Date:         Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:21:07 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Three unrelated things
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  People can be alergic to many things..Sounds like her family is alergic to
wool.

  I got a "green" event t-shirt...made from bamboo fabric or some
such...Turned my back into a mess of red welts on one hot day.
So much for 'natural fiber, friendly to the enviornment'   Cotton is
harvested, in the Central California valley anyhow, after the fields are
sprayed with a herbacide, usually from crop duster heliocopters,  to allow
them to use big cotton-pickin' machines rather than people.  So much for
"all natural cotton" as a better alternative...
  I have a Smart-Wool long sleeve cycle jersey that is one of my
favorites...It is warmer than nicer than synthetic fabrics and itches not.
We had a wool upholstered couch in my family home...the whole time I lived
there...It's only wear was where my aunt burned a cigarette hole in it,
otherwise it worked great...I snoozed away many a blissfull hour on that
without so much as an itch, except when our doggy had fleas one time...
  I think a Pendelton blanket seat cover set would be really fancy in a very
nice van..I have seen pickup trucks in Las Vegas with that fabric as bench
seat covers....
  Don Hanson


On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> Let's see if I can get away with writing about wool shirts:
>
> Methinks that people vary in their response to wool.  My wife gave her
> father and me identical (except for pattern) Pendleton shirts once.  We both
> donned them the next morning before breakfast.  The morning was spent in
> light activity by both, mostly in each other's company.  By noon, my
> father-in-law's skin was a thicket of rash, red, itchy, even burning.  I was
> cool and comfortable.  He gave his shirt to me  , and I have worn both
> numerous times with never a problem.
>
> Similar experience with socks.  My wife can't wear wool socks next to her
> skin (she puts silk ones under the wool, then things are fine).  Wool socks
> are my favorite;  In winter I wear a thin pair and a thick pair together for
> warmth and cushioning.  For my wife, even the modern no-itch wool causes
> itching unless it is quite cold.
>
> DMc
>
> ---- David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
> > At 12:52 PM 9/9/2010  -0700, Don Hanson wrote:
> > >   What about those Genuine Sheepskin seat covers?  They are wool,
> > > right...and I have some that are about 20 yrs old that are in fine
> > > shape...if I could get
> >
> > Must be something in the spinning process that gives you little ends
> > sticking out, 'cause I love fleeces but can only wear a wool shirt if
> > it's lined.
> >
> > Yours,
> > David
>
> --
> David McNeely
>