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And you definitely don't want to spend whole days in merino. It'd ruin both the clothing and your health.

• taink 4y ago
  Would it ruin my health? Most of what I've read suggests otherwise, do you have any suggestions on further reading about this? And I'd expect any fabric to wear out when you wear it (there's probably a good pun to make here).
  • erikerikson 4y ago
    Perhaps, but where should we make it?
    • taink 4y ago
      Perhaps a better question would be how can we wear our wearable wares so that they don't wear out from us excessively wearing them?
• tristor 4y ago
  What are you talking about? I wear merino every single day, year-round, and it is absolutely not going to ruin the clothing or your health. My socks, my undershirts, and my boxers are all made of merino wool. It's not as miraculous of a fabric as some people claim, but merino /is/ pretty awesome, and it is not going to in any way damage your health any more than any other fabric you might be exposed to.
  • bestest 4y ago
    My comment did sound too harsh, probably. What I meant was wearing a t-shirt and shorts in a room at 19c and feeling awesome versus being all dressed up in a merino tight fitting sweater and tight fitting leggings in a cooler room. I see no health benefits there, really, no matter how breathable and natural merino is. And you would need to wash that wool daily (or rather often) if you were wearing it daily. And by now you probably know that merino is a sensitive fabric, and the more you wash it — the faster it degrades (compared to cotton). That all adds up. And I don't see it as being practical and making too much sense, that's it.