WoolWeenies Club

[Triskeliongirl]

Thank you so much Lisa! I am having a great time. Layering my ibex is working out perfectly. Its just hard to launder on the road, but I think drying on low occasionally will be perfectly fine. The only piece I am disappointed in is my alpstar pant. It was already a little loose when I bought it, and then it stretched out a lot after wearing and laundering didn't bring it back in. But, I have other things to wear so I'll be fine.

We have been in Portugal since a few days before christmas visiting family. Tomorrow we head out on the next stage of our adventure, which includes professional visits to Seville, Madrid, Barcelona and Lausanne.

The only bad thing is that I MISS MY BIKE, but its too wet here for it to have made any sense to bring it.

[Crankin]

I am in love with the Ibex underpants! I used them on my x country ski trip and they made a big difference as to how warm my azz was. Definitely need more pairs.
Today I wore my hooded Shak skiing, with a Craft base layer and my Go Lite jacket. It was perfectly fine, at 15 degrees with a brisk wind. I found the Smart wool base layer to be the best for winter activities, but when I wore it with the Shak, the whole thing felt itchy. It must have been the combination of the 2 things, because I love the Smart Wool base layers. Need more of those, too!

[GLC1968]

Trisk - I don't know if it's too late or not, but I wouldn't put the Kate or the Razzel in the dryer. My Kate shrunk (mostly in length) when dried and my Twizzel (which I think is similar in fabric to the Razzel) shrunk a LOT. In both cases, I tried to do what Lisa suggested (mostly to get off the dog hair!) but I forgot them and they dried the whole way and shrunk. I still wear them, but they aren't as nicely fitting as my other stuff.

I have fully dried one of my shaks, my zepher 1/2 zip and my norgie crew with no shrinkage at all.

[redrhodie]

I went to dinner last night with a very fashionable friend, and she had on these fantastic boots. In the dim light, I couldn't quite see what they were, so we went into the light, and they were a very tall, plain gray version of these:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/01/04...4foraging.html

I just googled "Russian wool boots" and found this article. I don't know if you wool weenies have discussed them before, but I thought some of you would love to see them!

[Triskeliongirl]

Thanks GLC, but its too late. The kate and razzle did shrink a little, but they were already a tad loose so they still fit fine. The shaks seem totally unchanged. I really didn't have a choice traveling. I just couldn't get them dry any other way and I really needed to start this leg of my trip with clean clothes.

[emily_in_nc]

Well, thanks to (enabler) Triskeliongirl, who clued me in on the REI sale on Ibex full-zip Shaks, I now have my first Ibex garment (Shak in black) on the way. I hope it fits, and I hope I love it as much as everyone else who has one seems to! I'm very excited...

[Tokie]

Wow Redrhodie, those Valenki boot are cute! Do they have a leather or hard sole? Looks like the Russian answer to Ugg boots! Tokie