Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Rowan California Cotton

I see a pattern already.......body knit, shoulder seams done.....full stop - laughing out loud!

I seem to remember this was a pattern from a magazine....not a Rowan pattern.... 
It was an interesting knit - needs blocking obviously.
The two body pieces are done - and joined at at the shoulder.
There are 4 full untouched skeins.....plus a couple of leftover partial balls
and the body - what's a girl to do?
I think that while I definitely don't want to figure out how to finish this - it would take ages to find the original pattern, and looking at it, nope, I don't want to finish this design.....but I must say that this yarn is lovely.

Rowan California Cotton - DISCONTINUED
Fox Fibre - Naturally grown cotton
50g - approx. 115 yards
Shade 005 - Honey

I think this can be recycled......but I need to rip it out, wash it, rewind it......and find just the right pattern for it.  At 22-24 sts to 4 inches, that's a DK weight isn't it???

Do any of you remember this stuff?  It was quite a scandal at the time - Sally Fox "invented" natural shades of cotton and the big cotton growers weren't happy.  I'm not sure how long Rowan offered it as one of their yarns.

Sally still grows and markets this organic natural shade cotton - it's called Fox Fibre.  On the entry page of this web site - go right down to the bottom to a link to "Inventing Modern America: the Sally Fox Story" - click thru there and read about how Sally battled to bring naturally coloured cotton to the marketplace.
Posted by Anne at 10:32 PM

2 comments:

  1. Yup! DK weight. I don't remember the Rowan yarn, nor did I know about Sally Fox, but certainly became with familiar with subsequent yarns of its ilk. Pakucho was being marketed for a while through Peru Naturex, and is also now available through Eccobutterfly in weights from lace to bulky. I know the dark green is still the hardest to grow, and therefore the most expensive. I believe even Lion Brand had Lion Organic cotton, which kinda makes me wince, but it is also now discontinued.

    I love the stuff, and have quite a few skeins of Pakucho left in my stash....plus a tank top to rip out. Perhaps I should get that out and have a frogging party one night?

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  2. I think Norah Gaughan is your girl for the pattern. Look her up on Ravelry & see if one of the pattern books looks familiar. It sounds like "W906 Roaming Cable Sweater" but of course, no photo.Published in Rowan California Cotton leaflet. Just a thought.

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