WoolWeenies Club

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Fine wool sweaters are like boyfriends... you can never have too many!

Let's see now....one of them you shouldn't wash in cold water or it might shrink, right?....or... was it the other way around?....D'oh!.....

[GLC1968]

Let's see now....one of them you shouldn't wash in cold water or it might shrink, right?....or... was it the other way around?....D'oh!.....

One will shrink in hot...the other in cold....right? There's a riddle in there somewhere, I think!

[Dianyla]

Let's see now....one of them you shouldn't wash in cold water or it might shrink, right?....or... was it the other way around?....D'oh!.....

Shrinkage! Bwahahaha!!!

[sandra]

Well, my first ever SHAK is scheduled to be delivered on Thursday. I'm tracking it and can't wait to check it out.

[emily_in_nc]

Calling all Woolweenies...just got a notice that purchases at rei-outlet.com will be discounted 20% at checkout for ONE item through Feb. 7 (no coupon code needed, best I could tell). They have a lot of Ibex already on sale:

http://www.rei.com/Search.do?query=i...H&storeId=8000

Enjoy!
Emily

[KnottedYet]

Feelin' the love...

I love TE. I've placed online orders with 6 different companies in the last week and a half. (combination of retail therapy and Christmas bonus from work) TE has notified me immediately of a problem with my order, AND packages have arrived from TE before the other companies' packages did.

Yay, Susan O!

[KathiCville]

Thanks to an unbridled wool shopping spree about two months ago, I've managed (so far) to resist the current High Country Ibex clearance, as well as the higher-end delights of the Ibex Winter Sale.....

BUT I did fall prey last Friday to the Ibex Climawool gloves and the Ibex loden mittens, both of which are on sale! I ordered one set of each; they arrived today. Does anyone have either model? If so, what do you think of them warmth-wise for winter cycling??

Even in Small, they're both a little big on me, but I figure I can add a liner glove and make them that much warmer.......

Temps today were in the low 70s (yes, you read that right) here in Central VA, so no chance to try 'em out until at least the weekend!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

BUT I did fall prey last Friday to the Ibex Climawool gloves and the Ibex loden mittens, both of which are on sale! I ordered one set of each; they arrived today. Does anyone have either model? If so, what do you think of them warmth-wise for winter cycling??
Even in Small, they're both a little big on me, but I figure I can add a liner glove and make them that much warmer.......

Hi Kathi- well oddly enough I have BOTH those items...they happen to be the only Ibex glove items I have, so don't be thinkin' I have them all now!

I got the Climawool glove in 2006 and wore it a lot last winter. It has a lot of nice features, but will not keep my fingers from getting cold on my bike if it's 35 or below UNLESS I wear 1 or 2 glove liners under them. I have not found a glove yet that can do that without liners for biking.
I just bought the Loden mittens and have not had the opportunity to try them out yet. It's not very cold here right now. (30's, 40's). Of course you are in VA and might not need gloves for 20 degree conditions.

Both these items I purposely got a bit large so I could wear other thinner gloves under them. Both of them also have no trouble keeping me warm when snowshoeing or fitness walking down to 10 degrees. It's the wind when biking that's the killer. One combo I use is a pair of thin soft cashmere ladies' gloves or merino glove liners, then my Gore Volcano windstopper gloves (not bulky), then the Climawool glove. This i would typically wear for a 2 hour bike ride at 30-40 degrees. I got the loden mittens for the most severe cold, to wear over other gloves too that same way. Can't wait to try them out- the loden is nice and thick and soft wool.