With Halloween coming up on Thursday, I’ve got spooky things on the brain. The undead have been making cameos in my dreams for weeks. To fortify my defenses against the dark arts I’ve broken into a bag of fun-sized Milk Duds intended for trick-or-treaters. Chocolate and caramel are powerful and delicious deterrents to hexes and curses. Plus, their gooey, sticky substance has been known to gum the teeth of even the most persistent vampire.
Unfortunately, a curse made it past my defenses. Somewhere between the LYS and my front door it crawled into my knitting bag and clawed its way into two hanks of green Cascade 220 Heathers. I should have been carrying Milk Duds for protection.
This happened more than a year ago.
Since then, every project I’ve attempted with this yarn has failed.
- I lose my place in the pattern, repeatedly
- I acquire extra stitches or mysteriously drop them
- I frog and re-knit with no discernible improvement
The yarn is holding up well to this abuse. It doesn’t look mangled at all.
So what do I do with this yarn? If I leave it in my stash any longer I’m worried that its bad juju might contaminate the other yarn.
Is there a cleansing ritual I could perform? A song or dance?
Or should I give it away? I don’t think the curse will go along for the ride. I firmly believe that yarn curses are individually targeted and cannot affect other knitters.
