Miss Busby’s thought she had some time on her hands, so she ordered some wool from Jaeger. They despatched her order on 2 April 1964.
The boxes arrived in fine condition at 36A Alexandra Road.
However, Miss Busby never found the time to use her beautiful wool to good use. We will never know what happened between 2 April 1964 and 25 February 2011, but that’s when I found them languishing in the corner of a Brighton flea market.
She ordered a box of Fawn.
It’s Jaeger 2ply Faerie Spun. 100% wool!
The second box contains Faerie Spun in Clear Blue.
I could not let this wool wither away unloved in that corner, so I brought it home. Now I’m on the look-out for a suitable pattern to knit it into a beautiful slipover.
Beautiful Jaeger yarn. You could always knit it double with yarn from two balls mixed together which might make it easier to knit to a modern pattern.
It’s a great find! I want to design a sweater inspired by the boxes the wool came in. I will be using it as is, I like doing projects that take forever!
I would recommend looking at or even better buying this book: The Man’s Knitting book by Jane Waller ISBN 0500273545
It really is very cheap on Amazon at the moment and has over 100 vintage patterns with some knitted up in 1970’s yarn
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0500273545/sr=8-1/qid=1301435590/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1301435590&sr=8-1&seller=
Great Patterns from the 1920’s to 1950’s and probably a lot that would be perfect for your yarn.
Thanks for the tip, I ordered a copy for one penny!
[…] and the left sleeve showed thinning in the same area. And what better to use than vintage wool? Ms. Busby’s wool in clear blue seemed to go very well with the green […]
Can’t imagine a sweater/jumper design inspire by the shipping box…Looking forward to the finished creation…
June
You wouldn’t, by any chance be prepared to part with 6 balls of the fawn would you? I can’t find it anywhere and I would like to knit my first grandchild a shawl. I knitted one once and then felted it in the machine!