Don't Make These 3 Mistakes With Your Knitting Yarn
Keep your knitting yarn out of trouble with these pointers
Knitting yarn has a personality, you know - in fact, it even takes on a life of its own sometimes. Ask any experienced knitter about the kinds of trouble knitting yarn can get into, without any help from us knitters! Here are some examples, and what you can do to prevent them:
KNITTING YARN TROUBLES
1. Tangles. Between projects, or just when you're not looking, knitting yarn has a tendency to dance or something. And then it must have to stop suddenly when we enter the room, perhaps, because the consequence is that it gets all tangled up for no apparent reason.
You can stop this from happening (somewhat, but knitting yarn never stops dancing completely) by, first of all, investing in a good ball winder. Wind all your knitting yarn as soon as possible after you purchase it, tuck in the ends, and then store it.
2. Holes. Knitting yarn doesn't just dance with each other when we're not looking, sometimes they also have clandestine meetings - unfortunately - with moths.
The result of this is sometimes big 'moth-eaten' holes in your knitting yarn that you definitely weren't expecting. There is no cure once it's happened, unfortunately - if you discover a moth infestation, throw the offending knitting yarn in the garbage. Do not pass 'go,' do not collect $200, don't even say goodbye - just toss it! To PREVENT moth infestations in the first place, place new yarn in airtight plastic containers immediately
3. Disappearing act. Knitting yarn occasionally does a disappearing act. Well, not all of it - usually just one of the balls of the one project you're working on and dying to finish, that you KNEW you had enough of. Lo and behold, you go to your stash to find that last ball to finish off your project, and there it is, GONE.
What to do, what to do? Check at your local yarn store for more, and if you REALLY live right, they'll have it, and you'll feel like you just won the lottery. If they don't, you'll have to put the word out to see if anyone else has a ball they can spare - among your knitting friends, fellow Guild members, or on your online knitting discussion groups. Good luck!
Even though knitting yarn is sometimes like an unruly child, you can TRY to keep it out of trouble by following these pointers.