tangled mess

[The Spider]

I ordered some yarn from the internet, and it came as a big, ugly hank. I don't own a swift or ball winder, and I would feel bad about asking to use the equipment at the yarn shop across town, since I didn't buy the yarn there. So, I tried finding instructions on how to wind the ball myself, by hand. I cut the ties holding the hank together, laid it out neatly on my bed, and started unraveling from one end. This is what hapened after about, oh, say, 4 ft of yarn:



Any suggestions?

Why does yarn come as anything BUT center-pull balls, anyway?

[The Spider]

The more I attempt to untangle it, the more yarn just comes off the hank and becomes tangled as well.

[knitqueen]

If you don't have a swift, you have to have someone else hold the loop between their hands, or put it around your own feet, or at least hang it over the back of a chair before winding. If it is just laying flat it will get tangled. That's the nasty characteristic of hanks of yarn. I hope you're able to get it untangled. That's some beautiful yarn! What is it??

[The Spider]

It's that lovely Malabrigo that y'all're always raving about on here. The instructions I found were misleading, then. They said I just had to have it laying neatly on the floor (I put it on my bed). This stuff is not going down without a fight.

[The Spider]

Hmmm, that back of a chair thing is proving to be helpful while untangling... thanks!

[Ingrid]

I found that even with a swift and winder, the Malabrigo I recently wound was not as easily cooperative as other yarns. It does tend to stick to itself.

[brendajos]

*nods*

It does it does....it seems it is a somewhat slower process because of the stickiness....but it is worrrrrth it!

[The Spider]

I WIN!

Thanks for the chair tip, that did the trick. I now have a nice, tame ball of the soft, fluffy, sticky stuff.

[knitqueen]

[AnreeAce]

I WIN!

Watcha making with it?