International Year of Natural Fibr(⇄)es

I've spent the better part of this morning researching wool. I have mixed feelings about it, it's an amazing fabric with all kinds of unique attributes, but animal rights are a concern. Smartwool seems to have excellent policies on mulesing, so I was really excited when I recieved some their baselayer bottoms and a top (in olive no less) for the holidays. Just recently I also went out and bought some Icebreaker lightweight wool boxer briefs. I'm a big fan of the fact that this stuff hardly ever needs to be washed.

• Yehuda Moon knows what's up.
• So does Grant Peterson at Rivendell.
• Mary Stipe weighs in as well.
• And it's apparently the International Year of Natural Fibres...

Now someone get me one of these.