WoolWeenies Club

[KnottedYet]

Lisa - a while back one of my patients was wearing a piece of Ibex. I got all excited, and waxed rhapsodic about Ibex and wool. She listened, then said she didn't know anything about Ibex, she just bought it cuz it was on sale, and oh, it's made of wool?

I wanted to offer to buy it from her right then and there, just so it could have a loving home...

[mimitabby]

We want pictures!!!

I had a strange Ibex encounter this morning. DH and I were having our usual lovely Saturday morning breakfast at Ralph's Pretty Good Cafe (the small town cafe where everyone is friendly and sits and visits at each other's tables), when I noticed the couple at the next table whom I had never seen before- the woman was wearing what looked like a persimmon pullover zip shak! I had never seen one in persimmon before (I have a persimmon Zephyr and persimmon switchback items but not a shak in that color- I have only black and brown shaks).
Well, I had to know for sure. I actually got up and *casually* walked around behind her, pretending to look out the window and stretch... to see if the little Ibex head logo was on her back....and BINGO, there it was! A successful espionage move! :-D
I was wearing several Ibex items (as usual)- my beautiful larkspur blue Ribbie under my apple green Cortina vest, a burnt orange neck gaiter, and my Ibex Approach tights. I waited for the right moment when she got up and then I went to greet her and compliment her shak and point out my Ibex things too, hoping to commune with her as an "Ibex Soul Sister". She smiled cooly and thanked me but didn't seem the least bit friendly and just turned and left.
I felt like hollering after her- "You are not WORTHY of your Ibex!" but that would have been too much I suppose. Besides, my husband would have had to kill me then. Plus, Ralph would surely have thrown me out.
But I ask you- how can one not be happy and sweet natured when wearing a shak???

Clearly she wasn't from around here.

This is so funny! I hope the Ibex people are reading this!

[uforgot]

This is so funny! I hope the Ibex people are reading this!

I have that very same persimmon zip shak. Got it on Steep and cheap for around $54. I love the thing!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Lisa - a while back one of my patients was wearing a piece of Ibex. I got all excited, and waxed rhapsodic about Ibex and wool. She listened, then said she didn't know anything about Ibex, she just bought it cuz it was on sale, and oh, it's made of wool?

I wanted to offer to buy it from her right then and there, just so it could have a loving home...

We should start an Ibex Rescue League. We should arrange Interventions to rescue Ibex items from unworthy and negligent owners. Forcefully if necessary.

Ever notice how you hardly ever see used Ibex stuff on Ebay? No one ever wants to sell theirs!

[Bad JuJu]

Ibex Bregenz Jacket on sale at Steep and Cheap right now--$75 for a jacket originally priced at $195.

[Natasha]

Thanks Bad Juju. Just got my second Bregenz, a black one from SAC. The temps here in Minnesota are well below zero. I have been wearing my Bregenz with a shak underneath and staying warm. The dense loden wool really cuts the wind, and looks good enough to wear to work.

[Crankin]

Lisa, you are hysterical. Not everyone has the same attitude toward clothing, though. That woman must have been having a bad day!

Trisk, I'm glad you found that coat. It does look like a good cross between a dress coat and high tech stuff. Very nice. I was wondering where you were when it started snowing. I was thinking about you in your sneakers. Steve and I were taking a walk in our neighborhood when it started (my lazy day of exercise, even though it's 2.3 miles, up a hill) and it quickly became very white outside.

Yes, I was amazed at how many layers Trisk had on. I was wearing jeans, a light wool crew neck and my wool dress coat. At the last minute, I put the Shak on over my crew, because I thought it might be cold walking from the T to Zoe's (I was a little warm). I had a scarf and gloves on, but I didn't wear my hat.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Thanks Bad Juju. Just got my second Bregenz, a black one from SAC. The temps here in Minnesota are well below zero. I have been wearing my Bregenz with a shak underneath and staying warm. The dense loden wool really cuts the wind, and looks good enough to wear to work.

I love my apple green Bregenz coat! It's definitely not for warmer places though- very heavy dense wool.
I wore it this morning with my ribbie and a woolie base layer under it. Stayed toasty warm walking a slow mile in 32 degrees and flurries. It's way too warm for my 5 mile fitness walks though, even if it's 15 degrees out. Walking hard works up the body heat.

[KnottedYet]

An Ibex with special needs.

My poor, shrunken "unstable fabric" Switchback pullover might be a lost cause.
But I can't bear to send it back to Ibex because I'm afraid it will just be thrown out.

It was a Large. It's now probably a medium after one wash in cold water. I'm thinking it will end up a small after the next wash.

The fabric is bagged and pilled, but I will do my best to shave the pills off and re-shape the bagged elbows.

Is there someone out in Woolweenie Land who would consider giving this poor needy Switchback a loving home? Someone who wears a size small, and is willing to de-pill the fabric every so often? Someone who can forgive this Switchback its faults and love it, "unstable" fabric and all?

It is heathered charcoal gray, with lime green accent stripe on the back of the collar and lime green Ibex logo embroidered on the back.

After I wash it and work on it, I'll post pictures.

[KnottedYet]

Ok, washed/drip-dried/defuzzed.

It did shrink again. I would definitely consider this a "Small" at this point.

Width across shoulders (seam to seam) 14 inches
Sleeve length (top of shldr seam to end of cuff, the long way) 24 inches
Torso length down center back (bottom of collar to hem) 23 inches

Over all it's in pretty good shape, the bagged elbows reshaped fine. There are still some fuzzies here and there, and a dog hair or two.

Not bad for a freebie-up-for-grabs. (I'll pay shipping)

No picture, sorry, my camera and I are not getting along at the moment.

[sandra]

Knot, send that thing back or offer it up to someone with a baby!

[Triskeliongirl]

Hey Knot, I'll take it, but are you SURE you don't wanna send it back. They really should replace it with a shak!

[KnottedYet]

Hey Knot, I'll take it, but are you SURE you don't wanna send it back. They really should replace it with a shak!

I'm afraid they would just throw it away, and it's still a good sweater. It's just now waaaaay too small for me and it pills easily. I only wore it for a couple months. It still has a long life ahead of it!

BTW: a measurement i didn't include - bust is smaller than my 34c, painfully tight.

[Triskeliongirl]

Then it won't work, I am a 34D although I do wear a size small in their current shaks and kates.

BUT, the point is that you should get a brand new sweater. That is what their warranty says. That's what we get when we pay that much for this stuff. And how do you know they'll throw it away, maybe they'll give it to charity. Why don't you ring them up and see what they say?

[Bad JuJu]

I love my apple green Bregenz coat! It's definitely not for warmer places though

Yeah, I suspected as much--not for the Floridian, even the north Floridian . But I figured ONE of the woolweenies should get one, if I couldn't.