Re: [CR]Source(s) for wool tights?

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Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 19:08:14 -0800
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Source(s) for wool tights?
To: Dale Brown <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, Jon Spangler <hudsonspangler@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <209D26EE-3299-46F7-961D-3152D2C2020F@earthlink.net>


Kucharik are quite nice:

http://www.kucharikclothing.com/tights-100-merino-washable-wool-p-336.html

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA


--- On Thu, 1/1/09, Jon Spangler wrote:


> From: Jon Spangler <hudsonspangler@earthlink.net>

\r?\n> Subject: [CR]Source(s) for wool tights?

\r?\n> To: "Dale Brown" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

\r?\n> Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 8:48 PM

\r?\n> Dear CR folks,

\r?\n>

\r?\n> After our ride last Saturday I realized that my wool tights

\r?\n> have worn

\r?\n> through at the crotch seams and probably need to be

\r?\n> replaced. (The

\r?\n> wool is so thin that it probably will not take a repair.

\r?\n> They may get

\r?\n> converted to leg warmers.)

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Any recommendations on a good source (preferably in

\r?\n> northern

\r?\n> California) for all-wool or 80/20 wool/nylon tights with

\r?\n> ankle zips?

\r?\n> I have looked at Rivendell and other sites, but not found

\r?\n> anything

\r?\n> yet that matches what I have.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Jon Spangler

\r?\n> whose 1930s-vintage Singer 221 sewing machine--the best of

\r?\n> his

\r?\n> maternal grandmother's three 221s--sees lots of use in

\r?\n> Alameda, CA USA