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Well, heck, virtue is its own reward at the time. Didn't find a thing for me, but I won the Shak Jersey!Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
So I have to call them back today with a size. I have what I think is a Woolie Zip-T in a medium. Plenty big. Frankly, I can't tell the difference between the Woolie and the Shak from the pictures. Anyone have a clue? Can I go with the same size?
http://www.ibexwear.com/shop/Product...ct=Shak-Jersey
Holy Cow- you lucky girl!!! :eek: :p :pQuote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
The Shaks are a much more substantial, thicker weave wool than the woolies. They have a nice square weave micro texture. Also like a light sweater item, but not bulky at all. in warmth, one Shak layer = about two woolies layers, more or less.
If a woolie zip-T in medium fits you, then a shak jersey in medium would fit you too I believe. BUT...if you want to wear your Shak layered over a couple of base layers for instance, then a Large would be more like a slightly loose sweater type thing. The shaks shrink only a TINY TINY bit in the laundry.
I wear medium woolie base layers. I get my half zip Shak in medium, but i get the full zip Shak in Large beacuse I like to wear it over stuff like a light wool cardigan type item. If it's really cold out, I'll a woolie crew base layer, then my shak half zip in medium, then my shak full zip over them in large.
I was xmas shopping today in our little town, and in the shoe store the salewoman said Hey I have that vest too!- on sale from Ibex! Mine is Blue!....she had the same Cortina vest I just got! :)
Thanks, Lisa. I'm off to talk to them. I think I'll go for the chocolate brown. I love the green, but it don't love me.
Would you correct all my apostrophe and spelling abuse in the quote? I was typing as I was talking to someone on the phone. :rolleyes:
Too funny. Did I catch the errors sufficiently? :cool: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
Deja vu thanks. :p
Smartwool skisox for 6 bucks on SAC now....2:20Tues,PM
As I was zipping around to various websites today, I spotted several Ibex items at nice sale prices on backcountryoutlet.com---all of them too small or too big for me, grrrr.... Ibex items were all L's and XL's. Icebreaker stuff was either XS or XL.......Thought I'd pass the info along in case anybody wants to buy herself an early Christmas present!....:D
(Of course, as addicted as this group is to wool, y'all probably monitor websites hourly for Ibex, right??)
I just scored a new beige Ibex Pingo jacket on eBay this week for $50 plus shipping. (Insert image of small woman doing happy dance.....);)
Could you hear me laughing last night? Last night, I went to the monthly Web Cyclery movie (a fundraiser for the local trail alliance) at McMenamin's. They showed "Off Road to Athens" with Adam Craig and Carl Decker in attendance. I won a Web Cyclery beer glass and filling of choice. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.
BTW, Adam Craig is a hoot. Though I didn't ask him, a Giant team member, why he has a huge Cannondale trailer parked in front of his home. Oops, now it'd be easy to stalk him.:rolleyes:
I got the new Cirque jacket and it has been 80 degrees every day since I got it! :(
Sandra...quit braggin!!!! 80 degrees...cheesh.
(although seriously, I do understand...I went out today..33 degrees.. LOVE it!!but I had ZERO stamina.:( )
DH just asked me what I wanted for a holiday gift....(I got him a big pile of Smartwool sox which ol Mr FussBudget LOVES and a Buff...SCORE!)
I want another mid layer of wool...and really like Lisa's black skyline zip...but i can't find one in XL in black....keep an eye out, eh?
Mine is a Large and it's plenty relaxed on me and the sleeves are LONG. I wear it over a couple of base layers if it's cold. I'm thinking it'd be fine in Large for you too- you might want to try a large. It doesn't shrink much at all either- tested it.Quote:
Originally Posted by elk
Lisa what do you wear in the shak? Mine is XL and I wouldn't want it smaller.
Elk....Don't know if this might be of interest to you, but there's a nice mid-weight Icebreaker sweater in black XL on Sierra Trading Post right now. The Sport Ltd. $72 today. (Price might go up tomorrow?) Inventory is marked as "almost gone," which usually means they have just one or two in stock.
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/,...For-Women.html
I ordered one about a week ago and it arrived today. Much more substantial than a base layer, but not as heavy as the Ibex Long Trail sweater. Not sure how it would compare to the Shak.
Also, Backcountryoutlet.com has an Ibex Pico T in Graphite, XL. Like the Icebreaker Sport Ltd., it's a nice midweight sweater, but is more fitted than the Sport.
Hmm...my half zip shak is a Medium, and then I wear a Large full zip shak over it like a cardigan. Maybe you are bustier than me?Quote:
Originally Posted by elk
I'm not finding any black/pumice XL skylines online anywhere either. :(
sandra?-you're good at searching online.... :cool:
I had a boss once that told me I should be someone's research assistant. :cool: I am a detective!Quote:
sandra?-you're good at searching online....
Elk, sorry, none to be found online. :(
http://www.backcountry.com/store/ICE0134
Thanks KathiC, Sandra and LSH....I found this last one in black XL and boom I bought it...oh oh oh I hope it has thumbholes...I covet thumbholes!!!1
It has thumbholes.
:D yayQuote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
That was a great price Elk! and I like it. I was tempted, but it says "slim fitting". I can't do slim fitting. It IS going to turn cold here...Sunday.
So last night I beat my husband home by a few minutes. As I went outside to plug in the christmas lights, I glanced at the front step and saw a box sitting there. Just then, H comes up the steps and grabs the box to take it inside. He said it was a gift for me.
What he doesn't know is that I noticed the Ibex graphic on the box right before he grabbed it. YIPEE! :D
(Is it wrong that I am now excited about Christmas because I know I'm getting something from Ibex?)
Not at all! I got a wonderful sweater a few years ago from dh for christmas! It finally has gotten cold enough to wear this season. Lucky you!
Oooohhh.....that's EXCITING!!!! :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by GLC1968
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(Is it wrong that I am now excited about Christmas because I know I'm getting something from Ibex?)[/QUOTE]
you're just foolin' right?
Busy day in Wool for me today! My smartwool jacket arrived at REI in-store pickup (the one that Knot so kindly enabled me to purchase) and right afterwards I headed over to the new Icebreaker retail store here in Portland. Oh, yum! Bought some of their nice Legless shorter leggings which are sort of a capri-length which works really nicely with ski-boots in their heavier weight 260. I also bought two very light short-sleeved shirts for warm weather hiking.
While checking out at REI I had a chance to do a little wool evangelizing. I noticed the clerk was wearing an Icebreaker shirt and he was asking me whether I preferred Smartwool vs. Icebreaker. I said it depends on the garment (ok, ok, I'm a complete wool **** and I love it all) but confessed that, if I had to pick just one... my true love lies (mostly) with Ibex. He was completely unaware of Ibex! I noticed he was a cyclist so I made sure to inform him about the wool bike shorts and knickers, and pointed him to an LBS that carries these.
My wool shopping excuse for today? I just had to get a few more woolen wonders before departing for the Mecca of Wool. My sweetie and I are boarding a plane for NZ tomorrow to spend some time tramping in Fiordlands. I will be sure to wave to all our beloved sheep from the plane window. :D
OMG...an Icebreaker store in Portland!?!?! WHere?
I washed all my wool today and was thinking that I actually like my IB pieces as much as my Ibex...it even feels a little silkier....
I'm in BIG trouble!!!
That's weird: last winter I saw a few Ibex pieces (including the Carrie hoddie) at the big REI store in Seattle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dianyla
I hope they have some in stock this year because I'll stop there again!
And where's that Icebreaker store?
uh oh.Quote:
Originally Posted by elk
And she's OFF like a prom dress........:D
Hi everyone! Back from our enforced TE fast. I lasted a while, but then this afternoon I broke down and ordered the loden wool jacket that Elk mentions above...it's the Bregenz jacket and I got it becauseQuote:
Originally Posted by elk
1) It is on sale -almost half price!
and 2) It appears to be the very same loden fabric as the green apple Cortina vest I got a few weeks ago and am wearing almost every day- i absolutely adore that vest and it would be cool to have a matching jacket, especially at that low price.
http://www.ibexwear.com/shop/Product...Bregenz-Jacket
I hope it fits me better than Elk's experience. We'll see, we are all different shapes after all. Got a chocolate brown neck gaiter as well, which will match my chocolate shaks. :p
Which jacket are you talking about Lisa? (oh, never mind, I see now)
I finally wore my Cirque jacket yesterday. It was supposed to be cold, but the temp got up to 82 and I had to come out of it. A cold front came through last night and today is perfect weather for it. I really like it a lot, for more than just biking.
Oooh, I have to go check this one out: http://www.woolsportswear.com/
I got an Ibex Bregenz jacket from STP. The fit is wonderful, much better than the Switchback full zip which has incredibly long sleeves. I do believe that it is the same weight loden wool as the cortina vest. Beautiful fabric and berry color.
Lisa LOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!! oops. not your size
Yeah but for only $5 more (and free shipping!) I already got it in my size (large) and in the lovely Apple Green right from Ibex:Quote:
Originally Posted by sandra
http://www.ibexwear.com/shop/Product...t=Cortina-Vest
(I'm not into purples or pale blues much, so I'll stick with the apple green)
I'm not into purple or pale blue either.
Green is my favorite color. I'm just sayin'......:D
The Switchback full zip sleeves are perfect length for me, so I guess I'll no longer have to be tempted by the Bergenz! Now, onward to *new* temptations!! :D (where's that Ibex underwear and camisole line?!?!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Natasha
Ugh, I am having an aweful problem with my smartwool. Tis the dry air season with winter and EVERY time I wear my smartwool I get so much static cling I change. I despise the smell of static guard - does anyone have any ideas on how to deal with this??
And I do have a humidifier that I need to dig out and get running....
What I do goes against most wool care advice.Quote:
Originally Posted by mtbdarby
We have 3 indoor cats and the hair sticks to everything bigtime- especially to wool! I wash my wool on gentle cycle in the machine, and then I put them on very low air dry in the dryer (no heat) with a fabric softener dryer sheet. This goes against what they all advise....but it's the only way all the cat hair comes off! I get a dryer sheet that I like the smell of (squeeze the box in the supermarket and sniff, or buy the unscented if you prefer). Sometimes they only need *some* time in the air fluff dryer cycle, then can finish drying by laying out. (We have a small wooden folding clothes drying rack in our bedroom. The rules are to always leave a couple of rungs for the other person, and to take your stuff off when dry)
Static can be a real problem in winter. My own feeling is that the dryer sheets are my friend, keeping my wool soft, relaxed, and cat fur free. ;) :cool: If you use it only to control static and not to help remove cat fur, then you might only need to use the sheets occasionally.
I let all my wool stuff air dry in the basement---I find that helps with the static cling quite a bit.......If anything still has a bit of static when I put it on, I gently and lightly rub in a little bit of moisturizer. Works especially well with socks that are threatening to hold your pant legs hostage........Hope that helps!
Barging in again to share a photo. It's a bad photo of me, but I thought you would all like Penelope's SmartWool hat. (She has matching mittens and two pairs of socks, and the socks are awesome, she can't kick them off!)
http://www.xeney.com/images/Penelope...stmasparty.jpg
My daughter, the wool weenie.