October 14, 2004

Houston, We Have a Problem

I didn't make it to Knit NY today. For a few reasons. Mostly because I stayed up way too late playing on iTunes rather than finishing the second half of the Colinette Poncho. So I overslept, and basically just didn't have time to get the knitting done and get down there to do what I wanted to accomplish.

So when I got home this evening, I picked up the poncho and finished the knitting; now I just have to sew two seams and weave in a few ends.

But I wanted to still knit some more so I picked up the BGWA. Made it through two or three repeats of the pattern for the row, and was trying to purl two stitches together, when this happened:

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So even though I didn't buy the yarn at KNY, I'm hoping that they will take sympathy on me and suggest a potential fix to the problem here.

Can you even see what happened? The *@&% yarn broke. Simply snapped. So I am not a happy camper.

The other reason I am not a happy camper is the third WIP I am taking to KNY tomorrow for advice and guidance. It's the Erotic Enigma scarf. I do like each half, but only separately. I don't like them together. I think I'm going to have to find three more balls of yarn, cut the scarf in half, catch all the live stitches, and knit from there. Hey, at least I'll end up with two wearable scarves instead of one curiosity that never leaves the closet...

Posted by Jon at October 14, 2004 03:02 AM
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Oh gosh. That has happened to me before - you're motoring along and all of a sudden, the yarn snaps in two.

Posted by: Erika at October 14, 2004 09:40 AM

That's terrible. I hate yarns that break like that. What you can do to fix this is to tink back a couple of stitches, ideally you'd like a couple of inches of yarn back to work with. Now, hold this end together with the other end and work two stitches with both ends Elizabeth Zimmerman style. Let go of the short end and continue knitting. Later you can hide the ends in the knitting. Good article in the current knitty for working in ends. Good luck!

Posted by: Risa at October 14, 2004 10:34 AM

That was my thought, too - good luck. :(

Posted by: Heather at October 14, 2004 02:17 PM