socks that suck?

It's pretty, isn't it?  Appearances are deceiving.  I actually had some pretty little twisted rib pattern (not unlike what Eunny's been up to) in mind.  And for yet another break in my never-ending Norwegian knitting with cotton hell, I picked up this skein of Socks That Rock this morning to cast on for a pair of socks for me (no, obviously I am not being medicated for my ADD).

Here's my beef: there are THREE knots in this skein.  THREE.  You can see one of them front and center there in the photo.  There is also one major flaw that will require me to cut it out.  And that's just what I noticed while winding the hank into balls.

Am I being unreasonable?  This pretty much ruins the skein for me.  It strikes me as being more problematic than with yarns destined for garments or other projects where I will be weaving in ends anyway, where there are good places to hide extra ends, and where the gauge is more forgiving of imperfections.  I've found an overabundance of knots in other yarns, but with sock yarn it really bugs.  Am I being too picky?  If not, what would you do, complain to the store?  Complain to the manufacturer/distributor?  Just suck it up and weave in ends on socks :-( ?

Rapid-Fire Update:  I went ahead and e-mailed Blue Moon Fiber Arts.  They should know, and they should fix whatever their QC issue is.  I was convinced to do this after a quick Google revealed that I am far from the only person who has had knotty problems with STR -- maybe I should be happy that I'm not this poor woman, who found SEVEN knots in a single skein!  http://earthwhisper.wordpress.com/2006/07/25/sotr-knots/

I'll keep y'all updated if I get any response from Blue Moon.

Comments

[Donni]

hey! that....sucks! Will be interested to hear what they say.

[Elli]

I haven't had any knots in mine, but I would be royally pissed if I had three! That's too many.

[Wendy]

The Blue Moon company was quick to replace my yarn. They were very nice about it. Great customer service!

Did you buy your yarn in the early spring, also?

I still haven't knit those into socks. I may do a russian join on them and hope it isn't too bulky. Otherwise, this skein will be set aside for children and baby socks as I am too picky to have bulky spots in my socks.

[danielle]

I am sorry about your knots. But they have fabulous colors and are really really nice in person. Good luck!