I had some silk I bought from eBay - it was a sweater someone had thrifted and unravelled.
Yarny goodness
Some of the yarn had rough or weak spots, but I figured there would be enough good stuff to make a Shetland Triangle. I skeined up my yarn, mixed my dye, threw it in the pot
Steamy
let it cool, gave Bug a haircut
Buzzzzzzzzzzz
and chucked it in the washer to rinse out the excess dye. I think it was La (or mebbe Jen) who said that the rinse cycle was a bad idea, so I heeded that warning and selected the soak cycle. Turns out (you might wanna sit down for this)
Ouch
My washer agitates on the soak cycle.
That is six and a half skeins of silk. I managed to separate the skeins from each other, but haven't even thought about trying to detangle that mess. Turns out I also tied the skeins too loosely. Damn.
12 comments:
Yikes! I hope it doesn't take too long to sort that out! The color is great looking!
Oh MAN..I saw the picture coming and thought "holy Crap!"
I hope:
a) you are able to fix it OR
b) you did not spend too much on it and it won't be a complete heartbreak..I am so sorry!
(BTW think this is my first time posting..but I have been reading you for a while.) Yes, I am a lurker. =)
Ouch. I say you activate your knitting-friends-phone-tree, rent some movies, get some wine, send bug and hubby out and have the gals help you untangle while watching movies, chatting and drinkin'. And I don't even drink! Oh, if only the world was that easy! Best of luck with it.
Oh NO! But pretty color. And such a handsome helper.
Oh, YIKES! I hope you can salvage it without too much headache. I hear patience is a virtue (wink)
Oooooo....
If you take Desiree's suggestion, I'm up for detangling. Sounds better than the day we've had around here.
Can I come shower at your house in the morning?
;-)
I was not prepared for that sad ending. You should have warned me.
Pretty colors....
It's a great colour though.
OUCH is right! Good Luck.
Oh no!! That totally sucks. Hope you are able to save it!
Oh boy - been there, done that. My hubby likes to assemble jigsaw puzzles and when I have yarn barf like that, I try to convince him that untangling is like solving a jigsaw puzzle. Most of the times I get lucky and he helps me. Good luck - I hope you will have the patience. The green is very cool tho'. Sometimes it is a good thing to listen to Jen and La. :-)
AAAgh! That's a terrible story ending. I hope you can get it untangled, the green silk would look gorgeous
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