WoolWeenies Club

[KnottedYet]

Ibex's Weekly Special

http://www.ibexwear.com/F06/View_Pro...&CategoryLine=

[margo49]

Try being a wool weenie in a place where the summer lasts 8 months and the temps are 40 deg C plus (104 deg F plus) and winter gets "down" to about 10 deg C (50 deg F)... Am I discouraged? No, 1000X no. Wool is an Article of Faith. Wool will never let me down; even if it is wet (and we get 411 mm rain = 16 inches of rain a year!)

I have :
2 wooly winglets (= undershirts without sleeves; one merino and one black with silk round the neck- and arm-holes made in *Italy* therefore very sexy)
3 pure lambswool wool berets (one red of course and one military a la SAS)
2 cashmere/wool scarves (one in "my" tartan and one from Harrods)
2 bush shirts
1 handspun and knitted hat in natural black and white
2 merino-possum hats
1 merino-possum shawl in a glorious shade (blue-green)
1 pair merino-possum finger-ed gloves matching shade to the shawl and one of the hats (above)
1 pair merino-possum socks to match the other hat (above)
1 pair sheepskin mittens ( going strong since 1982)
several pairs of "Norse" socks, most darned beautifully
1 pair Perendale hand-knitted hiking socks
some rugby socks (had 15 pairs at one time in my misspent youth as they were cheap and colourful
2 pairs really pretty and feminine smart-wool socks from my Oct SS (who I am still figuring out)

I am so glad to have found this support group.
I thought I was the only one.
I live in a tiny place and there is noone like me here.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Ibex's Weekly Special

http://www.ibexwear.com/F06/View_Pro...&CategoryLine=

Oh hey you guys be careful about ordering that Neve Ibex jacket on special.

My girlfriend ordered it and I went over to her house to check it out. She got the small size in green. She is very cute and petite with a slim figure. It looked AWFUL on her! It was big and stiff and stuck out in strange ways.
So I said here let me try it on....I'm a size medium. Well it wasn't too big on me, but it still looked awful. Stuck out in weird unattractive ways- like the chest, shoulders, and stomach parts kept sticking out. I just had to say something because it was a really unflattering jacket when we each put it on.
She sent it back. (She does have the Cirque jacket in small in black, and it looks great on her.)
Ibex had the Neve jacket on their weekly special last month for a long time. Then there was no special for a couple weeks, now the Neve is back again. Watch out for that one, I think maybe EVERYONE is sending them back, that's why they keep putting them on weekly special. Happily, you can send it back if you don't like it, but you'll still pay shipping both ways anyway.

[SouthernBelle]

Aside from socks, I don't have any wool, but my Samrtwool hoodie (the orange one) should be arriving soon.

The only 'problem' is that if it arrives this weekend, it's going to be too warm to wear it. We're having gorgeous, unseasonable weather for Thanksgiving!!!

A complaint we should all have.

[Grog]

Has anyone seen the Carrie hoodie for real? It looks nice (from yesterday's mailing) and very tempting...

[jobob]

http://www.fuzzygalore.biz/articles/wash_sweater.shtml

Needles to say, I'm entirely too lazy to do all that.

[mimitabby]

http://www.fuzzygalore.biz/articles/wash_sweater.shtml

Thanks for the link. I learned a little. Actually, I've been doing it the hard way.
if you follow her directions, it's fairly easy.
Knot, be sure you read this too.

[Trek420]

mimitabby "I've been doing it the hard way.
if you follow her directions, it's fairly easy."

follow directions follow directions?? you want me to read and then follow directions when I could be doing things the hard way? What fun is that?

Margo. road trip!!! with stops at TE, the Pendelton outlet....

[KnottedYet]

http://www.fuzzygalore.biz/articles/wash_sweater.shtml

Needles to say, I'm entirely too lazy to do all that.

Oh, goodness. Just toss it in the washer on cold with a squirt of Dr. Bronners, then drape it over the top-tube of the bike until dry.

Knot-isn't-Fussy-Galore

(but Knot has no pretty wool, just functional wool, even the wool sweaters she has made are functional)

[mimitabby]

drape it over the top tube of the bike?
Wow, multifunctionality!! never thought of that!!