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Emily, hope your job situation improves. So glad you got hooked on Ibex. I have been living in my black and brown full zip Shaks. Then on the other days I wear my Shak hoodies or my Icebreaker stuff! Well, next week I go back to classes at the university, so I will have to rotate my clothes a little more.
I don't know what I would have done without Lisa hooking me on this stuff!
Well, you could have been vacationing in Tahiti or something, with all the money you would have saved. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
I do think the Ibex full zip black Shak has to be the ONE item that most encompasses the WoolWeenie spirit....it should be our flagship. :p
I agree. Here's a challenge for everyone who has a black full zip shak...Quote:
Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl
Take a photo of yourself wearing it (or post one if you already have one!) and post it here! Let's put together a wool-weenie collage! :D
Yeah, my black Shak got me through some chilly airplane rides and evenings in Mexico over the past 5 days. I love it.Quote:
Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl
Not sure if anyone got a picture of me in it.
Hi Weenies,
I come to publicly prostrate myself before the Wool God and profess my undying love and devotion to all that is wool. I love wool. Wool is the Way. I care not for un-wool things. Let the Wool shine down on me.
Ah-men
quick question: can anyone help me with a fit issue? I got an Ibex woolie crew in size L. It fits great except its too short for me. I do kinda have a longer torso, I suppose. I wonder if I try an XL is the length going to increase much? I could use a good 2 or 3 inches more in length and I like the fit otherwise....
I'm not sure I put myself in the weenie category, though I'm rediscovering it now that there is washable wool (I love wool socks if that counts...), but I pulled a good coup yesterday. $1.99 for a Neve sweater - soft, warm, cozy and good looking. :cool:
so how did you buy a sweater for $1.99? where?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eden
Thrift store find - my other best find is a pair of brand new Kenneth Cole shoes for $10
Here's my picture:
Wow Robyn, that shak fits you perfectly! Nice fireplace. :)
Laru- I bet if you call Ibex they will be all too happy to measure the length difference for you right over the phone- they are very helpful women over there.
I only have a full-zip in the Boucle. My black Shak is a hoodie.
What do I do? Does that mean I'm not woolweenie?! :eek:
I would say any kind of Ibex SHAK would qualify- full zip, half zip, hooded....any color.
And if you have no shak, it does NOT mean you are not a wool weenie! A wool weenie just loves any kind of wool.
If anyone wants to issue a call for pix of any other item they think others might have too- feel free to do so!
We are one! :D
OK, here goes. Here is one my son took of me in portugal last month in my black shak. Notice I also discovered SCARVES on this holiday. The one in the pic was a xmass gift from my kids. This one is not wool, but the kids also bought me a beautiful wool one I wore a lot as me moved to colder places. The pose was my son's idea too, not quite sure what it means but he liked it, something about being a 'cool mom'.
I don't own a Shak... and I'm not a big fan of zippers on close-fitting apparel. But here's me last year in my Duofold wool crew - and I'm glad I pulled out this picture, because this is right after the finish of the same race I'm doing Saturday, and inspiration for a better time this year.
I just picked up my brown shak fullzip from REI tonight, I haven't gotten around to looking at it - just came back from a ski trip.
Some of the guys over on goingprepared.com are reporting finding icebreaker ski and hiking socks at TJmaxx lately. Apparently on Jan 22nd, it's going to be 15% off purchases at Tjmaxx or Marshalls nationwide (they're the same store). A friend I saw in Salt Lake had found a really nice smartwool v neck sweater with striped arms at a Tjmaxx in Salt Lake. I let her wear my ibex backcountry pants one night in Jackson Hole, and barely managed to pry them away from her.
I found a smartwool bike jersey for $25 at the REI superclearance in Salt Lake... I also dropped into the patagonia outlet in salt lake which was doing a 30% off everything sale and was quite upset to find an empty rack with a "merino wool cardigan $30" sign over it. But I got a lot of the nice patagonia organic cotton & hemp stuff to make up for it.
Time to wash all my wool, it & I did pretty well skiing.