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I used to never be cold. Could sit in open below 0C air after a shower without cooling down. I never really wore thick sweaters, where some would insist in them
by brnt 6y ago
I used to never be cold. Could sit in open below 0C air after a shower without cooling down. I never really wore thick sweaters, where some would insist in them.
Then I moved to a Mediterranean climate. When I go back now, I find I've become a wuss. Can't handle cold at all anymore.
- unixhero 6y agoWool my friends. It is the only way.
- 74d-fe6-2c6 6y agobut wool is so itchy and scratchy, isn't it?
- kofejnik 6y agomaybe they mean "grow wool", not "wear wool"
- dreamer7 6y agoHave you tried pashmina? If there existed a real invisibility cloak, it would be made of pashmina! Soft, thin and magically warm
- globular-toast 6y agoIt depends on the wool. Finer wool like Merino wool tends to be nicer to wear directly on your skin. But you don't have to do that. You can and should wear cotton underwear. The extra layer keeps you even warmer and means you won't have to wash your outer wear all the time (wool should not be washed more than is absolutely necessary and ideally not at all). You'll also find heavier garments encase the wool in an outer material like cotton. You can get cotton duvets like this and they are wonderful. You can use them all year round. I will never go back to polyester again.
- m463 6y agoWool socks are amazing. Warm and more importantly dry. In a similar way down comforters are wonderful (get the right weight).
- gspr 6y agoEven more importantly: wool still insulates really well when wet.
- chrisseaton 6y agoDon't you find wool not stretching is a real problem? I struggle to get well-fitting wool socks that I can also get around my ankle, as they have no stretch. Did you know people used to use sock suspenders to keep their saggy wool socks up before we started to use synthetic fibres for socks?
- grosswait 6y agoTry bombas wool. Great everyday wool sock
- forgotmypw17 6y agoI've never tried bombas wool, but I have a pair of bombas socks which were gifted to me, and other than being quite tight, they are serviceable. Make sure you get a large enough size. Bombas are one of the few brands I would recommend to anyone because they donate one pair of socks for each that you buy.
- m463 6y agoI think my wool socks have a little synthetic fiber to help with that. I tried less expensive wool socks, like from costco, and they were too warm and moist. Then I tried darn tough wool socks and they are always warm and dry - even in summer.
- bloodorange 6y agoIt's not a problem if you find appropriate quality and thickness. One example is Icebreaker Ultralight socks. I use them in summer and they are rather thin.
- lrem 6y ago"Wool" is a very broad category that pretty much means "material made out of some kind of animal hair". And since there's quite a few animals with hair, there's quite a few types of wool. I suggest trying high quality cashmere (note: cheap cashmere is typically mixed with other types of wool).
- DoreenMichele 6y agoI thought so too. At some point, I realized I'm allergic to wool and that was why it made me itch. FWIW.
- chronogram 6y agoAlways use cotton as a first layer, because you can just put it in the laundry. Cleaning my woollen coat is more difficult than changing a cotton shirt underneath it. Also: most “wool” is polyester because it’s like 10 times cheaper.
- ejolto 6y agoNo don't, you're going to be in for a bad time if you wear cotton as a base layer in -10C weather. If you wear cotton socks and they get wet you might lose tour toes. Most wool is definitely not polyester. At least not in Scandinavia.
- davidw 6y agoThis is good - potentially even life saving - advice if we're talking about doing serious activities outdoors. And in that case, even wool is probably best replaced with synthetics that are lighter and dry quicker when wet. For around town, though, a cotton base layer and wool works pretty well.
- bloodorange 6y agoCotton remains damp after you sweat and eventually also stinks of sweat. It's not a good base layer in cold weather. A lot of merino wool products are easy to clean and maintain. I have never seen polyester called wool.
- forgotmypw17 6y agoI must side with the other replies to your comment. I have been wearing cotton as my top base layer for a while, and it is not great at staying dry or drying out while damp. I'd certainly choose it over any synthetic fabric, but once you go over that low mark, just about anything is better, e.g. wool, linen, help, silk, etc.
- forgotmypw17 6y agoThis used to bother me, but it doesn't anymore. Somehow, I got over being bothered by wool's scratchiness, and even began to see it as a good quality. I think this is an unintended consequence of my meditation efforts to dissipate my annoyance reaction.
- Doxin 6y agoWool with short fibers thick tends to be. Wool with longer thinner fibers like merino is much better.
- Shivetya 6y agoI always love that in the spring and fall with the warm days I enjoy a nice 60F/16C evening and leave the windows open but then comes winter and those numbers just feel cold. the human body adjusts but we don't notice is as much when we let the weather change around us instead of moving to where the weather has already changed
- forgotmypw17 6y agoI don't often choose what I wear, though I'd choose scratchy wool over most materials. I find that layering is a great strategy, and usually wear 3-5 layers in most weather conditions.
- mhb 6y agoWho chooses what you wear?
- forgotmypw17 6y agoDepending on your worldview, it is "circumstance" or "the Universe" or "entities beyond choice". I've chosen to abstain from buying clothes, so I get most of them by finding them in donation piles or from hand-me-downs. Out of this selection, I pick the lightest, most comfortable, and least dangerous, layering from smallest to largest, and softest to most elements-durable.
- PedroBatista 6y agoDon’t know if basing your identity on reaction to weather is a good strategy, but your body adapts. And that’s the reason you don’t die during a Mediterranean summer.