WoolWeenies Club

[divingbiker]

You got the Neve for bike riding???

No, just to wear, silly. It's way too pretty to ride in.

Where are the Neve sweaters made? They are beautiful!

The tag says Hong Kong.

Does anyone know how they hold up to washing? Please give us an update after you have owned it for a while.

It says dry clean only, so I'll have to think hard before I wash it.

[GLC1968]

Terry's site says 'hand wash, dry flat' so I'll probably try that with mine when the time comes...

[Tokie]

sometimes there are Neve sweaters at sierra trading post - they do look really lovely. tokie

[Crankin]

OK, they arrived. I am not sure if I am going to keep them. The waist actually fits, because I like to wear my pants lower, below my waist. They are loose, but not bulging out in the back. It's the bottoms of the legs I am not sure about. I tried them on in socks and they are down to the bottom of my feet. Almost on the floor. I have to try them on with my hiking boots and my x country boots. However, the velcro on the bottom of the legs has me puzzled. They are already wide legged and the velcro was not fastened to the tightest part. When i went to tighten the velcro,the pant bottom looks awful. I am not sure why it's there.
After I try them on with shoes, I will make my decision. It looks like it would be expensive or hard to hem because of the velcro/hem on the bottom. My husband has similar Ibex pants, but his have zippers on the legs. I always wanted some like his, but now I don't know if I can justify the expense; I don't think I would wear them outside of sports activities.

[Triskeliongirl]

Well I am sorry they are so long on you. The 4 was soooo short on me I am really surprised they are that long on you. But if you don't love them, which it sounds like you don't, just send them back.

It is unseasonablly cold here, so I don't know what I would do without them. They really cut the wind, which I noticed is a major difference between them and my wool dress pants.

[Cataboo]

I guess I'm usually just happy to be warm and don't really worry all that much about how it looks.

Crankin, you could try pulling the pants in at the back so that it's higher at your waist and see if it fixes the bottoms of the pants.

Or just send them back.

[Crankin]

I haven't tried them with the shoes yet, but when I tried to pull the tabs on the waist, it totally bunched up and looked awful.
Trisk, I think we are just used to cold more! Generally, when I am wearing wool dress pants, I would just be walking from my car into a building. If it's really cold or I have to walk, I will put my long underwear on. I actually thought the Alpstars would be more "wool" looking on the outside.
Yea, I am really short. But, I will try them on with the shoes and report back.