Recycling Yarn, or Check your Zen at the Door…

Once upon a time, there was an abandoned UFO (UnFinished Object for those who are not conversant in Knitterese). 

This project had been started about 10 years ago, then, because it had ruffled instead of laying flat, the knitter said, “WTF!?” and threw it in a box, where it languished and then was thrown into another box, where it languished further.  Years passed.  Finally, yesterday, the UFO was removed, shaken briskly and the knitter sat down to undo it so that the yarn could be knit into something else.  

Oh, yeah, did I mention that the project was a Pi R Square Shawl? 

Puddle of Half-Assed Pi Shawl, Pre-Rip

 Made out of THIS?

Unspun yarn is insanely warm, light and a bit of challenge to knit with, but once you get the feel for it, you want more and more.  But I needed more.  And I didn’t want to buy it when I had a lump  useable amount of it right here in the house already.  It just needed. to. be. ripped. out.

 I approached it in a Zen manner, knowing it would take some time.  Oh yes, young Padawan knitter, hours it will take.  Hours of ripping delicately, have you will .  Many Spit Splices, make you will.  Many Bad words utter you will. But yet, at the end, achieve your goal you will….(Lucas.  Dude, Yoda-speak?  Utterly Lame, it is.)

Small Cat shown for Comparison Purposes Only.

So Woot – cause I finished THIS yesterday!  It is washed and patpat blocked and dried as of this writing — another lovely little shawl for summer.

My Beginner’s Lace Shawl on the loveseat

I have a big ball of Unraveled Unspun.  I’ve already taken the Unused Plate/Cake of Unspun that I hadn’t used in the now non-existent PiR Square and started my next shawl Feather and Fan Triangle from Folk Shawls, ie, this one….

There’s more, but it’s time for bed.  Enjoy the fibery fruits of my frogging.  Another UFO bites the dust.