Being fairly new to all things wool related I realised last night just how much I have to learn. I brought this amazing skein of wool from etsy and waited with great anticipation for it to arrive so I could start my next project. My wool-know-how friend informed me that I couldn't start without first winding the skein into a ball.
Right. No worries. Sounds easy.
It took several hours last night, of me swearing like a sailor, to untangle the skein and wind it into this ball. Goggle helped with directions but I fail to believe that some people find winding a skein into a ball by hand 'calming'. I was loosing my calm a little more with each turn of the ball and each new knot.
Please never allow me to purchase a skein ever again. I don't care how beautiful the wool is. Winding it takes years off my life.
Unless of course I have a swift... surely that would be really easy?
Right?
A little more help from my photography assistant.
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PS. Don't forget about the giveaway.
I don't find it "relaxing" so much as "arm hurting"...
ReplyDeletehe he - yes, it's a pain, even with a swift ;) Gorgeous wool though - what have you got planned for it?
ReplyDeletehmm yes, I once bought wool in a skein. Only once, and that was enough for me too!
ReplyDeleteUnravelling jumpers from the op shop I DO find quite calming though...
oh this made me laugh I can sooooo relate to it as I did exactly the same thing last year with my first skein, boy did I have a lot to learn, half that skein ended up in the bin because I just couldn't undo the mess I;d made and the rest was left in MANY little balls as I rescued as much as I could!!!
ReplyDeleteI can see why you bought it,though - gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI think the picture of little Cohens hand is one of my all time favorites that you have taken!
ReplyDelete...that wool is soooo gorgeous!...
I laughed and was shocked while reading this post. I refuse to believe that the calm, peaceful, thoughtful Christina would ever curse and get cross!
ReplyDeleteI promise I was laughing with you!