A rant against fleeces!

It took a lot of energy to create the plastic in the first place - I suppose it is a question of the balance between using energy for manmade materials, converting them into other manmade materials, and them ending up either in lanfill or as microscopic fibres in the sea, or saving energy costs on keeping ourselves and our houses warm.

Put like that, we do come over as lazy buggers too clever for our own good!

No, roses, not just a 'larf'. this video explains the process though I have questions about the amount of energy needed to convert the plastic into fleeces.

Are fleeces really made from plastic recycled stuff, or are you 'aving a larf?

I wish people would stop mentioning dog poo bags, it certainly makes me feel peely wally, that's for sure.

I've just bought a gorgeous purple fleece from Bench in the sale, they have some lovely ones, have a look fellow fleece lovers

No apology necessarily Milly. We're all in favour of the fleece here!

Sorry but from the practical side you can't beat a fleece on a bitter winters morning when you are out early walking the dogs. Hood up, thick gloves and a good supply of poo bags in the pocket, plus a few treats and you are away. And when you come home glowing a hot coffe with a drop of something warming in its

fleeces are made from re-cycled plastic bottles - good usee I would say. I have fleeces on my I love my fleece jackets & gillets - great for cooler or even cold weather. Helps save on the fuel bills, I do have several cardigans but they not as comfortable as a fleece

Mine all came from Tresspass except the leopard print one , a joke gift from DD, which came from M&S. I wear it specially to embarrass her!

Daphnebroon My raincoat and my roll-upable emergency mac (both dazzling peacock blue/green) came from Decathlon, so did the backpack I use to carry home my stuff from Tesco (both hands free for buspass etc) and the captive-tennis-ball-fixed-to-a-post game I bought for my grandchildren to biff around. No-one asked me how I got on in the half-marathon or which geriatric hockey club I played for. You'd be safe enough.

Jings, grannyqueenie !!

Help ma boab, Daphnebroon.....I've just looked further back and spotted "peelly wally"....!!!!

elegran wabbit... haven't heard that word for years, made me smile after a hectic day it's just how I feel!!!

Elegran I don't think I would be allowed in a shop which specialised in stuff for sporty types, they would suss me as a fraud right away.

I have a cherry red fleece (Maine) which I wear every Monday morning when out with my walking group. When the weather is dry and cold it keeps me cosy and when the weather is wet I wear it under a waterproof jacket. I make absolutely no attempt at being fashionable when walking through a country park.

I wouldn't be without it!

DaphneBroon I don't know what colour you like, or which shops you have looked in, but sports shops selling fleeces for people who wear them to do strenuous activity seem to have stronger colours than those selling "fashion", particularly cheap fashion. They fit better too. Decathlon is one chain with various price levels (also sell online).

Do they come in fawn beige nelloemiser? Or maybe magnolia to match the wallpaper..

nelliemoser
But you may well be right Elegran, point me towards some better ones, please, I'm all for warmth and comfort, but I also know that the peelly wally pastels do me no favours at all.

I think daphnebroon has been looking in the wrong shops if all she has seen are those wabbit pastels.

DaphneBroon Many fleeces come in various shade of beige. in
In my book there is yellow beige, blue beige. pink beige, green beige. Probably a lilac beige as well.

Better not try one lily - you might be converted to the cosy charm of the fleece!

Fleeces? No. Just no.

Today I went out in my beige three quarter length Mac with my fleece underneath. I felt smart and warm. What more could I ask!

I have to admit to wearing them around the house in winter and on the allotment, as I feel the cold dreadfully, but now think I should be wearing wool as I too have heard they're a threat to marine life. My daughter tells me there was a documentary regarding this on Aussie TV recently and I have also read about it. Being synthetic man-made fibres they take forever to break down.

Oh Nelliemoser - super cute or what ?
(What, I suspect)
My only objection to most fleeces is that they can come in such naff colours - pastel mauve, beige, pale turquoise or boring blue. If somebody really pepped the colours up and looked at the styling so that one looked less like a sack of tatties, what's the problem? Soft, warm, lightweight, washable and with a guaranteed supply of dog poo bags in every pocket