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15th December 11, 09:38 AM
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Re: For the love of TWEED!!!!
 Originally Posted by chrisupyonder
I would find out if those are actually knit from the Harris tweed yarn first before I bought.
I have bought my wife several pounds of harris tweed yarn over the years for knitting projects -- she has made herself a very lovely sweater from a run of brown yarn, and recently knit herself a new Christmas stocking from some blue harris tweed yarn.
But I wouldn't want socks knit from this yarn anywhere near my feet! It's so rough and coarse -- makes for a perfect hard wearing jacket, but not socks, I'm afraid!
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