Jill and I toured Kraemer Textiles mill last Wednesday. What fun to see all that fiber being spun into yarn. This mill, one of the few left in the US, employs about 70 people, some who have worked there for many, many years. George, in the lab, has worked there for 51 years!Of course, one of our questions was when Sterling Silk & Silver would be available again, since we had run out and the mill had no more to sell us. When we got to the part of the mill where yarn is put into hanks, we discovered 83 hanks of Sterling had been made. We told Victor we'd take 40 to Stitches, so he carried 40 hanks (these are all hand twisted) to Olga, who put labels on them. We sold 37 of the 40 and have some on order.
Yesterday Victor called to say that they had produced black and he could add it to my order. It arrived today! This won't last long, so if you were waiting , don't wait long. We hope to have some hand dyed Sterling, but no ETA on that yet.
Oh, I'd like to get some of the black! How much yardage per skein/ball?
ReplyDeleteI am so excited to see this yarn come in, you know I love the white, but I think I will like the black even better. The computer does not do justice to this beautiful yarn, in life it is truly stunning! I can't wait to pick some up!!
ReplyDelete420 yds for $20. You can't beat that! It's absolutely stunning. I had to call Kraemer for more--it will be delivered today.
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