Giles and Haraki's UK road trip
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very nice to get a glimpse of the oil pull western
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very nice to get a glimpse of the oil pull western
BK. It would be on my back now, but Will had made a standard XL for our sizing discussions yesterday. He is making me one longer in the arms, I'll have it very soon. I went with the side pockets option. Plan is, I beat the living crap out of before I go to Japan in November, Will really wants Haraki to see an aged one, not sure why, as Haraki is totally 100% in love with the oil pull. In fact, so in love that we will be making a biker type fanny pack in it too (at Chapman), oh and a Type III with pockets…...
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Next to Aero in Galashiels is a fabric finishing plant. Will managed to get Haraki, Ayumi and me a tour of it. Oh my God, we were in heaven, it was just amazing and super instructional.
I learnt so much.
So do you know what this is?
It's a teasel and comes from here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/1244.shtmlIt is used (and believe it or not, there is still not a man made equivalent) to tease up the fibres of wool. Here is the teasing machine
And this is a bolt of Mohair coming out of the teaser
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that mohair is beautiful.
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i can't believe that I was able to resist any sexual or juvenile comments in regard to the teasel.
i am proud of myself . . . where is seul?
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i can't believe that I was able to resist any sexual or juvenile comments in regard to the teasel.
i am proud of myself . . . where is seul?
Hahaha I was reading about teasing those fibres and well my mind went a bit south… But I too refrain from making any comments...
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I also learned where the phrase being on tenterhooks comes from
_Being on tenterhooks is a phrase that tends to mean you are anxiously or tensely waiting, or merely anxious. This usage showed up in the 1700s and was well understood at the time. Today, you might use the expression and be fully understood, but people may wonder what tenterhooks actually are, since they are no longer in common use.
The initial use of the modern idiomatic phrase was metaphoric. Being on tenterhooks referred specifically to the process of cloth making employed in Europe as early as the Middle Ages. After cloth was milled and washed, it had to be dried, but this posed a problem. Normally, drying meant the cloth would shrink significantly, which was undesirable. Cloth makers would make less profit if the cloth shrunk, since cloth was sold by lengths. Less cloth after the drying process translates to less money for the cloth maker. To avoid losing profits and valuable cloth, during the drying process cloth was tented to prevent it from shrinking.
Tenting meant the cloth was stretched out or suspended, like a tent, and usually attached to hooks, often simple nails, that were, as you might guess called tenterhooks. Thus cloth on hooks was stretched tight to dry. This sped up the drying process and prevented the cloth from shrinking. The actual tenting process was usually accomplished via small or large devices called tenters, usually wooden frames upon which the cloth would be attached to the hooks_
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What the feck is a biker type fanny pack?
Google is your friend…..
http://www.rakuten.co.jp/backdrop/562032/730911/
And ridiculously popular with the Harley mob in Japan…
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What the feck is a biker type fanny pack?
Google is your friend…..
http://www.rakuten.co.jp/backdrop/562032/730911/
And ridiculously popular with the Harley mob in Japan…
but not so here, at least in Fenno-Scandia, dunno about central Eu though. I doubt.
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Probably not particularly popular in Outer Mongolia either, but we look to try and come out with stuff that will appeal to different demographics/geographics. Just because it wont sell in Finland does not mean it won't sell in Japan which is the market we are aiming this at….
If I only took the stuff that Haraki sells domestically, there would be a load of stuff that you guys like that would not be available....
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the world is a big place injun. what may be in favor here may/maynot be over there. no simpler way for me to really put it.
more importantly, you go to the beat of your own drumer, who cares what anyone is/isn't wearing
looks like G responded, but since i don't delete my posts. . . .
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i am highly enjoying this thread. thanks for posting Giles! I really love how you and Haraki take time to show the amount of care put into all things IH, right down to the ideas and inspiration behind pieces.
