WoolWeenies Club

[mtbdarby]

Noooo, Dar you need to keep the plastic just in case your next date invites you out...and asks you to pay.

Very funny woman! If I'm gonna put down some plastic for a nice dinner I think I'd rather take some girlfriends...

[Looeez]

Does anyone have the IceBreaker Tech T-shirt? You can see it here: http://www.icebreaker.com/site/icebr...90_tech_t.html

I'm wondering what the sizing or rather the fit is like? Are they pretty snug and fitted? Going by the info on their website I would be a Small but I'm usually more of a medium so I'm a bit worried about ordering the small.

Thanks!

[KnottedYet]

I have an Icebreaker Tech Top zip-t neck. http://www.icebreaker.com/site/icebr...mb_value=Black It's a large, which is what I wear in just about every brand including Ibex (my gold standard). The tech top is about as fitted on me as on the model in the picture, maybe slightly looser.

If I were to order any other Icebreaker top, I'd feel pretty safe ordering a large again.

BTW, I love my Tech Top.

[Looeez]

Thanks, that info is very helpful. I think I'll probably go for the Medium rather than the Small. I have an Ibex tshirt that I like the size of and it's a Medium too.

[KnottedYet]

Oldest woolies in your closet?

I just realized that I'm wearing 23 year old wool tights! I bought them in 1984 at Marks and Spencer in Edinburgh.

They make peachy long underwear, but they do itch a good bit at first.

I think my next oldest wooly is my fair-isle sweater, which is probably from the late 80's. After that my Swanni from 1991.

[KnottedYet]

oh, dang.

I just paid my cc down enough that i *could* get this vision of loveliness:
http://www.ibexwear.com/F06/View_Pro...&CategoryLine=

but I neeeeeeed the space on the card to buy airline tickets to see another vision of loveliness!

someone buy my massage table or my diamond ring, quick!

[KnottedYet]

SHAGGE - The jacket has climawool "cirrus" on the front. How does that compare in weight to the "lite" on my el Fitos? Is it a lot heavier? Is the Dash Hybrid as a whole going to be warmer than my Switchback? A little more wind resistant?

How about the fabric on the back of the Dash Hybrid? How does it compare to the Switchback or el Fitos?

I *want* this jacket, especially at $115. But it's got to be a warmer heftier more outer-wear kind of jacket than my Switchback or I just can't justify it.

[Looeez]

Oldest woolies in your closet?

I just realized that I'm wearing 23 year old wool tights! I bought them in 1984 at Marks and Spencer in Edinburgh.

Are they the M&S Wool tights with feet? If so I have a couple pairs of those from just a slightly later vintage! I hadn't thought of them in ages and must dig them out tonight.

I've always been a fan of natural fibres but I was completely unaware of clothing brands like Ibex, IceBreaker, Smartwool etc until reading this forum. It's a slippery slope - I bought an Arcteryx merino tshirt and loved it. After reading posts on merino tights I bought Ibex tights (a discontinued style I think - called Rendezvous?) and now an Icebreaker tshirt.

[margo49]

[QUOTE=KnottedYet;159319]Oldest woolies in your closet?


I have a hat re-knitted by my old-hiking-mate Rachel in natural black and white wools that her Auntie spun from the fleecee for a sweater that her (Rachel's) mother knitted in the 1960's
I also have a scarf (cashmere and wool) from Harrods c.1982

My newest is a lovely little almost-edible-it-is-so-sweet hat from my Jan ss.
A beautifully textured (both how it looks and how it feels) combination of st-st and reverse st st done on a circular needle. (See Thank you ss January thread)