>>2174799>t. retardWool fibers are not hollow (unlike cotton), therefore they do not absorb water. Only the weave absorbs water.
Lanolin is hydrophobic by nature. Worn woollen garments must be renewed once in a while with wool conditioner that contains lanolin, as repeated washes erode the original naturally-occurring lanolin on the fibers.
>>2173530Yeah I wear full wool and I show off about it. Cope harder cottonlet.
>>2174714There are very few serious outdoors garments that use cotton. Maybe some English waxed cotton jackets and hats (where the wax disables all "advantages" of cotton that you have cited so far), everything else is some variant or clone of gore-tex, synthetic, or wool. For good reason
