# How does wool keep you warm when it's wet?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-wool-keep-you-warm-when-its-wet/499849>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [June 15, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-wool-keep-you-warm-when-its-wet/499849 "2009-06-15T17:07:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hipoint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Hipoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hipoint)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-wool-keep-you-warm-when-its-wet/499849/1 "2009-06-15T17:07:17Z")

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I’m a little surprised you didn’t even MENTION lanolin… Duh !

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-wool-keep-you-warm-when-its-wet/499849/2 "2009-06-24T02:05:03Z")

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[Link](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/108/how-does-wool-keep-you-warm-when-its-wet) to column in question.