WoolWeenies Club

[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.

[Crankin]

I tried them on with all of my boots; while they weren't dragging on the floor, when I went to do the velcro tighter at the bottom, there was so much extra material that they were ballooning out. Not good. It's too bad because I really liked the way the top fit. But for $166.00, they should be perfect. I am going to contact Jonesware about custom wool pants.
Thanks!
OK, an update, instead of another post from me! I ordered the Jones Ware hiking pants. They're 107.00 and for 10.00 extra they customize the inseam and waist. Perfect for me. I ordered the x smalls and had them do a 28.5 inseam instead of 29.5 and made the waist 25-26 instead of 24-25. The smalls would have been too big, so this is perfect.

[Triskeliongirl]

Well I am glad you found something you like. I did not spend as much as you on them ($147) but obviously they fit me better and I feel I need them more than you (I am wearing them again today w my woolies under, I was so cold yesterday w my wool dress pants).

ENJOY the Jonesware pant. The custom fit sounds perfect for you!

I know I've said it before, but our major problem are interiors. The last few days have been in the 30-40s, and they were blowing cold air conditioned air on us at work. I can't get my home much warmer than 50 when its in the 30s outside w my gas radiators, and then when we go outside we have 20-30 mph winds (and I need to stand there waiting for my husband to pick me up on days its too cold to ride and we car pool)............ But I am now so used to how to dress for this that I go crazy when I go to boston and feel the interiors are overheated.

Crankin, as an aside, I know you guys have snow coming in. Should I worry my kids will have a hard time getting out of Logan on Saturday? I timed us to all land within 10 minutes of each other in Lisbon, but that assumes no flight delays.