My first clue was the yarn label I saw on the floor as I unlocked the back door. A small, intact yarn label…that was in the middle of a ball of yarn when I left the house this morning. As I came inside, I saw a long dark trail along the dining room floor, and I gasped. It was yarn. A long tangled mess of purple yarn. Behind it was a pile of pink yarn. These were neat and tidy balls when I left. After an hour in the house with a bored dog? Not so much.
Near these travesties was another: my cute new YarnPop Gadgety bag was on the floor, intact but muddy and damp.
I was trembling with fear by this point because I knew what was coming. I knew what this yarn had been attached to. I had started a spring shawl for myself yesterday with these gorgeous colors, and I was loving how it was turning out. See, I’ll show you. Before:
Here’s the after:
Sighhhhhh. I know, I know. It could have been so much worse. If I had been gone any longer, the shawl would probably have been gone too. And I wasn’t too far into it, so I wasn’t losing too much time. As it was, I frogged it all very carefully. The yarn is beautiful Simply Sweet Whipped Cream, a blend of wool, mohair and silk. The mohair, which gives it that fuzzy halo, loves to tangle if you pull too quickly. So I worked slowly, making sure to keep my breathing even and steady. And when I was done, I realized I wasn’t really missing much yarn, though it looked my pink yarn ball had babies.
So now I get to start all over with my shawl, as soon as my Gadgety bag is dry. The silver lining is that I can switch to a bigger needle size, which I think will make a better shawl anyway. I’ve also learned that absolutely nothing is safe around this dog. Nothing. I’d cry…but he’s eaten all the tissues.
p.s. for those who are wondering, no, I did not yell at, or punish, the dog since he didn’t know better. It was my mistake to leave it within reach. He got to stay in the kitchen with the door closed while I removed all the evidence.
What amazing patience you must have. I probably would have tried to get someone else to undo it.
Oh, no, patience has never been my strong suit. Stubborn, yes. I was not going to let the dog win this one! 🙂
Oh no! I always fear my cat will think one of my WIPs is a plaything – luckily she is mostly well behaved, although she thinks she is my little helper…!
LOL until now he’s left it alone. He’s slowly learning what to do/what not to do…and so am I!
He’s gorgeous! Hope he stays away from yarn based play from now on 🙂
And look how sweet and peaceful he looks 😉 We have a dog so we know exactly what you must have felt like when you walked through the door!
Wait, does that mean it never gets better? 🙂 we’ve only had Max a week and every time we come home we find something different!