I do believe I encountered the same issue when trying to wind my very first hank. I actually thought I could knit right from the unwound yarn, heh. Imagine how that looked.
Once while I was trying to untangle a great huge mess of Schaefer Anne's sublime pink/blue/green mix, the Flyer actually said, "I thought this was part of the whole Zen mysticism of knitting." I promptly threw it at him and bought a hank. You are a better person than me!
that's some lovely yarn. good job on the de-tangle--i think that's something we have all seen at some point. i nearly wept with frustration over a similarly tangled skein of cashmere--and then my cat jumped into my lap, hooked the corner on his foot, and took off running across the living room with the tangled mess trailing along behind him. not pretty, not pretty...
Hmmm. I had the same issue with Sundara's silky merino in "Envy". It took me hours last July to sort things out. I did a photo (no text) blog of it complete with a small kitten who "helped".
I'm on the last few inches of the somewhat cowl from Knit and Tonic using the same yarn. It's been wonderful to work with.