At this point, in my efforts to get my family ready for winter, I have finished nine merino wool shirts, including dyeing them. Three for each of the kids, and three more for Jeff. One of the shirts for Jeff I made looser, like a sweater fit, to wear over top of his base-layer fitted shirts. I plan to make several more of those but first I’ll wait to see how he feels and reacts to the one that is done.
I promised my mom and dad that when they’re here in November, I will make each of them a wool t-shirt as birthday gifts. Both of their birthdays are in October.
As a fun thing, and perhaps a money-maker, I used up a whole bunch of of the 100% merino wool scraps by making headband/ear warmers. I wore one of these all winter last winter, and I love them. They do get stretched out after many wearings, but the fix is easy. Wash on gentle/hand-wash/wool cycle and then lay flat to dry. Naomi and Haniya helped me dye them and they really enjoyed that. The colors are: periwinkle, teal, grey/silver, and black. I plan to put them in a basket for sale at my friend’s bookstore. Perhaps here on this site, too, if I can get a little shop set up.
You sew girl!
You do great work! I am trying to come up with some ideas so that we do not have to turn on the heat until the latest possible time. And then I want to have it set really really low. I wonder how low a person could have the heat set and not get sick? Hmmmm… ponder ponder…
I’ve been looking for comfortable, not scratchy, but warm wool headbands, with that tapered shape for the forehead, but wide enough to cover top and bottom of my ears. Thick enough to keep out wind, even when biking, but not silly bulky like the double-thick fake fleece ones. I had one and lost it! My colors are scarlet, orange and gold, or royal blue, forest or olive green, and violet. I would buy one if you have it or could make it…
I would happily make one for you. In fact, I have made up a bunch of them to sell on my website, just haven’t gotten them put up as available yet.
The colors I have now are:
black
silver-grey
dark olive brown
dark teal
periwinkle, does have a touch of violet coloring
Would any of those work?
Could you tell by the picture if the shape would work for you? They cover the back of my neck and my ears fully. They are about the thickness of a thinner sweater, doubled. Not bulky, not itchy, either. The 100% merino wool is baby soft.
Thanks for the inquiry.
~Wardeh