WoolWeenies Club

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

You know, I love reading this thread because it is like a blog for wool loving. It makes me want to buy more and more wool. But then as I put more and more items in my internet shopping basket, I pause and think about it, and then I realize one of things about wool is it is sooo versatile and durable, I don't need a million pieces.

I don't need a million pieces unlike synthetics because
1. I don't wash them all of the time (take that as you will).
2. They are color fast, unlike any other cotton shirt.
3. Layering with them is easy because they are so thin for their warmth, and
I swear layering is the way to go! This way I can wear a crew shirt
different ways and enhance its use.
5. and they can take a lot of unintentional abuse.

You are so right about all this. Wool will last a long time if cared for properly (it doesn't ask for much, just a little common sense). And I wear my wool items quite a few times before they need washing- even my socks. Wool just doesn't get stinky easily.
But I do layer several pieces over each other on any given winter day, plus I love to layer colors in interesting ways sometimes. So to accomplish this I do need a modest variety of pieces to work with and combine. I feel I mostly have what I "need" now.
I have two big bags of "useless" older winter clothes in the basement. All from a time only a couple of short years ago when I cluelessly thought bulky acrylic sweaters, cheesy waffle-cotton longjohns, puffy jackets, and cotton turtlenecks would keep me warm. I plan to sort through all that soon and Salvation Army most of it after my daughters pick out anything they might want.
It's all really DH's fault. He turned me on to real wool a few years ago. I grew up in hand me downs and just never really knew anything about good quality natural fiber clothes until recently. He has worn real wool for decades already. But I still notice a recent change in his wool buying habits- he now buys more thin merino layers and layers them rather than just wearing a thick heavy wool shirt and heavy wool vest. He's realizing how great it is to be able to move in soft multiple stretchy layers as opposed to stiff heavy wool.

(can you tell I love to talk about wool?)
But I can stop talking about wool any time I want to.

[madscot13]

I can't. I once told my best friends that I wanted to be reincarnted into wool