Why choose the footless version?

Leggings have all the qualities of tights… without the most heavily used part: the foot.

• Ideal if you quickly wear out tights at the toes or heel
• Practical when you prefer to wear your own socks (thick wool, walking socks, slippers, etc.)
• Allows you to adjust warmth according to the activity: thin socks inside, thick socks outside
• Easier to care for: the part that wears out the most is washed separately
• Useful for home, yoga or under trousers without extra bulk in the shoe
• More durable: the most fragile part of the garment is preserved

In short: you get the thermoregulation of wool… without sacrificing longevity.

Ah… leggings or tights in pure merino wool.

Many of us look for them, and often… in vain.
In this world, synthetics have become the rule: for durability, for machine washing, to avoid returns from dissatisfied customers.

Finding untreated wool is already complicated.
Finding 100% untreated wool is even more so.

I know this well: I used to offer them at Hirsch Natur.
I bought out the last available stock from the brand.
Production stopped.
Why?
Because the foot is the most stressed area of the body… covered by the most fragile fiber: wool.
To avoid wear and complaints, almost all manufacturers ended up adding plastic. Or stopped manufacturing pure natural products - because the demand was completely different.

So when I discovered these Grödo leggings - even with 18% organic cotton and 2% elastane - I couldn't pass them up.
They're even the first I've found since Hirsch stopped making tights and leggings.

And yet I accept them under my "Living Wool" label.

Why?

Because here, the synthetic elastane is not used to transform the wool.

It's used to hold it.

Wool remains the active material: it regulates temperature, absorbs moisture, breathes, and adapts.
But alone, in a fine knit of tights, it would sag, twist, deform, and wear out faster.

Organic cotton acts like a textile skeleton.
It stabilizes the knit, limits abrasion, and distributes tension.

Elastane, meanwhile, is the equivalent of an internal spring.
It doesn't touch the skin: it's enclosed in the yarn and allows the tights to return to their shape instead of staying stretched out.

In other words:

• the wool functions
• the cotton structures and reinforces
• the elasticity maintains.

The fiber is not chemically modified to become resistant - it's the construction of the yarn that makes the garment wearable.

This is exactly the difference between adapting the material…
and damaging it to adapt it to the machine.

This is why these tights are included in my selection.

The GOTS standard not only certifies organic origin.
It controls the entire textile transformation.

Technical characteristics

• Knit: fine, stretchy knit
• Season: autumn / winter / cold mid-season
• Natural thermoregulation
• Breathable and moisture-limiting
• No anti-felting treatment (GOTS certification)

Colors:

(in order as in the photo of the tights: apart from the yellow color not offered for the leggings - the rest is the same color): black, anthracite, dark grey, ecru marl, brown

Available sizes:

36-38, 38-40, 40-42, 44-46, 48-50

Sizes are expressed in German sizes, but the double size and elasticity make fitting easy, and the main difference between two sizes is mainly in length.

Size advice

Untreated wool remains a living fiber: it adapts to the body rather than remaining rigid like a synthetic textile.

• the width adjusts naturally to the body shape
• the main difference between two sizes is the length (legs and pelvis)
• if you are between two sizes: choose the larger size for more comfort
• the tights stretch slightly when worn then return to their shape when at rest

Example: I am 177cm tall and wear an M-38 FR, so I can wear size 36-38 AND 38-40, but for my tall height I opt for the longer tights in 38-40.