Saturday, September 28, 2024

Pigtails

 

I drive The Mister crazy with the way I make up names for things I don't know the actual names of. I call that thing that is on my yarn a pigtail. Spinners will recognize these as the bane of our existence so I was a bit surprised to find one in my Regia yarn.



They come about when one of your plies is longer than the other and twists onto itself usually from too much energy in the single. When you are spinning you have to go back and undo what you did and even it out. Apparently the folks at Regia don't. 




Since that pigtail was way after the fact, I have no choice but just knit on and figure out how to weave that little end in later. I'm starting to wonder what other surprises this yarn has in store for me. 








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7 comments:

  1. BetsySeptember 28, 2024 at 12:51 AM

    Pigtail or not, I still love those colors. They're something else and entirely happy and cheerful!
    Blessings and hugs,
    Betsy

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  2. Delighted HandsSeptember 28, 2024 at 2:15 PM

    A regular darning needle will tuck that pigtail into the backside of your knitting just fine! Yes, I don't like it when my yarn has such quality control issues! The socks look great!!!

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  3. Kim in OregonSeptember 28, 2024 at 4:34 PM

    Do you think a pigtail is better or worse than a knot? Both are annoying for sure.

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    1. AraigneeSeptember 29, 2024 at 11:55 AM

      Knots are the worst because they interrupt whatever color thing you've got going on. There should be a law.

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  4. KSDSeptember 28, 2024 at 4:36 PM

    New addition to my vocabulary; thanks!

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  5. sustainablemumSeptember 29, 2024 at 2:05 PM

    I come across those all the time, now I know what the official word is for them!

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  6. WanderingcatstudioSeptember 29, 2024 at 4:40 PM

    I don't think I've come across this! Now I will be on the watch for it though!

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