WoolWeenies Club

FYI, I tried on the mollie jacket, carrie hoodie and bella vest in a store recently. If I were buying them, I would probably go with Mediums to layer over my Small shak, although the store I was at didn't have them in smalls to compare. The Mollie Jacket is very heavy, its a real wool coat, much heavier than the carrie hoodie. I am a 4-6 on the bottom and 6-8 on top (depending on brand). I am a solid small on top on all other pieces I tried in ibex (shak, kate, ribbie), icebreaker, and llbean, but when I want a piece to layer over something heavy I buy medium (like my PI gavia jacket, PI vagabound II jacket, and craft rain jacket).

The Mollie fabric must be a lot denser than the old Switchback fabric. Sandra, if you don't like the Mollie, let's compare sizes and such. Cuz I thought it was pretty spiffy looking and it was my size, and heavy wool is a good thing to have up here.

(so if you decide to send it back, PM me first, please!:p)

I forgot to add that I still think the full zip shak is the best piece to have if you are only gonna own one because of its versatility. Uncle Dan's still has them on sale. Its a a good mid-weight sweater. The kate is a light base, the ribbie is a mid-weight base (both layer nicely under shak), the shak is a mid-weight sweater, the carrie hoodie is also a mid-weight sweater more casual than the shak, while the mollie a heavy weight jacket/short coat. I would layer the carrie hoodie over either a base or shak, and the mollie definitely over a shak and carrie hoodie.

Hey New England gals, save something to buy tomorrow! We expect a full report.

Well, shoot. For some reason I was thinking that Uncle Dan's didn't have my size. That was when I was think about getting an XL. They DO have a L.

I may try to cancel the Mollie. If I can't, I'll let you know Knot.

Try it out, first! You might love it!

I find the Shak pullover to be like a heavy shirt, about the weight of a rugby shirt. I'm hoping the Carrie Hoody is heavier than my Shak pullover.

Yes, it looks like I will have to. When you call the number listed it goes to the store and they are "currently helping customers on the floor". I guess they don't have a special number for online orders. I didn't realize they were so close to me. Atlanta, GA. My order should be here in 3 days.

BTW, the Mollie jacket at Uncle Dan's is on sale for $146.50, so at $97.50, I did get a great deal!

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Originally Posted by KnottedYet

Try it out, first! You might love it!

I find the Shak pullover to be like a heavy shirt, about the weight of a rugby shirt. I'm hoping the Carrie Hoody is heavier than my Shak pullover.

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I have the full zip not half zip shak, and while the weight doesn't feel very heavy, it packs a pile of warmth. I think the weight of the carrie hoodie is similar, its just a very different knit, the shak is much softer, the carrie is that boucle, scratchy if it touches your skin.

Weeeeell, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

(Sandra, we could end up trading! :rolleyes:)

Sandra,
The Mollie jacket is beautiful. I tried one on in a local store and it just did not fit me well, with very long sleeves. The crab apple color is gorgeous.
You'll probably love it. It gets great reviews on the Ibex website.
Let us know what you think when it comes.

I do agree, the Mollie Jacket is very nice, I just found it ran tight in the bust so I needed to size up with layers underneath, and didn't buy it just cuz I didn't really NEED a heavy wool jacket. But it is a very beautiful piece. I tried it on in charcoal gray. I was tempted, at 50% off, but just didn't need it. I was also tempted by the strato sweater that site also has at 50% off, but at this point I am done shopping for the year, and with 2 shaks I also simply don't need it. I've never seen a strato sweather but it looks *very nice*. But I gotta save to pay my kids next tuition bills, so no more wool for me.........

What's the zipper like on the current full-zip Shaks? I just picked up an older (I think two seasons back) full-zip in a really light Sea Mist blue. The zipper is a big ol' sharp toothy metal one. Not at all like the zipper on my half-zip Shak, which is a nice fine-toothed softer one (and I think is just one season back). Hmmph.

That Thistle Heather sure is purty... I might be tempted to return the Sea Mist older clearance Shak for a full-zip newer Thistle if the zippers are nicer. Help! Need enabling!

Urk. Wait. I don't need more enabling. I just ordered the Dash tights, Alyx jacket, and a pair of gloves off of Ibex last night. And then this morning I logged on and noticed the new thongs. OMG, THONGS!!! Yay!!! :D

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Originally Posted by KnottedYet

A medium Carrie Hoody might fit you, if you are usually a 10. Why not get the last medium (in charcoal) as well as a vest?

temptation is *good*! :D

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The Large carrie hoody fits me beautifully over one or two shaks. I'm 5'5" 148 lbs.
I might fit into a carrie hoody medium but I wouldn't be able to wear much under it. Then too I am small busted. (hey there's that song again!)

KNot-I think the Carrie is just a bit warmer weight fabric than the shaks. But both are wonderful. My carrie hoody goes wonderfully over a shak. I've been wearing my emerald green Carrie a lot lately.

Dianyla- my half zip black shak has the thin nylon-y zipper as you describe. My (also new) black full zip shak has a slightly heavier metal zipper. I wouldn't call it sharp or toothy though- more like a "regular" zipper. definitely bigger than the 1/2 zip's though.

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Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.

The Large carrie hoody fits me beautifully over one or two shaks. I'm 5'5" 148 lbs.
I might fit into a carrie hoody medium but I wouldn't be able to wear much under it.

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:eek: I may end up sending everything back and getting a Shak, which is what I probably should have done in the first place. I just can't resist a good sale.

The zippers on my full zip shaks are made of metal, but nothing obejectionable, that is there is plenty of fabric under them so they don't bother my skin and seem very high quality. Not sure what the ones you are comparing them to are like. The thistle heather is a very nice color, a purply gray. It goes very nice with many colors, grays, blacks, purples, greens, pinks.

Sandra, the shaks at uncle dan's are good sales!

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Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.

Dianyla- my half zip black shak has the thin nylon-y zipper as you describe. My (also new) black full zip shak has a slightly heavier metal zipper. I wouldn't call it sharp or toothy though- more like a "regular" zipper. definitely bigger than the 1/2 zip's though.

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Checking again - I'd compare my fullzip Shak's zipper to the zipper on a pair of denim jeans. Is that what yours is like?

I guess I was hoping it'd be more like the Skyline's zipper.:cool:

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Originally Posted by Triskeliongirl

I forgot to add that I still think the full zip shak is the best piece to have if you are only gonna own one because of its versatility. Uncle Dan's still has them on sale. Its a a good mid-weight sweater. The kate is a light base, the ribbie is a mid-weight base (both layer nicely under shak), the shak is a mid-weight sweater, the carrie hoodie is also a mid-weight sweater more casual than the shak, while the mollie a heavy weight jacket/short coat. I would layer the carrie hoodie over either a base or shak, and the mollie definitely over a shak and carrie hoodie.

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Good evaluations, Trisk. :) I think if i could only (God forbid) have two Ibex items, I would want a black full zip shak and my Ibex heavy wool tights.

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Hey New England gals, save something to buy tomorrow!

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DebW and Robyn and I are meeting up tomorrow in Western MA at a sports shop that carries a whole line of Ibex. It's my first time actually meeting other TE'ers- I'm hepped up! I'm bringing my camera. :p

Dianyla- yes the shak zipper is rather like jeans zippers, but not brass, more a soft dark grey finish.
Yes the full zip zipper is not as "demure" as the Skyline zipper. I actually like the heavier zipper on the full zip shak- makes it less "girly" and more commanding somehow. I was ogling that ice blue shak on Udan's, but figured it would emphasize my pot belly just like the oatmeal colored Carrie did when I tried it on. I guess I should stick to darker colors. :(

I can't wait to see pictures of your meet up.

I feel certain I've made mistakes with my order. Here I was being so guarded and slow to order then suddenly ordered on impulse. :eek: Oh well, the shipping is free and I can alway return or sell here. Nothing lost. At least I can see and touch a few pieces and check sizing.

I'm... adjusting to the idea of the zipper. It just wasn't what I was expecting, I guess! Hmm. I could get behind the idea of commanding. :cool:

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Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.

I was ogling that ice blue shak on Udan's, but figured it would emphasize my pot belly just like the oatmeal colored Carrie did when I tried it on. I guess I should stick to darker colors. :(

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It probably doesn't do my kangaroo pouch any favors, but... well, my lower belly protrudes no matter what I wear. So I might as well just wear wool anyway! :rolleyes:

One thing about being big busted, it keeps me in proportion. I never have to worry about my belly sticking out further than by boobs.:D

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Originally Posted by Dianyla

I'm... adjusting to the idea of the zipper. It just wasn't what I was expecting, I guess! Hmm. I could get behind the idea of commanding. :cool:

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Think "Harley Davidson chick of the Andes" or something.

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One thing about being big busted, it keeps me in proportion. I never have to worry about my belly sticking out further than by boobs.

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Too funny!

Look Sandra, I too ordered a lot of stuff I returned. At least shipping one way was free. Why don't you also order a shak, and then just keep the pieces you love. I found the sizing on the shak ran smaller (by that I mean I was a solid small in shak, but medium in mollie) than the other pieces, unless you want to size up to layer a lot under it. I can nicely get a mid-weight small base (ribbie) under my small shak, but for where I live like it best with a small light-weight base (like my kate). My bases are both size small, but the ribbie is more form fitting. If you look at their item descriptions, the ribbie is described as form fit and kate as semi-fit which is accurate.

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Originally Posted by sandra

One thing about being big busted, it keeps me in proportion. I never have to worry about my belly sticking out further than my boobs.:D

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Yes! I'm just glad they stick out further! :D

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Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.

Think "Harley Davidson chick of the Andes" or something.

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Bwahahaa!! Oh yah, something like that.

I think I just might order a darker colored Shak. Looking at the Sea Mist pale blue again, what I don't like about the zipper is how it stands out as a dark color against the light wool. The Thistle just wouldn't have that problem. Now would it? :rolleyes:

No, but you look so good in pale blue! :( Quick!- think "Harley Davidson chick floating in a pale shimmering tide pool with-little-bits-of-dark-coral in the Andes"!

:o

Hey I gotta go to bed!
Now all of you- step aw-a-y from the credit cards...... :mad:

My credit card is a source of trouble...

At the moment I have a Terry order, High Country order, and Timex order winging their way toward me.

I have GOT to stop ordering!

well dear Knot...you might have to do what I did...stay away from the wool weenies club for awhile so all the sale notices quit sailing into yr inbox!!!
OR
lose your DSL connection for 3 days...cold turkey.that just happened to me...i'm not sure it worked though.....i just bought a LST from Rooted to Nature...another place eager to meet you...:D

Deb, Lisa, and I, along with my husband met at the Arcadian Shop today to BUY. Lisa was right near the door when we walked in, and Deb arrived shortly after. We spent about 2 hours looking and we all bought more than one item, at least one being Ibex, which was all 20% off. I bought a full zip Shak, in brown, along with a commuter bag. Everything at this store was high quality, the people who worked there were nice, and the coffee was excellent!
I haven't laughed this much in a long time! We got one of the employees to take pictures; only one of mine came out decently (I think I am the most un-photogenic person around). Let's just say that Lisa had the poor girl taking our picture take quite a few; the other customers in the store weren't quite sure what was going on. After coffee and talking for about another hour, we went to lunch at a great bistro where we proceeded to laugh for another hour or more. I am a lot poorer, but this was a fun way to spend the day.

We need a FULL report. What did everyone else buy???

Well, my husband bought an Ibex hat, a Mountain Hardwear jacket, and a Prana fleece. Oh and some thingys to hold our nordic skis together. Deb bought a pair of El Fito (sp) knickers and an Ibex base layer T. You know, I can't remember what Lisa bought. She was trying on stuff long after Steve, Deb, and I were in the cafe...

oh how fun!! thanks for the photo!

It was a fun day for us wool weenies. I bought a pair of 3/4 jane long underwear pants in large and El Fito bike knickers in medium. Lisa bought the lodden mittens, and I don't know what else.

Oh wow, we did have fun! Our router went bonko today and poor DH has been fixing things for several hours so I had to have my computer turned OFF all this time until just now....:eek: :eek: :eek:

Yes I bought the Ibex Loden mittens, I bought one Ibex black Kate (large) and one pair of Patagonia Capilene panties to check out.... :p
I loved how the dusty lavender Kate looked on me but they only had medium which was a bit too huggy. Deb had her eye on the one large black Kate....but I got it first!
Yes I took a long time- but hey I had a good excuse- I ran into TWO different other people from my town there at the store and wound up talking with them as well. (yeah, that's it....)


Ok, here are the best pix.... DebW is in the grey shirt, Robyn is in the half-zip hooded shak, Robyn's husband (whose name I know but will let her reveal it if she so chooses!) is the manly one, and I am in the skirt. I thought it was funny that he bought more stuff than any of us others. ;)

Do you see the photo with all the clothes on display?- well that was only maybe 60% of their Ibex section. (drool drool)
All the Ibex was on sale at 20% off. Yeah we might have gotten another 10% off elsewhere but at least we knew if they had our size and colors right there and then. Sales tax vs. shipping cancel each other out. Plus it was worth something to be able to try things on and feel them and also support a local store. It was great to see the Ibex online items "come to life" right there. You wound up saying to yourself Oh, that's not as cool as I thought...or Oh, this is nicer than it seemed online! We had a lot of trouble making the new two-way zippers work properly on the Pingo Jackets, so did another woman. Too bad, as they were great jackets. They are really going to have to fix that.

I think they must have thought we were a bunch of VIPs in the Arcadian Shop with all the picture taking (and what's wrong with that I ask?). :-D
Everyone was really sweet and fun to be with. We discovered yet more Ibex stuff hidden in the biking dept- that's where the El Fitos and arm warmers, etc were, plus some Ibex jerseys with back pockets.

Our lunch nearby was really nice. I wanted to have the waitress take photos of that part of the visit in the pretty restaurant (not the ArcadianShop cafe you see here), but I was afraid the other 3 would be too mortified and start a mutiny after the Arcadian Shop picture session if I attempted to do it again.

P.S. My legs are so NOT that fat! =8-O

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posed artfully amongst the Ibex!

I have the brown FZ shak and I wish I'd bought the black...but I LOVE my brown and red Norgie...I just wish it was a wee bit longer....

I 'm going to Boston on Wed and need to layer up....!! nothing will get here in time though....:(


p.s. edit
I guess I must've really missed you guys because I just sunk another small fortune in Ibex: another echo T, the Shak jersey in black and a pair of the loose tights...

oy!! what happens in the summer!!! a whole NEW wardrobe?!?!?!?

OK, you guys are so bad I broke down and made another order. I finally bought the black strato sweater at the 50%off sale at High Country. It was the first ibex sweater I saw that I really wanted but wasn't willing to pay full price for. For 77.50 with free shipping I couldn't resist. Isn't she pretty?

Did any of you guys try it on today? How did it fit compared to the shak? I ordered the last black small they had.

I tell myself a girl has to have 3 sweaters, right?

Elk & Trisk- quit blaming us for your sins! We have enough of our own!!! :cool:

Elk- you can't go wrong with the black shak. If you love your Norgie why not get the one in the reverse colors of the brown/red one you have- the red/brown?
I love my black/chalk Skyline and my heavy ribbies. I don't like the lighter colored Skylines because they are not as slimming and also the chest pocket lining makes an odd bump in the front bust area on one side. Can't see that in the black one at all.
Always love my shaks best though.

Trisk- that sweater looks gorgeous. I'm sure it must be slightly heavier than the shak- as it should be.

Dianyla- did you decide about the pale blue shak yet?

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I tell myself a girl has to have 3 sweaters, right?

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Oh, much more than 3!!!

Well seeing you guys in that shop surrounded by all that Ibex just did something to me......... But I did resist the Mollie Jacket which I really don't need, and the Bella Vest, which fortunatly also sold out in my color/size as I hesitated!

Yes it does seem heavier than the shaks, so I can say its different then, right? I just hope its not too heavy for where I live like the organic sweater was. Too bad it will arrive after my trip, but I know I'll use it on those days when I can't get my house to warm up and when I travel to a cold place.

These sweaters should last a long time, and it was such a good sale......... I resisted when ibex reduced them to $98, but for $77 I know I would have regretted not ordering it.

Lisa, enjoy your Kate! Its my favorite thing to pair with my shaks.

OK...about the Kate...the neckline looks kind of open..wide, low....

I don't like wind on my collarbone...:eek:


Lisa...I don't blame you...it's how we bond...;)