarn in the "sweater from hell", and have finally given up on it. Grrrrrrr. Shelagh |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Monica,
I'm laughing so hard tears are running down my face. You can make something hard to do sound so funny. Glad it's you and not me, now what are you going to make with it? Hugs, Nora |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Katherine,
Hey, where did Coggie come into this? Hugs, Nora |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Whoops! g
Katherine "NoraBalcer" wrote in message ... Katherine, Hey, where did Coggie come into this? Hugs, Nora |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
|
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Monica,
Your top sounds like it will be lovely. I know what you mean by wearing longer tops, I do all the time as I'm a 2X on top. I didn't get a chance to browze the new Family Circle Fall Easy Knitting, but on the cover it says Plus Size fashions. I'll have to check the website to see what they have there. Hugs, Nora where fall has arrived. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
ISO Yarn | Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply | Needlework | 12 | September 25th 04 02:19 PM |
FA Lots of Vintage Yarn! Noru, Pingouin, Lopi, More! | DorothyRose1912 | Marketplace | 0 | November 14th 03 02:19 AM |
Yarn Substitution | SlinkyToy | Yarn | 5 | August 23rd 03 06:34 AM |
stinky yarn | Laurie | Yarn | 54 | August 15th 03 04:12 PM |
New Yarn - Bernat Lu Lu | Make Up | Yarn | 6 | July 29th 03 09:16 AM |