This is the main project on the needles at the moment - a very old pattern that I am converting to a pullover rather than a cardigan - but at least I am using the right brand of wool. Helen, the person who told you it would be available for the foreseeable future was being overly optimistic. Yes the clothing arm of the business did separate from the yarn section, but that was years ago. Since then the yarn has been produced by Rowan, under licence, but that has finished. Nothing has been made under the name of Jaeger for the past year, and anything available is simply the remainders - there were undoubtedly large amounts, but diminishing all the time, and the watchword now is - if you want it get it now, since it will not be there later on. This from my lys - lovely helpful people.I hope to get around to photographing my other two projects soon - the statutory pair of socks, and an experimental scarf which may yet come to a premature end. Looking at things from the blogger's point of view has made me realise that I am not doing anything exciting at the moment. Yes, the sweater will be a much loved garment, but it is frankly boring to knit. The socks are just - well- socks, and the scarf was an interesting exercise at the beginning, but now it is boring, and I don't wear scarves anyway. I have some laceweight, I have Victorian Lace Today, why am I faffing around with this dull stuff?
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It's all very strange; I had my info from someone who works for Rowan; they obviously don't believe in keeping their staff informed :) Although the clothing company and the yarn separated a long time ago, the yarn company still had to pay the clothing company for using the name. Jaeger is still listed on Coats' web pages. But as everybody is selling the yarn as discontinued, they're obviously kaput. I have wondered if Rowan were intending RYC to take place of Jaeger, as their yarns are very similar. I suppose that means I should stock up even more...
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