Dear Malabrigo Lace,

Posted on | April 30, 2008 | 13 Comments

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Why must you vex me so?

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Honestly, have you ever seen a bigger mess? 

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13 Responses to “Dear Malabrigo Lace,”

  1. Amy
    April 30th, 2008 @ 11:17 am

    Eeek. Don’t scare me! I have some that’s still in its skein!

  2. Lynn in Tucson
    April 30th, 2008 @ 11:20 am

    WITH a swift, no less! I’ve had that kind of mess trying to do these things with my knees and a nostepinne (don’t ask) but I thought a swift was supposed to make it easier!

    Lovely color, though.

  3. margene
    April 30th, 2008 @ 11:46 am

    I did have a bigger mess with a bulky yarn, but that’s a killer. Take yarn back!

  4. grace
    April 30th, 2008 @ 12:06 pm

    Wow. That’s just downright evil.

  5. Janice in GA
    April 30th, 2008 @ 12:37 pm

    Oh, I’ve had MUCH bigger messes than that, and not with Malabrigo lace. How do you think I came by my World-Class Untangler title??

  6. Heather
    April 30th, 2008 @ 1:37 pm

    You really should have a disclaimer at the top of this post. An R rating at least for the graphic yarn gore. I’m frightened of that hank.

  7. Carrie
    April 30th, 2008 @ 3:46 pm

    Oh NO! That’s awful. I feel like that should be returnable to the store for an exchange.

  8. Tonni
    April 30th, 2008 @ 4:46 pm

    OMG!!!! I’ve heard nice things about that yarn – i’m going to hesitate buying because of this. Even so, the colors are beautimous :)

  9. Meg
    April 30th, 2008 @ 9:42 pm

    Today must have been Malabrigo Mess day. We spent most of the afternoon trying to wind up 5 skeins of their limited edition cotton. Eek, what a disaster!

  10. nishanna
    May 1st, 2008 @ 7:58 am

    eeek. good luck.

    once i was winding some Peruvian hand dyed fingering weight at my lys. It was a mess. I don’t know what this dyer did when she hanked it but i had knots on top of knots. The Owner of the store kept trying to give me pointers. I was so angry that 1- I bought yarn that was so mistreated and 2- this lys owner was so opinionated. I stepped away from the swift and told her to try it. Put it this way, I got a 20% discount the next time I go. My lesson, I always wind my yarn at home (but the discount was cool)

  11. Jen
    May 1st, 2008 @ 7:11 am

    It looks irresistible to touch, though. Whatcha makin’?

  12. Crystal
    May 1st, 2008 @ 8:33 am

    Oh no! Yeah, malabrigo lace sometimes slightly sticks together. It’s almost like it’s lightly felted from the dying process. You have to wind slow and smooth, and when you get to a bit that is tempting you to go over or under, just rotate the hank on the winder. I think it took me three times longer to wind this yarn than other yarns, just because it’s so fiddly. Good luck!

  13. Laura
    May 1st, 2008 @ 9:33 am

    Ohhh what a nightmare. When I’m busy with yarn it’s the worst thing Ever to get a big messy tangle. And it’s not like that’s friendly yarn for untangling! UGH!

    Though… give me a friendly yarn and a nasty tangle when I need to unwind and relax…. I just love it.

    Weird, huh? :)