Birkeland Bros. Wool

Hi Aud,

You asked Els about the history of Birkeland Bros., are they Norwegian? I
don't know myself, but I did ask when I was at the shop how long they'd been
open - since 1933 I think the woman said - some time in the 1930s. Their
website is www.birkelandwool.net if you want to check it out.

David

In article a, "David R.
Sky" wrote:

Hi Aud,

You asked Els about the history of Birkeland Bros., are they Norwegian? I
don't know myself, but I did ask when I was at the shop how long they'd been
open - since 1933 I think the woman said - some time in the 1930s. Their
website is www.birkelandwool.net if you want to check it out.

David

David, I did go and visit their website again, they have renewed it since
I was there last. They have a video of their carding machine. I watched
it and now have to laugh at my very simple explanation of this machine....
.. There are many more rollers or drums, on the machine shown in the
video, than I stated in my posting. They are over a meter long. We are
talking about an industrial carding machine here. It looks very very
large.

Els

--
Ja for Jazz and cro out of cobra

On Sun, 28 May 2006 09:53:14 -0700, "David R. Sky"
spewed forth :

Wow, if those are Canadian (or even US) prices I need to order some
fiber. The black Corrie sliver catches my attention...

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This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

The history page on www.birkelandwool.net confirms that they are from
Norway. I wish I would have known about them when I was in Vancouver last
summer.

--
Jan in MN

"Els van Dam" wrote in message
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In article a, "David R.
Sky" wrote:

Hi Aud,

You asked Els about the history of Birkeland Bros., are they Norwegian?
I
don't know myself, but I did ask when I was at the shop how long they'd
been
open - since 1933 I think the woman said - some time in the 1930s. Their
website is www.birkelandwool.net if you want to check it out.

David

David, I did go and visit their website again, they have renewed it since
I was there last. They have a video of their carding machine. I watched
it and now have to laugh at my very simple explanation of this machine....
. There are many more rollers or drums, on the machine shown in the
video, than I stated in my posting. They are over a meter long. We are
talking about an industrial carding machine here. It looks very very
large.

Els

--
Ja for Jazz and cro out of cobra

In article , Wooly
wrote:

On Sun, 28 May 2006 09:53:14 -0700, "David R. Sky"
spewed forth :

Wow, if those are Canadian (or even US) prices I need to order some
fiber. The black Corrie sliver catches my attention...

Keep us posted on what you are going to get from them. Naturally when I
have been in the store I pay with Canandian dollars. For some odd reason,
very often when you order via the internet, no matter where, you pay with
American dollars.

Ask and they will tell you Wooly

Els

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Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

--
Ja for Jazz and cobra loose the rrrrrrrr

In article ,
"Your friend" wrote:

The history page on www.birkelandwool.net confirms that they are from
Norway. I wish I would have known about them when I was in Vancouver last
summer.

There is always a next time....Jan

Els

--
Ja for Jazz and cobra loose the rrrrrrrr

On Mon, 29 May 2006 02:49:50 GMT, (Els van Dam)
spewed forth :

Keep us posted on what you are going to get from them. Naturally when I
have been in the store I pay with Canandian dollars. For some odd reason,
very often when you order via the internet, no matter where, you pay with
American dollars.

Ask and they will tell you Wooly

Els

Yep, I sent an email via their "contact us" link, now I just need to
be patient.

I need more yarn like...well, I just don't need more yarn right now.
I've got an order working for a pile of Icelandic from Istex since I
don't need whole bundles (which is the only way Schoolhouse Press will
special-order it for me) and there's also a Bendigo (.au/.nz mill)
order sheet making the rounds at various knitting groups I sometimes
join...

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Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

"David R. Sky" skrev i melding
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Hi Aud,

You asked Els about the history of Birkeland Bros., are they
Norwegian? I don't know myself, but I did ask when I was at the shop
how long they'd been open - since 1933 I think the woman said - some
time in the 1930s. Their website is www.birkelandwool.net if you want
to check it out.

David

David, This is very interesting!
OUR Birkeland, the verterinair, is ALSO called Olaf Birkeland! I have to
ask him next time I see him!!
AUD ;-)

Hi Jan,

Well, there's always a next time. Although at the moment some areas of
Vancouver require more busses to go from place to place due to Olympics
construction around the city.

David



On Mon, 29 May 2006, Your friend wrote:

The history page on www.birkelandwool.net confirms that they are from
Norway. I wish I would have known about them when I was in Vancouver last
summer.