Re: [Debconf-discuss] Ordering Debian Tartan Products
On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 19:09:03 +0100, Jonathan McDowell nood...@earth.li wrote: On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 01:06:44PM -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: On 08/07/2010 12:00 PM, Philip Hands wrote: I should have got round to this before people started leaving DebConf, but in fact it doesn't make a vast amount of difference as I don't actually have any spare stock with me, but there is around 20 yards spare from the most recent batch that was woven. I really like the Debian Tartan, but i assume it's made of wool, and i don't wear animal products. I'm sure the traditional tartan-makers would be aghast at the suggestion, but are there any plans (or even any possibilities) to make a batch of this fabric in cotton, linen, or other vegetable- or synthetic-based material? I have a wool allergy, so if there was a plan to produce a non wool run of the tartan I'd be interested. Interesting question -- I'll ask them when I talk to them about the new tie order. Looking round the geoffreykilts.co.uk site, it seems that they do cloth in Polyester Viscose and Polyester Cotton, but I've no idea if that would work for kilts. Of course, we don't have to use the Edinburgh folks to do the work, so finding some weavers who are used to weaving in the alternative material and telling them the pattern (which we own) might be considerably cheaper. Silk would make much better ties, and would presumably look fantastic, but Geoffrey's charge a fortune for it. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560]http://www.hands.com/ |-| HANDS.COM Ltd.http://www.uk.debian.org/ |(| 10 Onslow Gardens, South Woodford, London E18 1NE ENGLAND ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] Ordering Debian Tartan Products
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:14:23AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: Hi, Silk would make much better ties, and would presumably look fantastic, but Geoffrey's charge a fortune for it. I agree, silk ties would be wonderful. Not that they would help if the issue is no animal based cloth, though. :) G ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
Re: [Debconf-discuss] Ordering Debian Tartan Products
On 08/07/2010 12:00 PM, Philip Hands wrote: I should have got round to this before people started leaving DebConf, but in fact it doesn't make a vast amount of difference as I don't actually have any spare stock with me, but there is around 20 yards spare from the most recent batch that was woven. I really like the Debian Tartan, but i assume it's made of wool, and i don't wear animal products. I'm sure the traditional tartan-makers would be aghast at the suggestion, but are there any plans (or even any possibilities) to make a batch of this fabric in cotton, linen, or other vegetable- or synthetic-based material? --dkg signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
[Debconf-discuss] Ordering Debian Tartan Products
Hi, I should have got round to this before people started leaving DebConf, but in fact it doesn't make a vast amount of difference as I don't actually have any spare stock with me, but there is around 20 yards spare from the most recent batch that was woven. If you would like a kilt or a tie or some other item (you can get the cloth to make stuff yourself, and they make skirts, shorts and other things), please add yourself to the bottom of the relevant table on the wiki, and I'll sort out the details in the next week or two: http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf7/Tartan#Second_Order please also email me to tell me that you've done so. More details about pricing, and the story behind Debian Tartan can also be found on that wiki page. I do still have one of the Ties (it's sold already) available for examination, so if you're still at debconf, track me down and we'll make some more in the next month once I know numbers. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560]http://www.hands.com/ |-| HANDS.COM Ltd.http://www.uk.debian.org/ |(| 10 Onslow Gardens, South Woodford, London E18 1NE ENGLAND ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
