These are my latest socks-in-progress. If I had choosen this yarn for a first ever pair, I would probably have given up in tears. It was very difficult to get started. Easier when I switched from metal needles to the bamboo.
It made me realize that different yarns and needles have different rhythms that have to discovered before they are easy to do.
As for the tale of the runaway yarn, visualize ball of yarn being dropped at the bus stop, rolling down the hill, with me in hot pursuit.
This may be a tad egocentric, but I was amazed that I was the only one laughing....