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  1. #1
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    SmartWool is not perfect?? (doh!)

    Learned a little lesson today- that merino microweight is not perfect in every way.
    I was taking off my Smartwool microweight longsleeve crewneck shirt today (in Orchid color), and I was pulling the cuff rather roughly to get it off my arm...and my finger poked right through the fabric making a little hole!!
    Mind you, i have like NO fingernails sticking out beyond my fingers at ALL, so this was just a case of my fingertip pushing too hard, right through the fabric.

    So, fellow WW's, we must actually attempt to TAKE CARE of our precious woolens, they are not completely indestructable, despite rumors to the contrary.
    Lisa
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lisa S.H. View Post
    Learned a little lesson today- that merino microweight is not perfect in every way.

    So, fellow WW's, we must actually attempt to TAKE CARE of our precious woolens, they are not completely indestructable, despite rumors to the contrary.
    We must also watch out for moths. (I didn't want to say that too loudly)

    Last week I gave in to wool lust and ordered an Ibex T-shirt. Very nice attractive shirt, but I'm afraid the extra fabric in the color piping over the shoulders may not feel good under a backpack. But I'll find plenty of other uses for the shirt. Though I'll avoid wrenching in it - don't want to try and wash bike grease out of expensive wool.
    Oil is good, grease is better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DebW View Post
    But I'll find plenty of other uses for the shirt. Though I'll avoid wrenching in it - don't want to try and wash bike grease out of expensive wool.
    In addition to wrenching, we should try to avoid retching in our expensive wool shirts as well.
    Lisa
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lisa S.H. View Post
    In addition to wrenching, we should try to avoid retching in our expensive wool shirts as well.
    LOL. Good one, Lisa. Though I might be able to stay clean while retching, and I definitely can't while wrenching. And I guess we should avoid wringing as well (while laundering, that is).
    Oil is good, grease is better.

    2007 Peter Mooney w/S&S couplers/Terry Butterfly
    1993 Bridgestone MB-3/Avocet O2 Air 40W
    1980 Columbus Frame with 1970 Campy parts
    1954 Raleigh 3-speed/Brooks B72

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    DebW - those Agate T's are mighty nice. I have a pale purple-y one. The Qu-T doesn't have piping, that might work better under pack straps. The fabric also seems to be a bit heavier.

    Here's the link to DivingBiker's Smartwool 3/4 length sleeves.
    http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...d=1#post148412

    I just got mine, same color, in size L. I like it quite a bit. The fabric is pretty light, on a par with Ibex's Qu-T but not as light as the Agate T. Certainly not as heavy as Ibex's Norge/Norse crew! The 3/4 length sleeves are kinda cute. The orange part sticking out has a slit all the way to the gray (sort of a floppy French cuff) The torso is nice and long for me, plenty to tuck in but it still looks ok out. In person the orange is a pretty happy deep peachy color. Not garish. I'm a red-head and I can get away with this orange.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
    The 3/4 length sleeves are kinda cute.
    Hmmm, you must have much longer arms than I do, because the sleeves are pretty much long sleeves on me. They end just barely above my wrists. I wish I could wear this shirt, because I really like the style of it.

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    I'm wearing mine today. definitely 3/4 sleeves. It's less than 25 degrees out,
    wool underwear seemed to make sense!
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