The Four
- 100% Ultra-Fine Merino Wool Women’s Short Sleeve
- 100% Ultra-Fine Merino Wool Women’s Long Sleeve
- 100% Ultra-Fine Merino Wool Men’s Short Sleeve
- 100% Ultra-Fine Merino Wool Men’s Long Sleeve
Why 100% Rather Than a Blend
Most garments marketed as Merino are blends — often 50% or less — with polyester or nylon added for durability and, more honestly, for cost. Blending does add abrasion resistance, but it also dilutes the two properties people buy Merino for: temperature regulation and natural odour resistance. Those come from the wool fibre’s structure, and a synthetic fibre sitting alongside it does neither. At 100%, a Merino tee can be worn several days between washes without holding odour. A 50% blend can’t, whatever the label suggests.
Why Ultra-Fine Specifically
Wool fibre diameter is measured in microns, and it decides everything about how the garment feels against skin. Standard wool sits around 24 microns and up — stiff enough to press into skin rather than bend against it, which is the mechanical cause of “itchy wool”. Ultra-fine Merino is fine enough to bend, so it reads as soft rather than prickly. That’s what makes a wool t-shirt wearable directly against skin at all.
What to Use Them For
- Travel: three days of wear from one shirt, without the consequences.
- Layering: thin enough to sit under a jumper or jacket without bulk.
- Year-round: Merino regulates rather than only insulating, so it works in summer too.
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