{"id":299,"date":"2007-01-16T19:17:38","date_gmt":"2007-01-16T23:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theraineysisters.com\/?p=299"},"modified":"2007-01-16T19:53:02","modified_gmt":"2007-01-16T23:53:02","slug":"from-sally-the-blue-shimmer-progresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraineysisters.com\/?p=299","title":{"rendered":"From Sally — The Blue Shimmer Progresses"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve finished one sleeve of my Bohus Blue Shimmer and I am halfway to the elbow on the second. So, I should be able to play with my Royal Alpaca very, very soon. I may also resurrect another headstart project — I love how fast the sweater seems to go then (if you forget about all of the knitting done before tossing it aside).<\/p>\n

Some of you asked questions about the Blue Shimmer in your comments to my last update on it and I tried to answer many of them there. One question I didn’t get a chance to answer was the source of the fiber. I bought The Blue Shimmer as a kit, with cream substituted for the light blue that was supposed to be the main color, while at Meg Swansen’s knitting camp one year. It is Kimmet Croft’s Fairy Hare. Unfortunately, I don’t believe that they have a website. [I was wrong. See below.] The last information I have is:<\/p>\n

5850 Schudy Rd., Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin 54495 USA
\n+1-715-421-0121 (voice), Janice Kimmet, jkimmet@wctc.net
\nFairy Hare Yarn–40% angora, 60% rambouillet\/merino in authentic Bohus colors. Custom spun by Fingerlakes Woolen Mill and hand-dyed by Mary Jo Burke<\/i><\/p>\n

As I said in my earlier posts, this yarn has a more handspun look than the kit I ordered from Sweden. In my color way, the blues seemed fuzzier and more angora-like than the cream, although the cream is soft enough for me to wear next to the skin (and will be much softer, I’m sure, once I wet block the sweater). <\/p>\n

I asked if someone had more up-to-date contact information, and within a few minutes Marina had stepped to the plate with the web address: Fairy Hare<\/a>. Thank you, Marina!<\/p>\n

I see, from perusing the Fairy Hare website, that she has the yarn kitted up to knit “The Dean.” <\/p>\n

\"the_dean.jpg\" <\/p>\n

It’s always been one of my favorites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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