At 05:33 PM 12/5/05 -0800, Diane Pinkers wrote: > The claim to > fame for microfiber is that it wicks away moisture, > keeping the athlete cool and dry.
For cool and dry, nothing beats linen. It wicks very well and dries very fast -- which is where the "cool" comes in. And when wet, it isn't nearly as uncomfortable as cotton, despite being colder. > Wool I think wicks better than silk, doesn't it? Wool *absorbs* more water than any other natural fiber, but it doesn't wick worth a nickel -- which is why I want wool as the layer under my windshell when it rains; wool won't pull water through the nylon even when the nylon is thoroughly soaked. Wool wicks so poorly that it's hard to get it wet when I wash it. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where our first serious snowfall is still on the ground. To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
