Because of the flexability that it gives, I am a
big fan of having a bunch of blankets in my tack compartment. I found a
wool blanket liner for a reasonable price a number of years ago. I just
put this under whatever other blankets I feel I need and remove the liner to let
it dry later.
Wool blanket liners can be made from surplus wool
blankets (I just noticed a bunch on sale at a Missoula discount outdoors store,
so I assume that other areas have them also), or purchased for a reasonable
price. The one I have is made from shoddy. (Shoddy, is reprocessed
wool fibers. It became used to referr to inferior goods as a result of the
Civil War. Some Union uniforms were made, against specification, from
shoddy. They fell apart, so the troops started using it as a general
term.)
If you want an ultimate layer next to the skin,
look into mesh anti fly coolers.
Anyway I have all sorts of coolers, blankets, and
liners. On cold rainy rides our horses end up with many layers of stuff,
that is gradually removed as they cool out.
Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
