"...the idea of wool underware does not particularly appeal to me, so maybe I am a hypocrite."

What Chris said is true about quality in wool, and really applies when it comes to underwear. I used to have some, made of primo wool, and they were W O N D E R F U L ! ! ! So soft, so warm, so light, and even comfy when the sun came out unless I was really working up a sweat, and even then it was just too warm, not scratchy.

VIRGIN wool is wool that came right from the sheep (we aren't talking about what the sheep do at night), and has long, smooth fibers. Reused wool (the word "virgin" is conspicuously missing) is where you get into itchy, scratchy trouble, apparently because the fibers are now shorter and stubby and stick out. It's the difference between a mass of long, silky hair under your chin while you're dancing and the stubbly stuff stuck under your collar after you get a haircut.

Fleece is just plastic. Suitable for some uses, makes you sweat the rest of the time. <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Sue