Comments on Lemon and chives: Moral dilemma.

Your Great Grandma, so very frugal, had some reddi...

2007-07-12T09:02:00.000-07:00

Your Great Grandma, so very frugal, had some reddish orange wool that was hopelessly tangled and told me (at about age 9) that if I couldn't untangle it, we would make a wig out of it for the costume contest at Halloween. We ended up sewing it, tangled as it was, to a box style hat she had made, and it became "the wig-hat". Mom and grandma and I had laughs through many years of our own (not so professional) haircuts, saying "Oh well, you can always wear the wig-hat!"

So yes, don't hold onto it with hopes of it being useful in a knitted sort of way. Stuffing for a knitted toy, dustrag, wig-hat, or just a magnet for any guilt as it hits the trash!

No, it's not wrong, not at all. Hopeless tangled y...

2007-06-26T21:41:00.000-07:00

No, it's not wrong, not at all. Hopeless tangled yarn just cuts back on the time when you could be knitting. Just toss it and move on to the next skein!!

In my opinion, no, it's not wrong. Sometimes the r...

2007-06-24T12:24:00.000-07:00

In my opinion, no, it's not wrong. Sometimes the relationship between yarn and knitter can be a tragic one.

Ask me how I know this. It's because I spent four hours trying to untangle some yarn that came with a knot in the skein and then accidentally broke it, leaving it unusable. My rage knew no bounds! I wish to God I had just let that stupid yarn go.