> Made in England, same guys making them, That is good to know. From the RR piece on them a few years back they came across as the kind of wonderfully eccentric crafts people that you can still meet every now and then in rural UK. I was afraid they had retired or gone out of business or something.
On Feb 5, 10:26 am, grant <grant...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are some bluish strands of wool, so I'd say at least some of the > wool is from Swaledales that are kin to the one show below. Made in > England, same guys making them, and I'll get the skinny on the rest of > the wool. It is "far from merino." Some kind of wirey, wolf-proof > sheep, I'm sure. > > G > > On Feb 5, 5:06 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > > Not sure, but you see these Swaledale sheep everywhere in the UK: > > >http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikip... > > > The earlier version of the sweater was made by a small outfit in > > England. > > > On Feb 4, 11:32 pm, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/324 > > > > For the rivhq gang - does anyone know the type of sheep the wool comes > > > from? Inquiring minds (like my knitting significant other) want to > > > know. > > > > I'm curious where they're being made. > > > > Love the ben franklin sweater. Will probably buy 2 of them just for me. > > > > -sv -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
