Originally Posted by
RubeRad
Any tips on mining a Salvation Army for merino? Do you just have to know what it looks/feels like to pick it out, or do you go checking every tag in hundreds of sweaters?
I just look at the sweaters with half zips. Yeah, I have to look at the tag of each one, which does take some time (to save $100 per item). About 75% of sweaters are cotton, and those are easy to rule out by look and feel. So I look at the tags of the remaining 25%. Cashier is great too.
I've gotten some of them turned into short sleeves for the summer, some left as long sleeve for the winter. Smartwool merino arm warmers are not too expensive and work great too...