Let's hear it for wool!!

[crazeecatladee]

Fabulous fabric. Vastly under rated. Two fabulous facts - it can hold 3 times its weight of water without feeling wet and best of all, when absorbing water it actually feels warm. When I was a child I had a wool gaberdine coat for school and unless the rain was of monsoon proportions I always stayed dry, warm and cosy inside that coat on my 3 mile walk to school

Sheep are much nicer to live next door to than an ‘artificial fibres processing plant, too. ( and you can eat them eventually).

all round good things sheep, although not excessively gifted in the brain department.

Hard agree

Shout out for wool duvets as well 😀

Nope. Wool = jaggy jumpers. Makes me itch like crazy and come up in red weals.

(Amazing stuff though. I'm just jealous I can't have it near me.)

Merino is your friend.

@BigWoollyJumpers sadly neither merino nor cashmere nor anything else remotely woolly, I have tried :-(

Lovely to knit with

I've got a beautiful hand made shrug which is 20% wool (I can't afford 100%). It's so warm even though its sleeveless and doesn't even fasten. I love it.