The Knitting Nest in Weyauwega is just 50 miles from historic Lambeau Field in Green Bay Wisconsin, the home of the Super Bowl Champions, the Green Bay Packers. Like the rest of the community, we take our football very seriously! We made sure to include in our first yarn order plenty of colors that could be used to make items to show our support for out local football teams – Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin Badgers, and the local high schools. (Patrick and I are long-term LSU fans, being alums of that school, but we don’t have many purple and gold items in the shop, those colors also being the colors of the Minnesota Vikings. I’m sure you can see why!)
Several months ago, Patrick came across Dear Husband yarn on Ravelry. He was, naturally, interested in learning more about another man in the yarn business. Dear Husband yarn sells hand-dyed (or “man-dyed) yarn by Tim Pintsch. Tim lives in Pennsylvania, but he is from Escanaba, MI and has family connections to Wisconsin. Being a lifelong Packer fan, he was interested doing a green and gold colorway sometime. And our shop was a great excuse!
We now carry worsted weight wool, bulky weight wool, worsted weight superwash wool, and fingering weight wool/nylon blend in “Old –92”, a beautiful colorway in green, gold, and white. Why 92? In 1992, the Packers signed a young quarterback named Brett Favre. The next year, they signed as #92 Reggie White. These two events helped the Packers to win the Super Bowl in 1997. Hence, the name “Old –92”!
This would make a great hat, pair of mittens, or pair of socks for the Packer fan in your family.
Have a great time watching the Pack beat the Vikings tonight and, later this week, stop in and check out this wonderful hand-dyed (and “man-dyed”) yarn!
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