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Hanne
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Oh, what else I would do with two 50l containers? Throw them away? They have 10 year guarantee, so naturally I'd need to find something to fill them with... 
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CJ
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Great socks, good luck with the challenge 
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FatCat
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All beautiful socks! Well done! I'm intrigued by "Opal factory test colour", I don't think we get that stuff in the UK! It's lovely
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Hanne
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| FatCat wrote: | | All beautiful socks! Well done! I'm intrigued by "Opal factory test colour", I don't think we get that stuff in the UK! It's lovely |
I like the test colors more than regular lines! Here are some examples:
Only place I know which stocks them is Marianne's Opalwolle in Germany. They list them as "Opal Aboknäule". I think they get new yarns every two months, you can see available ones here
Marianne and Magdalena, the shop owners, speak very good English. I've forgotten how to write in German, so I always use English with them. And German Post is ridiculously cheap!
Edit: These "test colors" are actually limited edition yarns which are one offs or no longer available lines. The factory makes one lot and when it's gone, it's gone. All examples in this thread are Opal Abo Mai/Juni colors. |
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FatCat
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ooh Hanne! Lovely colours and thanks so much for the link too I think I like the test colours better too
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pjmck
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Great socks Hanne.
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| Hanne wrote: | | Oh, what else I would do with two 50l containers? Throw them away? They have 10 year guarantee, so naturally I'd need to find something to fill them with... |
Yes it would be a real waste of money not to fill them up 
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franney
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Lovely socks Hanne - good luck with the challenge! If i didn't do anything else ever i could possibly knit a pair a week but i think i'd get bored or lose the impetus 
The Monkeys i have just done are one of the Opal "test" colours but i don't like them as much as yours
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Hanne
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| pictish wrote: | | Hanne wrote: | | Oh, what else I would do with two 50l containers? Throw them away? They have 10 year guarantee, so naturally I'd need to find something to fill them with... |
Yes it would be a real waste of money not to fill them up |
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probablyjane
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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Lovely socks - I don't think I could do that many in a year - I would knit nothing else!
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