Eep! I almost forgot to post about this here on this blog, even though I’ve talked about it a few times on the Pointy Sticks podcast. Today is We’re KNOT Going to Take It! day! Write the yarn companies and tell them what you think of their knotty yarn. Why do they think it is ok to sell us yarn at $10-15 a skein when it is full of knots? Especially when it is yarn that makes stripes and it messes with the pattern? Tell them how you feel!
Also, take a moment to thank the good yarn companies. They deserve to know that their quality pays off, and we all appreciate good yarn!
4 replies on “We’re KNOT Going to Take It!”
I’d die if I bumped into a skein full of knots! May the knitting goddess protect me…
Down at our local yarn shop we have had balls so full of knots that people have returned them. My LYS owner will simply send them back to the company, which I think makes a stronger message to the yarn companies. I mean if they had to refund and take back every one that was unacceptable perhaps they would stop making them in the first place.
I love your podcast, btw, and have listened to every episode.
I surewish I had the time and skill to knit.
Having worked in a yarn shop for a few years, I do have to agree with Yvonne. If your skein has an excessive number of knots in it, bring it back to the yarn shop where you bought it and ask for an exchange. (I know this doesn’t help much if it’s stash yarn and you only discover the knotty yarn long after the shops return policy expired.)
But I do have to ask, what do you consider an excessive number of knots? Two or three, seven or eight per skein? Knots can’t be eliminated entirely, but it also helps to know how to deal with them when they do show up. If it’s pure wool (not superwash), spit splicing is your friend.