Ravelry

I have joined the masses having fun over at Ravelry, and I, too, am having a great time obsessing over getting every last little detail on line. I'm "GoldenIris" over there, so if you haven't yet, look me up and say hi.

Ravelry is also a fabulous way to occupy my mind and time as I wait to hear back from the possible employer. I have to get through today and probably most of tomorrow! But that is okay and I can be patient. And once I get a job I'm springing for a paid flickr account so I can really get the most use out of it as well as Ravelry. No more losing photos!

Here's what I've been working on lately. And by lately, I mean the last three days.

Pullover1

This is a very basic v-neck in-the-round raglan that I am just cruising along on. Well, now I'm cruising. Earlier I was very, very angry with my yarn.

I swatched. There was a knot. So when I ripped out the swatch to start, I left the few yards in front of the knot behind. Then as I cast on and knit a few rows of ribbing, there was another one. And another one. And three more after that! There were six - SIX! - knots in this ball of yarn (I know because I re-balled the whole darn thing), all within the not-quite 2 inches or so of ribbing at the bottom of this sweater. SIX! Let me tell you, I got pretty good at splicing these together with a needle, but I was so mad I could have spit. And all I can say is if the other balls are like this, the yarn company is getting more than a polite complaint. Six knots within the first third of the ball is completely uncalled for.

Okay, I'll take a deep breath and step away from the wool, and play with pretty photos instead.

Comments

RangerSarah said…
SIX knots?? That's an outrage! Isn't it funny what we knitters get incensed about? I wonder how you even get that many knots into a ball of yarn - were they two pieces tied together or just knots? If it was just knots, I'd have to conclude that they let a cat play with it before you bought it.
:)SmileCreator said…
Welcome to the wonder of Ravelry! :)

Six knots is definately a bit much, especially all at the beginning. I hope that the other balls are better (read: knotless!).

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