After Thought

 

Before I could start that heel I had to do something about that kinky yarn the heel left behind. I made a makeshift niddy noddy from a plastic lid, sprayed the yarn down and let it dry overnight. 

I had a bad experience knitting from kinky yarn in the past and didn't want to repeat it. Anyone remember these? I bought three of these reels when they came out.

Knitting from the kinky yarn straight from the reel produced a horrific uneven tension that wouldn't block out. I've still got two of the reels and I'd have to pull all the yarn out and straighten it before I would even think of knitting from it. 

By afternoon that yarn was dry and ready to go so I had a sit down in front of another bleak movie from TCM. This time it was Carnival of Souls, one that I remember well from my midnight Chiller days when I was a kid. I've got that orange waste yarn where I want that afterthought heel to be. From here on, it'll be blind luck. Maybe it works. Maybe it doesn't but I won't know until I try.