This post is dedicated to my friend V who recently spent a lot of time last week untangling a seriously tangled skein of yarn… I thought of her the whole time I persisted on the following mess.
My granddaughter Maura’s knitting got into the laundry inadvertently.
Went through the washing machine and knotted up the load.
Erika was going to cut it out but I spent time Saturday morning untangling the knotty mess. What satisfaction to detangle the twists and knots. Plain yarn is easier to untangle than fluffy yarn.
Now where is the other needle?
I have a giant container that looks similar, without going through the laundry! Do you hire out?
What a great grandma you are!
You are a very patient grandma! Glad you saved it because it is so pretty!
I am surprised it stayed on the needle or that is what was knitted after.
It actually stayed on the needle! Maura is 8 and those are kid needles.
Wow! That was the king tangle of the world!
It was a king tangle, Ilex.
2 things come to mind – You are the best grandma ever and – at least it wasn’t chewing gum.
Oh gum would have been impossible
That’s amazing that you got it totally untied, truth be told, it’s something I would have done too, can’t resist a challenge like that!
It was definitely a challenge but I totally understand why my DIL had the urge to cut it
I still haven’t untangled my knotted yarn. It’s such a mess I had to give up on it. I spent at least four days working on it and then decided to start a new project. I have to buy a new skein of yarn to replace the massively knotted one. Maura is lucky to have a grandma like you. I think I should bring my knotted mess of yarn to you to work on. Meanwhile tomorrow I’m heading to JoAnn Fabric for the new skein of yarn.
What a wonderful grandma you are! But next time, MAURA gets to untangle her mess. 🙂
It was a daunting task
She must have been thrilled to bits!
Uh oh, that must have taken a while! Love the title Ruth 🙂
iMPRESSIVE!!! Love the yarn colors Maura chose —– maybe they were an aid in unraveling …..bright, visible! ????
Good idea to take a before and after photo.
Big job – well done!
Last week I volunteered to help my daughter ‘ball’ a skein of wool. I held the skein, she wound it. It was a baby fine wool product that didn’t come off the skein very easily. Towards the end, there were three of us doing the job – one holding the skein, one teasing the wool off the skein, and the third winding! If it had every tangled, It would have been impossible to untangle!
I believe it Margie. Thanks for sharing your yarn skein winding adventure!
Proof that a Grandma’s love can fix anything. Just ask Maura.
I get why my DIL has the urge to just cut it, though.