-1 on the cardigan, but love everything else. The sleeveless could be tapered back a bit, though.
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 5:57 PM, dean899 <monte.di...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good to see them make a return. I've been trying to get the vest and > long sleeve sweater off the list here and now have one of each(yeah). > My only gripe is the fact the the old last version was knit off > center! The pockets were not centered and the cardigan was a mess > with the buttons centered on my chest at the top but the bottom of the > sweater had the buttons at my right hip. Hope there is quality > control on this batch! > > On Feb 5, 4:45 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: >> > 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- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
