Spud and Chloe Yarn

A few months ago I purchased two skeins of Spud and Chloe Sweater yarn to make something for my granddaughter Madison. While prepping the yarn to wind, I hit knot after knot and twists that were amazing while I had it on the swift. I have never had such an issue before with winding any yarn! I thought wow I must have done something wrong. I ended up losing half the skein to unbelievable knots that I could not for the life of me remove. I tried, in vain. The second skein, sitting there begging to be knit up, also needed to be wound. Again, I took the yarn out, popped it (kind of a "snapping" motion) prior to placing it on the swift and cut the bindings. Started out smooth as silk until I got half way down to the middle of the skein! I ran in to the same issue. Lost half of that skein also. I asked people on the Ravelry Spud and Chloe site if they had issues with this yarn knotting while trying to wind it. It's not a very common phenomenon but it can happen with ANY yarn. I was told sometimes when they are winding the yarn at the factory. The binding ties are placed wrong or is not tied off properly and can create knots. Just as my faith in human kind was waning, and much to my wonderful surprise today, there was a small package sitting on the door step! It was two skeins of Spud and Chloe Sweater in the beautiful colorway of Igloo!! Here is what I am making and now I will also have enough to make the Hello Kitty Mitts!!!

Imagine these mitts about one half this size! Maddy will be so excited! She is all about Hello Kitty these days. Hello kitty jackets, tops, shoes, backpack, you name it, she has it. This will complete another "phase" for her!

Both of these patterns are free on Ravelry!