Terry's site says 'hand wash, dry flat' so I'll probably try that with mine when the time comes...
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Terry's site says 'hand wash, dry flat' so I'll probably try that with mine when the time comes...
sometimes there are Neve sweaters at sierra trading post - they do look really lovely. tokie
OK, they arrived. I am not sure if I am going to keep them. The waist actually fits, because I like to wear my pants lower, below my waist. They are loose, but not bulging out in the back. It's the bottoms of the legs I am not sure about. I tried them on in socks and they are down to the bottom of my feet. Almost on the floor. I have to try them on with my hiking boots and my x country boots. However, the velcro on the bottom of the legs has me puzzled. They are already wide legged and the velcro was not fastened to the tightest part. When i went to tighten the velcro,the pant bottom looks awful. I am not sure why it's there.
After I try them on with shoes, I will make my decision. It looks like it would be expensive or hard to hem because of the velcro/hem on the bottom. My husband has similar Ibex pants, but his have zippers on the legs. I always wanted some like his, but now I don't know if I can justify the expense; I don't think I would wear them outside of sports activities.
Well I am sorry they are so long on you. The 4 was soooo short on me I am really surprised they are that long on you. But if you don't love them, which it sounds like you don't, just send them back.
It is unseasonablly cold here, so I don't know what I would do without them. They really cut the wind, which I noticed is a major difference between them and my wool dress pants.
I guess I'm usually just happy to be warm and don't really worry all that much about how it looks.
Crankin, you could try pulling the pants in at the back so that it's higher at your waist and see if it fixes the bottoms of the pants.
Or just send them back.
I haven't tried them with the shoes yet, but when I tried to pull the tabs on the waist, it totally bunched up and looked awful.
Trisk, I think we are just used to cold more! Generally, when I am wearing wool dress pants, I would just be walking from my car into a building. If it's really cold or I have to walk, I will put my long underwear on. I actually thought the Alpstars would be more "wool" looking on the outside.
Yea, I am really short. But, I will try them on with the shoes and report back.
I tried them on with all of my boots; while they weren't dragging on the floor, when I went to do the velcro tighter at the bottom, there was so much extra material that they were ballooning out. Not good. It's too bad because I really liked the way the top fit. But for $166.00, they should be perfect. I am going to contact Jonesware about custom wool pants.
Thanks!
OK, an update, instead of another post from me! I ordered the Jones Ware hiking pants. They're 107.00 and for 10.00 extra they customize the inseam and waist. Perfect for me. I ordered the x smalls and had them do a 28.5 inseam instead of 29.5 and made the waist 25-26 instead of 24-25. The smalls would have been too big, so this is perfect.
Well I am glad you found something you like. I did not spend as much as you on them ($147) but obviously they fit me better and I feel I need them more than you (I am wearing them again today w my woolies under, I was so cold yesterday w my wool dress pants).
ENJOY the Jonesware pant. The custom fit sounds perfect for you!
I know I've said it before, but our major problem are interiors. The last few days have been in the 30-40s, and they were blowing cold air conditioned air on us at work. I can't get my home much warmer than 50 when its in the 30s outside w my gas radiators, and then when we go outside we have 20-30 mph winds (and I need to stand there waiting for my husband to pick me up on days its too cold to ride and we car pool)............ But I am now so used to how to dress for this that I go crazy when I go to boston and feel the interiors are overheated.
Crankin, as an aside, I know you guys have snow coming in. Should I worry my kids will have a hard time getting out of Logan on Saturday? I timed us to all land within 10 minutes of each other in Lisbon, but that assumes no flight delays.
Trisk, we are supposed to have a big storm Friday, with some "snow showers" on Saturday, although Saturday looks mostly clear. I would be mildly concerned. What time does their plane leave? International flights usually leave here at 6PM or so; if it's then, they will be fine.
Just wondering, why does your house only get up to 50? Are you purposely trying to keep it cool to save energy or is it something else? I agree with the AC thing in public buildings, though. I mean, I can't live without it when it's hot, but living in AZ had me used to keeping the house at 82 (well when it's 110 out that is cool). We keep our house at 78 in the summer and a lot of my friends come here and say they are hot. People here seem to keep their houses at 70 and even lower in public buildings.
Out heat is set at 68 and it goes down to 58 after 11 PM to 4 AM. Sometimes I am cold at that temperature in the winter, but I will put on another layer if I have to. I couldn't stand having my house be 50; my hands would be cold. I guess generally, though when people go to work here, they do not wear long underwear or layers, although they may put on a heavier wool sweater, etc. I do remember being in Portland, Maine, though and noticing a lot of wool and thermal tights and other winter stuff being sold in the summer, getting ready for winter. These things were out among the "pricey" skirts and tops in a lot of the boutiques I went in.
Ha... I just got two long sleeve medium weight Ibex T's for the gym. :rolleyes: It's crazy when it's 75 degrees and humid outside. I keep hinting to the owner that he needs to put a lock on the thermostat, but so far no dice. There are a couple of individuals who set the thermostat in the aerobics room at 55° (no I'm not exaggerating... and who only knows the temperature of the air coming out of the vents in the low ceiling).
Crankin- my kids flights aren't scheduled to leave until 10pm on sat., so hopefully they'll be OK. Thanks for interpreting the weather forecast for me!
You asked why our house is only ~50 degrees inside. The problem is we live in a historic neighborhhood (for real, its on the national historic registry) in a home that was built 100 years ago. Charming, yes, always practical, no! It does not have central heat and air, and whenever we have tried to get an estimate for it to be installed the contractors never even complete making the estimate (it will not be easy in other words). Each room has an individual air conditioner and a gas radiator. The good news is you only heat or cool the rooms you are using, when you are using them, so energy costs and consumption are low. Most of the time, we have mild winters, and if its 50 outside we can get the inside temp as high as we'd want. But when it drops to the 40s and even 30s, which does happen just not every day, they are just not strong enough to get us much above 50. So, I wear my woolies, alpstar pant, an ibex midweight base, shak and fleece, and sit under a blanket when indoors. Last night it was so cold I just climbed under my down comforter in my bed after dinner and went to sleep (it was one of those *very unusual* days in the 30s).
Work is another matter. Why they insist on running the air conditioning on 30 degree days I simply do not understand, so I need the same layers indoors, minus the fleece. I have ibex short sleeve polos and even tank tops to wear under blouses in summer, cuz it is so freakingly over-air conditioned. And I have an ibex ecru boucle sweater I keep in my office to wear in summer even when it might be 105 deg outside!
So, now you see why I am so confused when I travel. Here there is often not that big a diff between our indoor and outdoor temps, so all I will add when I go outside is a goretex shell to block the wind, and a hat and gloves, even when its really cold out (although yesterday I tested my down sweater and hmmmmm, what a good purchase).
Portugal will be worse, the only source of heat in my in-laws home is a wood stove. Again, it works cuz its usually mild, but still winters run in the 40-50s with no central heating.......... So we will be sleeping in bedrooms with no heat at all.
Well, I guess that's the down side of having an historic home. We looked at a few of those, too, before we bought this house 3 years ago. In the end, we decided that there was too much work involved with renovations, etc. Little did we know how much we would spend on this house! But, the heating/AC have had minimal problems. At times, though, I wish we were living in the historic district, because it is FLAT... my driveway is already iced over, from a little 2 inches of snow and some drizzle. It's not enough for the plow guy to come. Oh well.
Have a good time in Portugal. I taught in a system that had mostly Portuguese students (or Brazilian) and it looks so pretty from the pictures. My friends did a cycling trip there a couple of years ago. The hills looked challenging!
Thanks Crankin! Well we planned on selling our house when we became empty nesters, and getting something smaller and more modern, but as you well know its just not a good time to sell a house right now.
We have 2 weeks of vacation in Portugal w DH's family, and then 2 weeks of travelling including professional visits to Seville, Madrid, Barcelona and Lausanne. Kids stay with us almost to Lausanne, and then we send them off on their own with 2 week eurail passes. Not the season to bring bikes unfortunatey, although someday we'd love to do a european family bike tour.
Thanks to the wool weenies both DD and I are well prepared!
Its funny when I had 35 lb more fat on me, I didn't even need to know about wool! Boy can fat be insulating!!!
I bet also that Triskelion's house, being in Texas, is not well insulated like our NE houses are. So when it's unseasonably cold and windy, I bet it's hard to keep the temps up inside with just some dinky radiators.
Yeh, in fact we have walls of mostly glass (i.e. windows), which functioned in the pre-AC days to give lots of cross ventilation, with ceiling fans everywhere. I was sitting in my study the other night, trying to work but feeling a horrible draft coming off the window next to my desk.
The radiators are small, and you fill them with water and then light the gas pilot,which heats the water and generates a wimpy amount of heat.
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My Jones Wears pants came today! Really quick. I ordered them on Tuesday?
They fit perfectly. They are just plain merino wool stretch pull ups with 5% lycra. They are pretty thick, but lay flat. I will definitely be wearing these for all types of activities. With long underwear, they will be very toasty.
You guys should really look at this company.
Hey WoolWeenies,
REI has some Ibex stuff on sale, including Women's Full Zip Shaks ($89.13 after the 15% discount.
How many Shaks are too many for one person?
I was pretty tempted by those. I had an ibex green polo shirt arrive today & some ibex knee warmers, so that might be today's wool fix.
I was cleaning and hanging things up earlier and noticed that I have 2 ibex carries, 2 ibex vertigos, 2 ibex mollie's, 1 ibex switchback full zip, 3 ibex switchback pullovers, 2 icebreaker ravens, 2 icebreaker allstars, 1 ibex cinch, 1 icebreaker jetter, 1 smartwool route, at least 4 icelandic design wools..... 3 ibex shak zip necks, 1 hooded shak.
And erm. an ibex neve, ibex cirque jacket, and.... I'm not getting into any of the rest of the sweaters.
And there's only 1 of me.
I have serious shopping issues.
yes, Catriona, I would agree with you. I would love to have what you have but I just can't seem to spend the money.
I guess I'm too cheap. The few pieces I have, I love.
Oh - I didn't pay anywhere near full price for any of it. Which is how I end up with multiples. However, if something's 70% off - then I buy a couple since I'm unlikely to find it again. And it becomes very easy to rationalize why I need two of them.
you've got to let me/us know when any of this stuff is 70% off.
Will do.
Thanks, Catriona. I just bought my black full zip Shak! My husband works near an REI, so he will pick it up there.
OK, no more wool for me, except for the micro weight long underwear I need.
Icebreaker body fit 260 crew is on sac right now for $32 (60% off)
okay.... step away from the keyboard... it's 70 degrees outside and I've bought two SmartWool tops and two Ibex tops in the past month... I do not need more wool...
Not bad for starters. :D :eek: ;) ;) :cool: :eek:Quote:
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Hey, I bought some SmartWool glove liners last month and LOVE them. Super super warm and soft. But they are starting to ravel out at the thumb! OH NO!!!!!! Has this happened to anybody else???
Just last night I darned a big unravel spot in my wonderful old cashmere wool glove liners. I think it's fairly common to have wool gloves start coming apart in one spot or another. They are not as tightly woven as heavy socks. Either ask Smartwool or the store to replace them, or else just get used to darning little holes and loose seams in wool. I'm kind of used to darning little wool holes and unraveled seams spots at this point. The trick is to get them when they are just starting. Use a single thread so it's less bulky, and don't pull the wool together so much as to pucker it needlessly.
I am handy with a needle. Do I just use normal cotton thread? What about the knots?
Don't encourage me :) I'm working on returning to a sane amount of clothing and divesting of all the stuff I don't need.Quote:
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REI has marked their Ibex and Icebreaker stuff down even further. A full zip shak for less than $60 and a Carrie Hoody for a little over $63. A food variety of icebreaker too.
That should read a good variety of Icebreaker. I guess the REI 15% discount ends tonight, on top of the lower prices.
Despite my previous post about divesting, I have to indulge.
I'm sitting on my hands and forcing myself to look at my credit card balance from christmas shopping and other indulgances... not to mention the previous list of wool I've posted.
Self restraint is winning. sort of.
My black full zip Shak came last night! I am going to wear it hiking today.
So, no more wool for me, unless something unusual comes along.
Of course, we can still meet up for the sale at the Arcadian Shop next month...
OK, thanks to you guys, I'm thinking about getting an Ibex Full-Zip Shak. I have an Icebreaker Conquest Hoodie that I love and wear everywhere, but I have trouble layering it under some of my coats when I'm not wearing the hood, because the hood hangs down and gets under the collar. The Ibex Full-Zip Shak is the only wool cardigan-type sweater that I can find without a hood. But I'm not sure how it fits -- relaxed, fitted, designed to wear over sweaters, etc.? FWIW, I take a medium in most Icebreakers and also in my Ibex Kate, but in Patagonia, I'm a small in all outerwear (though not in shirts). I also found that the Ibex Backcountry pants are slightly too large for me in medium. My theory is that I take smaller sizes in anything that's meant as outerwear, and anything that's relaxed (I usually need petite clothing in general). Any advice?
And thanks to you guys, I'm also tempted by the Carrie Hoody, which -- unlike the Shak -- I *don't* need, but that never seems to stop me. Any advice on whether to size up or down in that one?
Thanks for the advice (even though you're making me spend *more* money on my wool addiction)! :o
We could probably give you better fit advice if you gave us your height and weight and maybe an approx. bust size. :)
Also, do you want the Shak and/or the Carrie to wear UNDER overcoats or do you plan to wear them OVER regular tops, like jackets or cardigans, on the outside? In other words, do you want them to fit like a jacket with room to spare, or like a form fitting turtleneck sweater?
You want my weight? That's classified information!
Um. 5'3" and 130 lbs. I have no idea what my bust size is. In general, I'm MP or size 8P in most shirts, but S in Patagonia jackets (and 6P in Ann Taylor's jackets, sometimes 8P at J. Crew).
I'd be wearing it as a midlayer in late fall/winter or as an outer layer in spring through fall, just the way I wear my Conquest Hoodie. I've been known to wear the Conquest over garments as thick as a thin wool (of course!) sweater or even a twinset, and under my winter coat. It's snug and fitted but doesn't look too tight. I think the Carrie is a little thicker than the Conquest (320), being boucle, but am not so sure about the Shak.
ETA: Oh, and forgot to mention, I have an Ibex Cirque and take a small in that.
Snagged me one :)Quote:
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It's grey:(but I like the thumbhole thingies
Grey is actually not a bad color.Quote:
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