More uses for yarn

Because my nine-a-half-month-old daughter likes to play "grab Mommy's yarn/needles/project," most of my knitting is done after she's in bed or if there are baby wranglers (e.g., Dad, grandparents, friends) about. The Red Heart yarn I'm using for the papipads is ridiculously inexpensive, so I often let her play (under supervision, of course) with a skein I'm not using. I figure that even if she pulls out a huge handful of it and creates a tangle that I have to cut, the loss of even several yards of this cheap-o acrylic yarn is something I can live with. Amazingly, I've always managed to salvage all of the yarn after she's played with it. I think she's saving the Gordian knots for when she gets her hands on some really pricey yarn...