The Stitchin' Sheep will probably recognize the title of this post as a line from one of the movies she and my husband watched a bunch as a kid -
Mr. Mom. And I think it is appropriate here because I decided to use my swift in a completely opposite way - to actually unwind yarn. And why not? I was going to have to do something with all this yarn that was going to be "removed" from my
bulky cabled cardie. Because after much deliberation, I decided that the yarn must be spared from its current incarnation and saved. I love my
Freedom Wool, but my sweater was coming out way too big, despite thinking that I got gauge. After pulling off the needle I was able to wrap both sides of the cardie completely around me without much effort. I knew that if I didn't perform some much needed yarn rescue, this sweater was going to stay an UFO forever.
Given that I have a slightly strange facination with destruction, I actually kind of like to rip and using the swift was really way too fun. (Sorry, I know some of you may be cringing right now - Nonnahs?) I let gravity do my ripping for me...
And now I have this...
...which I am just letting hang out on the swift for a couple days to see if it will take the minor kinks out. The interesting thing is that because I spliced my balls together as I knit, I now have one ginormous hank of Freedom Wool that I am not even sure if I will be able to get all in one cake.
P.S.
look what my brother and sister-in-law gave me for my birthday :-) Thanks R and M!
5 comments:
Very clever use of your swift! I just got that book, too. :)
Susan (of the Grove) is a big proponent of ripping out projects using a swift. I think it feels a little less depressing.
If you can't get it all into one cake, you can have your cake and eat it, too.
Sorry. Couldn't resist.
cool! That's a good idea =)
I most certainly did recognize the line. And, I'm jealous you've received your swift. Mine still hasn't gotten here yet.
And, by the way, that Freedom Wool looks lovely sitting on the swift like that.
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