Stinky Jerseys?

[Cataboo]

In your Ibex merino wool sport bra, they'll be your warm dead breasts.

I still get cold clammy sweat breasts in my ibex merino wool sport bra. It's not as bad as the patagonia sport bra version. But blech.

[fatbottomedgurl]

Yeah they get soaked with sweat like any other bra. But so comfortable. I don't notice the wet until I get off the bike.

[indigoiis]

***Quick aside to the Hijack topic: alpaca ****
I know that the secondary fibers are hollow - those are often the ones that you feel because they are straight, a larger diameter than the other fibers, and often do not spin into the yarn but rather pop out.

The primary fibers tend to be very low in micron so very soft to the touch when spun.

The industry is trying to breed out secondary fibers... in some cases it is working but in all alpaca you will find secondary fibers. We also try to skirt it out of the fleece before processing.

Here's another good link:

http://www.gatewayalpacas.com/alpaca...r-overview.htm

[Medianox]

Alpaca wool has smaller diameter fibres. They don't make bicycle jerseys out of alpaca (yet.) But it's a nice lightweight and hypoallergenic, non-scratchy wool.

Indy
who doesn't work for head and shoulders
but has an alpaca or two.

Currently knitting a fine gauge neckwarmer from 100% alpaca. It it hands down the softest fiber I have ever worked with (been knitting since I was 8).
Give those alpacas a hug from me!

[TrekJeni]

That was my guess too...

Yep - as do I and most of the town.

Jeni