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Item: Audiophile Scarves And Beanies


Location:Guildford West 2161


Price: $60 scarves, $40 beanies inclusive of Express postage


Item Condition:Newly Hand Knitted


Reason for selling:It's nearly winter and our precious ears need protecting


Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, Bank Transfer


Extra Info:Here we go again with the collection of knitwear hand knitted over the warmer months. Out riding my bike this morning it was cold and wet so I thought it was about time to share the love and the good Merino for the coming cooler months.

 

For those new to this, when I listen to music I knit. My mum taught me when I was young and we would sit and knit together while listening to music, nearly half a century later I'm still doing the same thing but not with my mum who is sitting at home on the other side of the world as a nuggety old lady enjoying her Bells whisky.

 

Normally I only do scarves as I can knit and listen without having to concentrate on my fingers but decided over the summer to have a bash at some beanies. 6 prototypes came and went before I got it down pat so I have 6 odd beanies to wear myself and the good ones to flog off.

 

Regarding the price, the wool and my business model; my business model is hopeless as I charge pretty much what the wool costs to make the items. Now and then I make $1.20 on a scarf and now and then I lose $1.35 but as it is only meant as a hobby that pays for itself then I don't really care. The price might seem a bit high for something knitted at home but that's where the wool comes in. I only use good wool of good provenance. There is a lot of Australian wool about that is grown here, shipped off to China to be processed cheaply and then returned to be sold in the country of original production. Call me a left wing old reactionary git but I loathe that practise and see it as environmental vandalism. I have no objection to buying an imported product of high quality produced in a third country but to grow stuff or dig it out of the ground, send it off overseas and then bring it back again gets my goat. End of rant. So the wool is use is either 100% Australian Merino, Cleckheaton Superfine from down in Wangaratta or 100% Merino from Uruguay produced by Manos Del Uruguay, a collective of not for profit female co-operatives throughout regional Uruguay. So right on as you could possibly get. Cleckheaton Merino is silky and smooth and soft. Manos Del Uruguay is thicker and luxurious and soft and comes in fairly wild colours, kettle dyed so the colours are mottled and varied throughout the item which can make for some interesting patterns.

 

You might notice I've gone a bit mad on stripes this time around.

 

All items are audiophile approved and knitted listening to either an SME Model 10 turntable in the study or a Model 20 turntable in the lounge so they are imbued with unbounded sonic richness that will stand up to any double blind test. Even horrible audiophile approved 200 gram records of females gently crooning away while someone plonks away meaningfully at a piano sound excellent when you've got one of my scarves wrapped around your head. In fact I would offer the suggestion that the only way to listen to such music is with one of my scarves wrapped around your head.

Merino wool is well know to be acoustically transparent. Well known to me anyway and should you be sitting outside on a cold day then the below scenario still allows for superb sonics.....

 

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All items are knitted in a pet free, smoke free and perfume free house.

 

As regards price, if you buy a couple of items I can fit them in one Express Post satchel which saves you $10 postage. Pick up is available from Guildford West if you fancy running the gauntlet of shooters alley and heading out this way. Payment by Paypal or Bank Transfer, I'm easy. Cash in a brown envelope is fine.

 

As there are a lot of items I'm going to list each one with a number to help. Just PM me what you would like and we'll swap details. Hopefully you've got this far and all the above waffling hasn't put you off but if there's anything I've neglected to mention than ask away.

 

Oh yes, I have a Facebook page that has photos of ones I've sold in the past and current stuff. I also post things there just as I've finished them so if you ever want to keep tabs on stuff then take a look at.....https://www.facebook.com/diggory.kints.7

 

EDIT* To save you scrolling through the whole lot here are the few items still available.... By the way, a couple of fine stylish gentlemen have bought a couple of scarves plus a beanie which I've been able to fit in one Express parcel which has saved them $20 postage. Just saying...

 

#1. Manos Del Uruguay in Royal and Saffron. I like this bright colour mix and only realised after completing it that it's the Parramatta Eels colour. Not that it matters.

 

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#14. Manos Del Uruguay Beanie in Cherrywood.

 

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#11.SOLD Cleckheaton Superfine in Mid Navy and True Blue

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#2. SOLD Manos Del Uruguay Twin Cable in Ultramarine. See what I mean by the mixture and mottling of colours? The cable is reversed so both sides are exactly the same, just like a Status Quo record. (I tell that exact same joke each time)

 

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#3.SOLD Cleckheaton Superfine in Cocoa and Peacock

 

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#4.SOLD Cleckheaton Superfine in Denim and Stone.

 

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#5. SOLD Manos Del Uruguay, plain knit in Mixed Berries.

 

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#6. SOLD Cleckheaton Superfine in Burnt Red and Cocoa

 

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#7. SOLD Manos Del Uruguay in Ecru, Loam and with a little bit of Cherrywood in the middle.

 

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#8.SOLD Manos Del Uruguay Checkerboard pattern in Mixed Berries.

 

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#9. SOLD Manos Del Uruguay in Flame. This is a slightly different blend of Manos to what i usually use and is a thicker and more home made wool so not only does it look like something your granny knitted, it also looks like she sheared the sheep and wove the wool in the backyard herself. Very thick and warm this one. 

 

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#10. SOLD Manos Del Uruguay in Sea Urchin and Royal.

 

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#12. SOLD Cleckheaton Superfine. The Galah. I was sitting watching the galahs feeding in the lawn a while ago. I liked their colours so wondered if i had anything to match. It's paler than the bird but a mix of Stone, Old Rose and Cream did the job.

 

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Beanies.

#13 SOLD Cleckheaton Superfine in Burnt Red and White.

 

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#15.SOLD Cleckheaton Superfine in Midnight and Stone.

 

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#16. SOLD Cleckheaton Superfine in Mid Navy and True Blue.

 

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#17.SOLD Manos Del Uruguay in Larkspur.

 

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For those of you who made it all the way down here...Well done!!!

 

 

 

 

 


 
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#7 and #13 please Herge! Looking forward to sporting these at the first winter GTG!?

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7 hours ago, Zen Mister said:

Possibly the most joyful post so far this year.  If you can work out a way to knit the classic Blue Öyster Cult logo ( not the words) into a beanie and matching scarf, I'm all yours.

Billy

 

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Hmm, motifs, now that might make for future projects with a bit more of a challenge. I shall research.....

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Wow these are going fast must be a lot of people protecting their ears from dodgy audiophile recordings.....:lol:

I was really set on #4 but I've missed the boat there, I will grab #3 & #9 please.


Cheers,

 

Terry

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Damn too slow on this one! Let me know when the next round is done please. #004 and #015 are my kind of flavour.

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10 minutes ago, cafe67 said:

What every well dressed audiophile is wearing ?

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There were no instructions with mine so I got confused and this happened:

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On 2 May 2018 at 4:58 PM, Teksiis said:


There were no instructions with mine so I got confused and this happened:

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I hear the bass is abit wooly  but boy is the sound stage in your face ?

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