WoolWeenies Club

[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.

[mimitabby]

my oldest woolies are from the 80's but i bought them second hand, so I'm not sure.

I went to Value Village this weekend expecting to find all sort of marvellous things but i was sadly mistaken. THey had UGLY stuff.

[KnottedYet]

Now that the storm has started (gee, what great timing!) I'm gonna walk down to the pawn shop down the street and see what they'd give me for my old diamond engagement/wedding set.

I waaaaaaant another Ibex.... waaaaaaant!

[mimitabby]

Now that the storm has started (gee, what great timing!) I'm gonna walk down to the pawn shop down the street and see what they'd give me for my old diamond engagement/wedding set.

I waaaaaaant another Ibex.... waaaaaaant!

Tell me about it. I was all ready to ride my bike to t he mechanix.
Now I am accepting a ride from a coworker. 40mph sustained winds are not my idea of a fun ride in the rain~!

[DebW]

my oldest woolies are from the 80's but i bought them second hand, so I'm not sure.

I've got woolies from the 70s. A LS Protogs T-shirt. Stil-long long underwear pants. A wool balaclava. Wool Dachstein mittens. Wool fishnet underwear. Some of the old stuff has moth holes.

My Stil-long underwear is the dark blue men's with fly. The women's only came with stirrups under the feet and in powder blue.

[Shagge]

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.

Hi Again Knotted Yet,

The Climawool Cirrus material on the front of the Dash Hybrid jacket is similar in weight to the Climawool Lite on your El Fitos, but the Cirrus is more weather (wind and water) resistant. The fabric on the back more like the fabric of the El Fitos (a stretchy knit wool)

I wouldn't describe it as "heftier" than the Switchback, but it is definitely more of a performance piece and I think well worth the investment. Don't forget we are very liberal with our exchange/return policy--take it for a ride and see if it works for you!

[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)