Frontier Dreams: Unsupervised Yarn

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Unsupervised Yarn

I am still working away on my union suit tester, and it's still absolutely adorable. I am hoping I can finish it up by this Monday, it has been hard to find knitting time lately.

I fear I may have ruined the cute suit with my horrendous job of adding a gnome/elf. The chart I used was great and it fit perfectly where I decided to add it but I just destroyed it. You know how I told you I added it because I needed practice working with color designs? Well, I think I underestimated just how much practice I needed! Eeeek! Baby L's mittens that I made him back in February came out fine, but then again, those were done using the stranded technique. Sigh.
Maybe once I weave in the ends and block it, it will look better? Have any of you ever messed up color work? Do you have any insight on how to fix it up a bit?

After coming across this tangled ridiculousness the other day, I just had to photograph and share it. My girls love to use my leftover yarn for all kinds of creations and I enjoy sharing it with them, but this was a bit much.

This, my friends, is why you don't leave your children with your yarn remnant basket unsupervised...

Wish me luck figuring those knots out. I am pretty tempted to not even try, and just do away with it,but the pack rat side of me is screaming "Noooooooo! Look at all of that delicious yarn!" Ha,ha.

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carla · 713 weeks ago

Is it intarsia? If so, it will look better when you adjust the tension on the loose ends and weave them in. And if you made any mistakes, you can always duplicate stitch over them and pretend they never happened.

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ericasue · 713 weeks ago

lol! I'd say that's a pretty compact tangle of yarn. Here there are usually at least a few chair and table legs included in the yarn tangles! I so know what you mean though about the urge to try to untangle it. I've taken to letting my son have the ugliest old yarn I have in my stash so that I don't care so much when it becomes a tangled mess. ;-)

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thiscosylife 81p · 713 weeks ago

Wow, what a mess! If it were I, I would snip it as close to the ball as you can and throw the rest away. Not worth the headache!

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heirloom seasons · 713 weeks ago

I wouldn't be able to resist the challenge of untangling the yarn. Maybe the girls could help, supervised of course...

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Kelly · 713 weeks ago

Gah! I can't be-LIEVE you left yarn unattended! Just kidding. For the colorwork section, you might have to even out the stitches a little by tightening some (by pulling out the slack) and losening others. I'm sure it'll be fine!

Kelly @ Creating a Family Home

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Pooch · 713 weeks ago

Isn't that a luscious color? It will be so cute when completed!

:)

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karenatbarefeetandafreespirit 33p · 713 weeks ago

oh my, good luck with the big ball of yarn!
I had a tangled mess almost that big not long ago and I finally did get through it

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Brenna · 713 weeks ago

Your little suit is adorable! And whew, that tangle scares me! Good Luck!

Brenna

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Kim · 713 weeks ago

Love your photos and I love you union suit. Sorry I can't be of any help as far as color work goes---I have never tried it! Oh, and the yarn tangle? Umm..yeah. For me, it would be cutting time! :)
*smiles*

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Laura · 713 weeks ago

I find it looks odd until I've sewn in the ends and good old blocking. Love the yarn tangle. I have something similar in the living room, unfortunately it is something I actually was working on and silly me left it where Joa (1) could reach and play with...whoops :-)

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Melissa · 713 weeks ago

Ok maybe i'm just sick in the head but that tangled mess looks like fun to me. I'm a puzzle lover so thats probably why lol. Your suit looks really cute will she make it in toddler sizes or maybe with a cute little butt flap lol.

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Nat · 713 weeks ago

I've seen blocking do magical and wonderful things to colourwork, so I would definitely reserve judgement until it is properly finished if I were you :)

By the way, there are groups on ravelry that love untangling yarn for people. Just so you know ;)

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Nadja · 713 weeks ago

How weird is this: untangling yarn from a new skein frustrates the heck out of me, but the mess in the above photo? That looks like a challenging game!

I have never done colorwork;; right now I am doing a raglan sweater and want to do stripes and have to find out how one does this without the stripes jogging at the start of every round...(if you know, please stop by and tell me!)

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jess · 713 weeks ago

I agree with the first comment, try just weaving in the ends before you give up hope.
Intarsia is a cranky customer before it's finished up and blocked.
That little union suit is the cutest thing!

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mistea · 713 weeks ago

I am a detangler - I would not be able to help myself that yarn would all be untangled.
Pretty colour you are using for the suit. The colour work probably just needs a little tension adjustment as already suggested, easy enough to do at the end.

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Ellen · 713 weeks ago

Oh! What a tangled mess! Little by little you untangle it. The longjohns look lovely as does that log cabin pillow. Did you make it? I need to sew one.

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lorena · 713 weeks ago

i love your blog!!
Yo espero escribir mejor en inglés.

kisses

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stitchandpurl 44p · 713 weeks ago

Oh boy, I come across tangled yarn like that every now and then. Good luck!

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Kristen · 713 weeks ago

It is adorable! I love the color and yarn. I'm sure the gnome looks great :) I can't help you with your question because I'm a new knitter, but thanks for the inspiration!

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rose1953 32p · 713 weeks ago

Oh I've seen worse knots lol! You can do it. Its a form of meditation.

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hege · 713 weeks ago

Good luck with the knots! The colour on the union suit is georgous!

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wifemomknitter 39p · 713 weeks ago

Yikes! Good luck with that.

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Genevieve · 713 weeks ago

Your unionsuit looks wonderful & cozy. I think once the suit is finished & blocked your little gnome/elf will behave ; )

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PlainandJoyfulLiving · 713 weeks ago

Your knitting is beautiful as usual Nicole.
I know about tangled yarn - my children call it making a spider's web....

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Sheila · 713 weeks ago

I bet the gnome is not so bad! Give it a chance one everything is washed.
You could always cut some of the yarn if it would make it go faster.

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