A Knitting-Related Poll

[gnomi]

I have a serious tangle/knot in the yarn I'm currently working with. And so I poll:

[Poll #1256874]

Comments

[rwl.livejournal.com]

Cut it out and re-tie. Nobody will ever be able to tell.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I realized that I am really the only one who would notice, so I strongly considered snipping and retying.

In the end, though, I was stubborn and worked at the tangle until I got it undone.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

I enjoy the puzzle of trying to undo a snarl.

[crwilley.livejournal.com]

I am an untangling masochist. If I were physically closer to your yarn, I would untangle it for you.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

In the end, I kept at it until I had it all untangled. I was determined/stubborn, and I had the satisfaction of having untangled it at the end. :-)

[introverte.livejournal.com]

I'm all for cutting the Gordian knot. I'm going to take this opportunity to plug my new favorite join: the back join.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

In the end, I got it untangled, but I strongly considered snipping it.

And thanks for the link to the back join. I'll have to look at it more closely and wrap my brain around it.

[introverte.livejournal.com]

No more weaving in ends! WOOT!

[lisafeld.livejournal.com]

I find detangling soothing, however long it takes, but that's just me.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I ended up detangling it all, but at one point I was worried that all the machinations required to untangle the knot would fray the yarn too much, and that was part of the impetus for the poll.

I like detangling, most of the time. I find the challenge fun, trying to figure out how to unknot it all.

[lisafeld.livejournal.com]

Ah, see, that makes a lot of sense. No point in avoiding cutting if it means fraying the thing, but it sounds like you did a great job with it!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I was, I must say, remarkably pleased with myself when I got it all untangled.