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And even when wool is wet, it still keeps you very warm. As a young person in scouting, our troop master demonstrated this very effectively with cotton, poly, a
by buildbot 5y ago
And even when wool is wet, it still keeps you very warm.
As a young person in scouting, our troop master demonstrated this very effectively with cotton, poly, and wool socks and an ice bath. The wool sock still felt warm, were as the cotton was icy and the poly only a little better.
- User23 5y agoWool is a remarkable fiber. The only real drawback is it's kind of uncomfortable unless you spring for the really high grade stuff.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoEven if you don’t there’s potential to develop comfort with it. I grew up with extremely itchy military surplus wool blankets. I thought I’d resent that my whole life… now having gone through a variety of other fabrics and fibers, I’d certainly prefer a nicer wool but I wouldn’t complain about those blankets anymore. I adjusted and came to appreciate them, and even learned to care for them so they’d be more comfortable.