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.
