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Reporting back on my treasure hunt. I spent a massive $9 on 3 sweaters.
1. Just a little cotton short-sleeved pullover, orange and white striped to wear with jeans or a skirt.
2. An Ann Taylor merino wool/cashmere blend, v-neck, tan. Looks new.
3. A Lands End 100% cashmere pullover, maroon or burgundy. A little wrinkled, but once that's taken care of, should look new also.
The trouble is I went looking for cycling layers, but these may be office worthy.
Either way, I rock!
:p
You rock!
Can you take me shopping?:D
Now I feel the need to go Good Will hunting again....
Sweet finds! :D
Come down in January, on the 6th. They have another 1/2 off day then.
Don't GWs in other parts of the country do this?
Hey! I never noticed this before! A wool specialty shop on TE!
http://www.teamestrogen.com/categories.asp?catID=114
Hot doggies!
And don't forget the ultimate wool-cozy item, right where you need it most on those winter rides -- an Activa wool bra! :eek: :D :cool:
I kid you not! Itchless, warm (and suprisingly enough also cool in summer), wicking, and with support like a sports bra. Sadly, I only have one, but as soon as my source restocks, I'm getting more.
Darn! I found Activa, but no wool!
Do you have a link? Thanks!
Woops. My bad. Time to stop trusting my memory. It's Aclima, not Activa. But it IS still itchless, supporting, wicking, and weather-adapting.
http://www.aakamilitary.com/aclima_b...r_wool_bra.cfm
I can't believe I haven't noticed this thread until now! And I needed it so badly!
Hi, my name is juju and I'm a woolweenie--a Florida woolweenie!
Which means I have to seek out nice thin wool layers. Today, though, we awoke to a 36-degree morning, so I'm sporting my gorgeous blue Ultimate Guide Sweater, and shopping online for wool underlayers for both cycling and motorcycling. Any suggestions?
By the way, my "gateway drug" was sweet, thin, Smartwool socks that I still wear all year around under my cycling shoes.
Bad Juju-
Ibex Agate T is very light weight, but not see-through.
http://www.ibexwear.com/F06/View_Pro...&CategoryLine=
I've worn it by itself and as an underlayer.
Smartwool seems to be pretty lightweight. I only have one Smartwool shirt, but I have to say <drops into a whisper> I think the quality on the Ibex shirts is a bit better than Smartwool shirt I have. The tailoring is certainly better fitting, the stitching is much cleaner, and the fabric feels smoother.
Check the Ibex Outlet page often, they put new stuff/new colors on it frequently. I think I've gotten almost all my Ibex from the Outlet page.
Tops : http://www.ibexwear.com/F06/Products...tletGROUP=Tops
And Bottoms : http://www.ibexwear.com/F06/Products...tGROUP=Bottoms
Duck - Thank you thank you thank you for the wool bra link! Whooo-hoo!:D
What was most interesting was that it was on a military gear site
My mind is still boggling .....
[don't ask...!]
And we thought TE girls/women/personnes were Real Tough!
I went to Value village up in the "good" Neighborhood, Lake city..
I bought a NICE pair of charcoal wool slacks with liner and
a fine but dense (shrunk once) v neck sweater which will be a perfect undergarment. I was thinking about the question "how will i know it is wool
if it doesn't have a label" while I went through all their stuff.
the things that are very very soft are NOT wool unless they have a really hairy appearance, and then they are angora (goat), rabbit (angora), or mohair.(goat)
or they are blended with a synthetic.
Wool even soft wool (like Merino) is going to be a tiny bit scratchy..
CASHMERE... is goat hair! (I just learned something. So wool lovers you can love sheep AND goats I do :)
ps it's better to go wool shopping at second hand stores in the summer.
I think I've made a new wool discovery, or new to me. I ordered a wool blend long sleeved T from steep & cheap and it came in today. The brand name is Sport Science and it feels very nice. It's a wool blended with a technical polyester.
Here's the site: http://www.smarterperformance.com/home.php
& click on the performance wool. They have some cute Ts too.
I ordered two of those $60 Approach tights on sale from Ibex- for my older daughter and her partner for Xmas. I'll check them out when they get to me here. Got a Large and a Med.
Well those Ibex Approach sale tights got here and they are AWESOME!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.
So nice and thick and stretchy- I love the way they feel against my bare skin- they have a very pleasant soft subtle nubbly texture, like a gentle massage while wearing them. I HAD to order a pair for myself as well. Interestingly, although the mediums do fit me well (snug, like you expect tights to fit), I like the slightly more relaxed feeling of the large, so I am getting a large for myself. They are very luxurious! I can actually wear them around to places when not biking, because they are not as revealing as thin tight lycra tights. I can't even imagine why they would be on sale in the first place!
Where do they sit between the hips and waist?
I read somewhere that the waist was quite high and I just can't handle anything close to my bellybutton... :(
Well, we are all shaped diferently, but...
It's not a "low-rise" or hip hugger type waist. I would call it a "normal" waist height, not "quite high"- but I guess terminology may have changed. The waist on the tights seems to fall right at my belly button- which is about an inch below my natural waist. (my natural waist being the narrowest part of my waist). I myself like both lowrise and regular waists in clothes.
Got a piercing, or just a sensitive belly button? ;)
You girls are a bad influence. After lurking in this post, I ended up clicking the Ibex link that Knotted provided and getting a couple shirts (who can pass up such good deals! haha). This year, I had already added to my wool collection, as REI outlet had some Ibex and Smartwool tops on sale.
I just bought myself an Icebreaker Tech Bodyfit Top at www.ems.com. It is on sale for $45, but if you go through the checkout process and apply coupon code FF25, you get 25% off and the total is $33.75. In fact the 25% off code applies to ANYTHING at EMS till Dec 11. There are some other Icebreaker and Smartwool items there. Good luck!
Hehe thanks for the info Lisa!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.
Nothing special on the button, just like to have my pants rest on my upper hips. My tummy doesn't like to be enclosed in elastics. I can't even enjoy dear partner's arm around my waist when I sleep, he has to rest his arm on my hip bone otherwise I feel like I'm squeezed :eek:
I think the tights are out for me. :( That's probably good, because I don't need tights.
So lovely to see you all supporting NZ's economy. :D
I was adding up the number of woolley items I possess, but when I'd exceeded twenty before starting in on hats and socks and scarves and gloves, I thought maybe it would be better if I just stopped counting. :p
And also you didn't have to count the items you were actually wearing!
Btw, "gloves" and "socks" count as 1 not 2.
check it out, fellow woolweenies!
http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/retail/ca...?categoryId=93
One of the wool bags even comes with a full reflective center panel!
Uh oh....
http://www.portlandcyclewear.com/woolcyclingjersey.html
Should we get a 'WoolWeenies' jersey? just joking.
I wish I could think of something though.
My sweet partner is going to get one for his birthday (March) I think.
Those are good prices. If we can get an order of 12, we could get ss wool jerseys for $46.50, ls wool jerseys for $51. On the other hand, it's only men's sizing and would probably be past-the-butt long on most of us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grog
And that horizontal stripe across the chest is not exactly a good look for many women...
Ibex makes a classic wool jersey for their cycling team, but I haven't seen it around lately. Wonder if we could convince them to do us some women's jerseys as an experiment? Wonder if they'd give us a juicy discount if we could "advertise" for them a bit wearing the jerseys... I wonder.....
<woolweenie dreaming>
Anybody wanna send them a link to this thread?
They have vertical stripes too!Quote:
Originally Posted by divingbiker
The women's jersey I tried from them last year was a terrible fit on me... I tend to be slender, and I would have had room to be pregnant in there... I was quite sad... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Hey Deb, my DH bought one of those jerseys and despite giving it the best of care (handwashing, carefully drying it) it has seriously shrunk! It's now TIGHT on him. Too bad, because it was a classy sweater/jersey.Quote:
Originally Posted by DebW
Now we know that you can't even wring wool out to dry. But he didnt know that.
Some one should invent a smartwool jersey. With removable sleeves. Good pockets. In orange & black to match my bike.
They say they have a new style now, and it's mashine washable supposedly.... Hum.Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
I wore holes in 2 fingers of my Smartwool glove liners last weekend. :( Guess thin Smartwool can't take much abrasion. Should have worn my leather work gloves all day instead of switching back and forth while hiking and moving logs/limbs. The Smartwools were great for gram-weenie hiking, but alas, now I'll have 2 cold fingertips.
dEBw,
I posted in post #53 of this thread how I was rather surprised when I poked my finger right through my SmartWool crew base layer sleeve while pulling it off casually. :eek: I hadn't thought about how wool is not indestructable! I am more careful now with my definitely NOT cheap woolies.
Were you wearing your SW glove liners as outer gloves? That might explain why they did not hold up to abrasion, grabbing tree trunks, etc- they are meant to be worn inside other gloves- probably woven to be soft and thin rather than durable.
You could still sew up the holey fingertips and wear your liners under big work gloves or under mittens, etc.
I was never one to wear wool, but after reading here, I had to try it. I was absolutely truly laughing out loud at Lisa's 12-steps for woolweenies! Pure genius!
My first purchase was an Ibex switchback midlayer, got it a week or so ago, at a great price ($34)from SierraTrading (I think I got the last one). I wear it to bike, to shop, to surf the channels from my sofa, it keeps me comfy in all conditions, and I feel quite smart in it if I must say so myself :cool:
Then I saw Mimi's post about getting even better deals from the Goodwill. So yesterday I shopped at a Goodwill store in a nice neighborhood. I was so excited to find a great baselayer, 100% merino (it's skin tight, but it's a baselayer), and a really cute every-day sweater, also 100% merino, for 4 bux each! One label is "Ann Taylor", the other "abercrombie and fitch". I'd NEVER pay full price for either of those brands, but at 4 bux each, ya it's a sweet deal!
What I love most about the wool for riding is that it doesn't grab the stink like the tech layers, and it stays dry. I'm looking forward to trying the wool baselayer later today on a ride.
Last Saturday I was riding on 40 miler and we stopped halfway for lunch. By the time we got back on the bikes, my baselayer (a polyester jersey) was fairly damp and I stayed chilled for 10 minutes or so. Once I warmed back up I was OK. I hope the wool baselayer will prevent this from happening again.
You guys are great, thanks for dragging me into your addictions ;)
Colleen
Yes, I was wearing the liner gloves as outer gloves, and grabbing tree limbs with them. Nothing heavy-duty (switched to leather gloves for that), but still... I only paid $10 for them, so not a huge loss. They were great under my lobster-claw cycling mitts, so maybe I'll try to sew up the holey finger and thumb.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.
Look, fellow wool-weenies! I have brought an innocent victim into our wooly clutches!
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...t/DSCN0382.jpg
Yes, that is a Duofold henley Ms. Trek is wearing... the entry drug to the hardcore wool world of Ibex and Smartwool and Icebreaker!
(and doesn't it look nice on her? I think she should wear it every day. Maybe I should find her another so she can wear wool while washing wool. Yeah, that's it, building up her tolerance one wooly item at a time. Soon, the Ibex Norgie crew my pretty, sooooon...)
Yes!!!
Another convert! :D :D :D