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On 2021-03-01 8:17 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-03-01 10:03 a.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 14:27:50 +0000, S Viemeister

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>> Not expensive when the shepherd does it.Â* Most people here who raise
>> sheep do their own shearing, cleaning, combing, dying, and spinning...
>> usually a family project.Â* Not many know how to knit.Â* A lot of very
>> good knitters have to pay someone to put the parts of a garment
>> together.Â* A lot of people use knitting machines but that's not
>> knitting, it's weaving.Â* Most of so-called knitted garments sold at
>> stores are not knitted, they are made on knitting machines.
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> Back in the 60s or 70s I had an Irish fisherhman knit sweater that had
> been hand knitted my Mrs. O'Leary, according to a tag.Â* Mrs. O'Leary
> must have had a nasal problem because there was a lump of snot in the wool.


I have one that my Grandmaother ordered from an Isle of Lewis knitter.
56 years old and still worn every winter:-)
I have another that an aunt gave me. It is so beautiful that I am
careful to wear it only when there is little danger of something being
spilled on it,