Think I just missed out on these last time. Right before finding out about Rivendell, etc. Am already planning to buy two, the cardigan and the Columbia.
And I'm with Miesha - keep the patches. Good for keeping abrasion/ wear to a minimum. Now know where my rebate is going. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Feb 5, 8:53 pm, Lesli <lesli.lar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Great to see these back in circulation. Hoping the arm holes on the > vest are trimmed. Original pattern was perfect. > > For the record--I never use the rear pocket on my tweed vest. > > Hoping Riv considers running a few in XS for women/children and slim, > rangy gents. I wear one of the XXS vests that I think was made up for > a small child. Love it. I'd take a vest and a cardigan. Not wild > about the commando patches. They only hit right on size medium gents > and the original fit model. I ordered a size small cardigan a few > years back and it fit me like a grandpa's XXL. > > LL > > On Feb 5, 2:45 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.
