Yarn Terrorists
I woke up to this today:
A skein of Cascade 220 that had been pulled out of a basket, unwound, and tangled up. Amazing. Not the tangling part, but the untwisting is impressive. Who could have wanted to distress this lovely yarn so much? Well, I think I know the possible culprits.
Sydney a.k.a "Skinny Rat"
Mercutio, a.k.a. "Fat Boy"
Marco Polo, a.k.a "Beezle Weasel"
Well, I did my best John Ashcroft and rounded up the suspects. When questioned, all three potential enemies of the state vehemently protested their innocence. Looks to me like we're going to be withholding kitty treats for the foreseeable future. But I'm putting my money on the Beeze. He's my "kitten" and conspicuously avoided me when I picked up my poor, victimized Cascade(both Sydney and Mercutio came up, inspected the damage, and walked off). I am so not looking forward to trying to get this wound up so I can use it.
Moral of the story: Always put the lid on your knitting basket. You can never be complacent when there are potential yarn terrorists on the loose.
Although I wasn't so happy about the Cascade, I had left my Colinette top front on my desk out in open view, so I was mostly glad that if they had to pick something, the didn't pick the Colinette. Speaking of which, I finished the front tonight:
Assembly and collar knitting to commence tomorrow night after the ChicKnits KIP at 7 PM at Letizia's Natural Bakery on Division (I don't think I can assemble and talk at the same time!). Not sure what I'll be bringing along... probably Dad's LoTech. If you're in Chicago and want to meet some fun knitters, be sure to stop by!
Hey T
Bring your tangled web to KIP tonight. I'll take it home and whip it into a ball...
I don't know why, but I love untangling yarn. The knottier the better.
See you @7!
Too bad I'm all the way up in Madison, WI, or I'd stop by the KIP. Maybe someday I'll make the trip.
Where did you get that cool blocking table? Did you make it? I need one desperately, because my gauge is always wacky. Front different from back, etc.
Beef up your homeland yarn security! :-)
I think a skein of cascade is actually not a bad price to pay for leaving the lovely sweater alone! latifa
I left my knitting bag open overnight while visiting an out of town friend this summer, despite her warning. In the morning, my knitting was everywhere, and one skein remained missing even after checking all of the cats' usual hiding places. A couple of months later, my friend e-mailed to tell me that the missing skein had mysteriously reappeared and that she would mail it back to me -- they never found out where it had been. I guess the cat decided the game was over?
Yarn Terrorists!! I love it!
My homegrown yarn terrorist...she ate my yarn. Left toothmarks in any wooden needles left lying around, and toothmarks in a drop spindle.
what's the punishment? kitty jail? beezle weasle is a great name btw.
I love the yarn terrorist label...my Zoe is certainly a member - which is why the yarn stays in a room off-limits to the cats until I seriously organize it! Luckily, I can keep a project out as long as I put it in a bag so the yarn isn't in plain sight. When I first started my stash I kept the skeins in crates in the living room, but Zoe soon decided the crates were her personal toyboxes...I still have a horribly mangled skein of Saucy from about 4 years ago that I've never been motivated to untangle. Evil...
Normally I know to batten down the hatches with the cats around (I have a room where the main stash and blocking equipment is), but lately they'd been really good and I'd been complacent. But now you all know why I haven't made them any catnip filled mice! I don't want to encourage them to go after yarn any more than they already like to.
I think that the Beeze has been annoyed with me because my lap's been taken up with knitting projects and there isn't much room for him (he's a lap cat, but not a good lap knitting cat, he likes to chew on yarn and grab at moving needles).
I guess I am lucky that these terrorists didn't use their Weapons of Mass Destruction (i.e. they're not declawed) :-)