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knittertoo
Warming Up
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 Posted - 08/31/2005 : 11:45:25 AM
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I just got this in the mail a couple of days ago and hadn't had a change to go through it until last night. Let me just say that I am not a vegetarian, I eat meat (chicken, beef, fish) HOWEVER I do not condone killing innocent animals for fur - cows provide meat along with their hides. Mink, chinchilla and the like just don't sit well with me. On page 6 there is a red scarf on the model wearing the reddish/orange poncho/shawl. The decsription below reads that it is real chinchilla fur. I guess it really just suprised me, I was expecting to see a new type of "fun fur" or something like that.
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mokey
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 08/31/2005 : 12:18:57 PM
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I'm not a fur fan. However, leather cows and meat/dairy cows are not the same.
Fur is now an in thing again.
"An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Martin Luther King Jr.
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nicole5012
Warming Up
USA
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Posted - 08/31/2005 : 1:46:41 PM
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I really liked the catalog, though for me the odd part was that the emphasis seemed to be on what you could make with the yarn rather than the yarn itself.
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BetsyK
Warming Up
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Posted - 08/31/2005 : 3:00:24 PM
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I got the same catelog and did not notice that. I too am not a vegetarian, but I don't like fur. It is a pure luxury item whereas leather is a by product of food.
I didn't like much in the catelog anyway, but now I will throw it away.
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qtpieknitter
Gabber Extraordinaire
Canada
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Posted - 08/31/2005 : 5:59:21 PM
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I did not notice that! My sis has had chinchillas for pets for years! Definitely not an item I will be buying!
"A gifted teacher is as rare as a gifted doctor, and makes far less money."
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franna724
Seriously Hooked
USA
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Posted - 09/01/2005 : 03:38:23 AM
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I got the catalog, too, but I didn't realize it was chinchilla fur. I think I was too busy looking at the prices and realizing I couldn't afford anything in there even if I wanted something.
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honeybee33
Warming Up
USA
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Posted - 09/01/2005 : 11:33:29 AM
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I haven't seen it, so I probably shouldn't be commenting on it. Is it a *skin,* or a new kind of yarn that uses chinchilla fur that's spun? Cuz if it's the latter (which I think it might be, cuz I've heard of that before), I believe it's shaved or plucked, like angora rabbits. No chinchilla has to give its life for us to knit! 
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knittertoo
Warming Up
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Posted - 09/01/2005 : 12:16:17 PM
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| It just said "real fur" on the description - it looked like a keyhole scarf. Like I said, to each his own but I think it is cruel to raise animals for the sole purpose of killing them for fashion. |
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lakeviwa
Gabber Extraordinaire
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Posted - 09/01/2005 : 1:55:12 PM
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I'm thinking that for $187.50 US dollars that it is really fur and not yarn. Poor Chinchilla. They are so cute.
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blr2449
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 09/01/2005 : 3:01:45 PM
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I just sent a message to Ramswool asking that they remove my name from their mailing list. I wrote: "I was aghast to discover an item, a scarf, in your Summer 05 catalog made of chincilla fur. While I am not a vegetarian I do not support the killing of animals for their fur and last thing I knew chinchilla does not make good eating.
Now, if this were a scarf made from yarn spun from chinchilla fur (like rabbits) that would be a different story, but as it stands now I no longer wish to receive your catalog."
I'll let the list know if I hear anything.
Barbara
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Vivian K
New Pal
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Posted - 09/02/2005 : 09:17:12 AM
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| I got the catalog yesterday, along with Knitpick. I didn't notice the fur (of course glancing through without glasses I couldn't read most of the text), but there are quite a few sweaters that I like. They seem to have very unique designs. Has anyone ordered from them? Do they always sell kits for the sweaters? |
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blueknitter999
Warming Up
USA
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Posted - 09/02/2005 : 09:53:10 AM
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I only noticed the stole because it was posted here. I don't think it would have caught my eye if I hadn't been looking for it. I *am* a vegetarian though, and I can safely say that I will not be ordering from RamWool. Plus, I know what you mean, nicole5012: it didn't even feel like a yarn catalog. It almost seemed as though you would be ordering a sweater, ready-made in the color-swatches (yarns) listed. It wasn't about the knitting; it was only about the finished product.
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RoseM
Permanent Resident
Canada
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Posted - 09/03/2005 : 11:30:44 AM
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Originally posted by blueknitter999
IPlus, I know what you mean, nicole5012: it didn't even feel like a yarn catalog. It almost seemed as though you would be ordering a sweater, ready-made in the color-swatches (yarns) listed. It wasn't about the knitting; it was only about the finished product.
Didn't realize what put me 'off' about this catalogue, but that's it! (didn't notice the chinchilla stole when I first went through it). I've had their catalogues before, but this was the first one that seemed totally 'finished product' oriented.
Anxious to hear what Ramwool says in reply to the fur question - I'll be asking that my name be removed too. Wool from animals is ok - the fur - ugh [**] |
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MicheleSch
New Pal
USA
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Posted - 09/03/2005 : 12:08:05 PM
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I have purchased kits from RamsWool and I've been very happy with them. I was disappointed with this new catalog because it highlights designer kits when, normally, they highlight their own wool and their own designs. Their own products are very affordable. As for the designer kits, they are much cheaper than the same products purchased from an American catalog, but still pretty expensive for me.
For anyone who can get over the fur issue, go to their website. I haven't looked at it in a long time, but they have a nice collection of yarns and books. Also, their own products are really nice.
Last note, please, everyone, do what you can to help our poor friends down south. They need our love and our Red Cross donations.
Michele
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