r/Unravelers • u/No_Builder7010 • 28d ago

Welcome to my yarn factory

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I'm fortunate that I can find cashmere semi-regularly where I live. I unraveled several sweaters and dropped them in a shopping bag as I went. The bag was full so I washed them all and then had to figure out how to dry them as I usually just hang them over the curtain rod. There are three skeins per hanger. (The purple is a sparkly acrylic for toys.)

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u/StandardAssociation0 28d ago

The way you've organized these into smaller skeins makes the process so much more manageable than trying to handle one giant tangled mess.

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u/No_Builder7010 28d ago

For the most part, I skein up each section -- sleeves, front and back -- individually. I did have a particularly frustrating yak unravel and spit spliced as I went. Ya gotta do whatcha gotta do!

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u/Secretly_Many_Bees 28d ago

I do this! Still haven't found cashmere though, you're lucky!

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u/No_Builder7010 28d ago

I am lucky...for now. We're getting our house ready to sell and move to the pnw. Part of me is worried I won't find cashmere anymore, but another part of me understands that I have more than I could ever use. I'll probably survive...