Aaaaaagh!
December 20th, 2005 at 10:32 pm (Random babbling)
*Shudder*
I am incredibly ooked out right now. We’ve had a bit of an issue with wool moths for a bit, but I assumed they were in my loose wool, not the yarn. I was wrong.
*shudder*
I’m knitting along on FIL’s hat, out of the second ball of Cascade Eco wool, which had been stored next to the first ball. Ball #1 knit up just fine, no breaks, no nothing. Ball #2, well… I was knitting along and came up with a broken end, figured it was a flaw in the yarn. Knit a few yards and found another break. Uh oh. Thank goodness for spit splicing, is all I thought. Well, I had another break and pulled the center out of the ball to find the other side of the break. A *shudder* moth larva came out with it and landed on my poor computer. *shudder*
Thank God Chris isn’t nearly as ooked out about this as I am – I made him come and pick it up with a tissue and bring me a glass of wine. Hopefully the wine calms me enough that I can tackle the yarn. I’m almost done with the hat and am contemplating ditching the rest of the yarn (almost a full skeins’ worth, really) and buying a new one for the mittens. Can I bring myself to do it? Can I bring myself to touch the ball of yarn again?
Stay tuned!
*shudder*
cmikk said,
December 20, 2005 at 10:35 pm
I’ve gotten much better about the arthropods. I’m no longer freaked out by anything under 5″ long. I can go much larger, if they’re aquatic and cooked, of course
Kristy said,
December 21, 2005 at 6:10 pm
I always thought that wool moths were some sort of Knitter’s Folklore until a spinning friend of mine showed them to me in some roving she was having to throw out this past summer. It was heartbreaking. Good luck!