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eliskimo

Good Day Yesterday

Feb 15, 2009 12:54

theagentx and I started off Saturday by sleeping in a little and then heading off to Hamilton to visit with Tarq and buy some leather. It's always fun to see to Tarq - he always seems genuinely excited to you. theagentx has a couple kit-prettying projects in mind and I have a slightly more utilitarian one that we are now prepared to work on ( Read more... )

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fineum February 15 2009, 18:24:36 UTC

Hm it sounds like the wool you got is closer to what I'm looking for and the stuff at fabricland here might suit your purpose. As I mentioned to Jay I think it would be a good weight for coats for you guys like your investiture stuff. Plus it's on sale

eliskimo February 15 2009, 18:50:39 UTC

How much of a sale?

fineum February 15 2009, 18:51:16 UTC

$8 bucks a metre. I will likely pick some up

eliskimo February 15 2009, 18:56:25 UTC

Kol's asking if maybe (if there's enough) you could pick us maybe 5-6 meters and we'll pay you for it when we see you next (weekend after next, I think)?

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suelet February 16 2009, 01:58:20 UTC

It's pretty much impossible to find anything heavier than crepe that isn't at least 10% nylon nowadays.
Unless you're willing to pay the $60 a meter for Italian wool.
*eeep!*

Mr. T and I picked up some really nice red wool at Pennsic last time we were there...but it's quite heavy.

eliskimo February 16 2009, 02:20:04 UTC

You know my red wool Saxon dress? It's 100% wool and perhaps just a shade lighter (in weight) than what we were envisioning for the coats. I picked that up only 6 years ago at Affordable Textiles on Queen St. West in Toronto for something like $12 or $15/meter. It wasn't that bad. Perhaps I was spoiled by that experience.

I have also been looking for some very lightweight (tropical weight) wool suiting that is not crepe (preferably a twill) and the only stuff I found for that project has been in the $40-$60/meter range. It's seems the lighter the wool, the more expensive. Made me wonder if I wouldn't just be better buying a set of identical solid-colour pashmina scarfs and creatively cutting the pieces I need!