WoolWeenies Club

[madscot13]

When I handwash my wool, I use the hottest water that my hands can handle (and when I shower the bathroom is a sauna when I'm done). My wool has not shrank. I do rinses in water that is progressively colder, though. I'm not sure if that will make a difference in dyeing. Maybe if it does no work the first time you can retry it, but I'm not sure. take all of this with a grain of salt- I've never dyed clothes before.

I have one of the Ibex spin jerseys and I wish it were a brighter color. I'd love to dye it bright orange! Do you think that would work with RIT dye? They have a color remover I could use first, to remove the blue color that's in the jersey now. My husband and I dyed a couple of windbreakers this way, and they turned out great. The only think is that you're supposed to use it in hot water, and I've never put my precious Ibex jersey in hot water.

I'm not comfortable wearing a medium blue jersey out on the road, it's too "road colored", now that it's warm enough to ride without a jacket. Maybe I should just wait until they come out with orange jerseys for women, and not risk it with this jersey. But... I'm not very patient! I can't imagine any jersey more comfortable in hot hot weather than my Ibex!

Jenn

[jennrod12]

Thanks for the advice! I've kind of chickened out for now, but I'll keep thinking about it.

Jenn

[Susan Otcenas]

Team Estrogen is having a parking lot sale this weekend. You can find details in the Northwest subforum.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=24045

Why would a wool weenie care?

Because, we just took delivery of 1,800 pairs of smartwool socks on closeout, all of which will be available very inexpensively at the sale. Sooooo, if you find yourself in Hillsboro this weekend, please stop by and satisfy your woolie cravings with some Smartwool socks.

Whatever is left will find its way onto the website a week or so after the event.

Susan

[Flur]

I'm curious and scared of this at the same time. Is it really comfortable, or not so much?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I'm curious and scared of this at the same time. Is it really comfortable, or not so much?

Try sleeping in a soft thin merino Smartwool or Ibex shirt. That'll give you an idea of how the underwear would feel.

Even in June now, it's in the low 70's at night with a breeze and I love sleeping in light cotton knickers and an Ibex thin merino base layer top- either long sleeve or tank top depending on the temp.
Another thing- our kitties come cuddle with us in the morning when we're having our coffee in bed, and they clearly prefer to snuggle up on my merino shirt as opposed to DH's cotton t-shirt. Kitties know quality.

[sgtiger]

Can't sleep! Can't sleep!

Hark! What's this? A little birdie(RSS feed) is telling me that Ibex Pingo Jackets are on SAC for $78.47! Available in Burnt Orange, Dark Brown(Espresso), and Space Blue.

ETA: I've had my eye on the brown Pingo for awhile, so.....

[KnottedYet]

Wow, great price! (which one did you get?)

[Dianyla]

Can't sleep! Can't sleep!

Hark! What's this? A little birdie(RSS feed) is telling me that Ibex Pingo Jackets are on SAC for $78.47! Available in Burnt Orange, Dark Brown(Espresso), and Space Blue.

Eeeeee! I saw this last night too. OMG whoops Space Blue in my shopping basket clickety-click oopsie.