Just how well does it bled in. I am wanting the evening stand green really badly.
But does anyone have pics of their asbell wool "In the fields?"
Curious to see how well it hides.
Might want to check out this recent post about Asbell Wool.
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=109926
I am still waiting for my evening stand green poullover to arrive, hopefully this week and I can post a pic then perhaps.
Regards,
I'm in there, wearing evening stand green....
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Do a search, you should find several threads. Short answer, yes it blends in very well.
I just got the olive drab back in mid oct, The following weekend put the sneak on a spike buck and got him, he never saw me or even knew I was around! Now that was a solid color pull over on! sorry no pics as I had dropped my camera in the swamp andit was destroyed before I even got to use it!!!
Its good stuff. I had two does at 10 yards look right at me last Saturday and never knew I was there.
I don't have evening stand green, but brown. I had a forkhorn walk up to 7 feet from me yesterday and didn't have a clue I was around. I does a great job of breaking up your outline.
How cold will these effectively keep you warm? I am not from one of the colder states,but do have a hunt in the northern part of my state that might get to the 30's. Will this work with a light sweater under or long sleeve T under?
Mine blends really well. I have shot four or five deer while in it the past couple years, some from the ground. I typically wear it over a light, slick "silk-weight" shirt (Army issue stuff) if it's just moderatly cool. If it's cold, I wear it over a wool long sleeve. If it's retarded cold, I wear a wool vest also. If you start layering it up real thick like that, it will get tight. Order a larger size if you plan to layer up.
I wore mine in cold weather (20's & 30's) last week and was warmer than I have ever been. I used a lot of layers with it but it was the first time I have been comfortable sitting sun up to sun down in those temps.
I have a sleeveless hoodie in "Highlander Plaid #6" and a full hoodie in "Shadow Plaid." They're great. And the Asbell's specifically select their plaid patterns for a large, break-up effect.
I've been wearing it, both with and without layers since around the middle of October here in Minnesota. It's very warm, particularly for an unlined coat. I expect I will wear down to around 10 degrees, then I may have to go with something heavier.
Look, or try to look at centaur, can it be better than that!!
Got my Piney Woods Plaid in today. It is well-made and sure to be very warm. We were around 80 degrees today, so I'll have to wait for this week's cold front to move in before I can try it out. I think it will blend in well.
I just got my Evening Stand Green and I am very impressed. Haven't taken it off yet my wife is threatening to steal it! She will have to get her own!
Shadow Plaid.
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The green is perfect for a pine tree background. I bought one big enough that I can wear my saftey vest under it. Great product and great value
Second year for evening stand green here.Like it so much I will order another shirt Saturday in same color,going to get the 28 ounce one this time for late season.
I got to try mine out finally on a brief SD mulie hunt. I didn't fare well for deer (it was gun season), but I had a coyote walk right past me at 20 yards while I was on the ground, standing up against a smaller pine tree. Of course, I went and missed it, but that is another story. It actually stopped, looked at me, then turned around to look for its pal which was 50 yards behind. The pal saw me and boogied when it saw me raise my bow to shoot.
Man it is windy in SD this time of year. The wool was actualy way better than I expected. I wore a wind shirt underneath it and a few lighter pieces. Each day started in the low 20's and it was plenty warm on stand. I threw a handwarmer packet in each pocket and that worked wel too.
And. . . I looked good ! Now, If I can meet any equally good looking ladies wandering the canyons of SD wearing Teresa's wool . . . !
ChuckC
How long did it take to arrive after order if the piece you ordered was in stock?
Centaur,
I liked your pullover so much I had my wife order one for me for Christmas and everyone is absolutely right about Teresa! I called her to check an order my wife put in for a Haversack back in Oct. and Mrs.Asbell and I talked for about 15 mins. about my order her New patterns that are listed on her Sponser page and the weather here in Md. She even asked me if I new Tom Parsons here in Md..I have seen him at a Banquet but he wouldn't know me but what a delightful,caring,sweet lady who is like a Grandma trying to sew pullovers,vests,bowsocks and tons of other Traditional gear to cover her little boys from cathin cold...I now see why she is everyones favorite...God Bless you Mrs. Asbell... :archer: :clapper:
Keefers <")))><
She's a heck of a cook too! Stumbled into her camp at Cloverdale many years ago. Stew on the fire. Wild boar I am thinking, but whatever it was, it was excellent! Just good folks! Mike
I think I have a problem. I already want another one.
Their website has a picture of the Evening Stand Green but not the brown. Anyone have a picture of the Evening Stand Brown?
I wore my Evening Stand Green on a hunt in KY last week and the guide was so amazed by how well I blended into the tree in my ladder stand he asked me where he could get some.
Given the money guys that roll in there for gun season he's seen every kind of expensive camo out there.
Got mine is 5 days.
Chopx2 look at this thread and you will see maineac with the brown.
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=109926;p=3
She told me she is out of evening stand brown. It sold like hotcakes.
Mrs. Asbell explained to me also if she hasn't any more material of a certain pattern then she will remove that color from her webpage unless she gets more in...She has some new patterns she just added onto her webpage this week...
I just this week got my Mac in evening green.
Wore it today. it was very cold here and it wore well with a heavy ulfrote wool underlayer, a fleece vest and the pull over.
I aslo wear a Primos Archery Vest over, but doubt it adds any warmth.
Anybody ever get instruction on how to clean her garments???
I wrote but haven't yet gotten a reply.
Makin my allergies go berserk, so would like to hand-wash but might have to foot the bill for dry cleaning if i don't hear if others have cleaned and hung/laid out to dry.
I got the XL and it fits perfect...getting it on and off is a bit of a fun experience without a lining! I felt like a snake shedding skin!
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Anybody ever get instruction on how to clean her garments???
I thought I read here to wash by hand in hot water w/ mild soap and air dry laid out on a towel.
I read that too somewhere here recently, but thought it was just with wool in general.
Each wool, has it's own idiosycracies. I wondered if anyone had it from Theresa herself?
Mic and Doc,
I think I would hand wash in Cold water only with less chance of shrinkage and flat dry or hang outside on line and go out every 20 minutes and stretch it a little by pulling the material gently...I washed my Swanndri wool pullover a few times in our laundry tub by hand and she(my wife) looked at me like what are you doing that for? You will be forever getting the water out of it...I said the tag said to hand wash it only! She said the Washer machine has a Hand wash setting on it and it will ring most the water out of it and dry in about 2 hours outside...We have one them H3 Sears washers that uses about 1 cup water and spins like a Tornado and feels almost dry when you pull it out...I just use the Hunter Specialtys unscented detergent and while it hangs outside I spray it down a few times with earth scent spray...My Swanndri has yet to shrink and not 100% sure the Asbell pullover can be done this way but my Swanndri still looks new after about 6 washings now...
I was going to order a couple of pullover for my boys for christmas. does anyone have a phone # to get ahold of Teresa to findout if I could get the order before christmas. THANKS
does anyone know if she can do sizes bigger than 2x?
Call and ask.
Windblocker is XXXl but the pullover wool says XXL. Ask.
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does anyone know if she can do sizes bigger than 2x?
she makes 4XL for me....
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QuoteOriginally posted by MTArrowLauncher:
does anyone know if she can do sizes bigger than 2x?
she makes 4XL for me.... [/b]
Well we now know what happened to all her evening stand brown material Biggie! :D