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  <title>Busy hands | Disquiet mind</title>
  <subtitle>Craft and Tech Notebook</subtitle>
  <author>
    <name>chebe</name>
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    <title>Waistcoat that lets you know your Boss is Standing Behind You</title>
    <published>2014-08-04T09:14:55Z</published>
    <updated>2019-01-13T21:16:04Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">All the pieces were inspired by bits of Irish heritage or sayings. Some people seemed a little insulted that we were explaining the inspiration to them, while the majority of people had never heard of them at all. Were they just very regional activities/sayings, or are we largely discarding our past? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which brings us to my own personal favourite piece. My favourite because of its relative simplicity, and because it's the closest to actual etextiles. During this piece I discovered just how wonderful real felt is to work with, and how perfect the thick soft fabric is for running channels of conductive thread, completely hidden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so I present, arguably, the piece most suitable for modern Ireland (perfect for the daily grind in an office); a waistcoat that lets you know someone is standing behind you, by sending a shiver down your spine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="image" style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lostaurora.net/gallery/galleries/blog/253829_original.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="300" alt="Mannequin wearing felt and spotted silk waistcoat, front" src="https://lostaurora.net/gallery/galleries/blog/253829_original.jpg" height="400" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://lostaurora.net/gallery/galleries/blog/254000_original.jpg"&gt;&lt;img width="300" alt="Mannequin wearing felt and spotted silk waistcoat, back" src="https://lostaurora.net/gallery/galleries/blog/254000_original.jpg" height="400" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Waistcoat at &lt;a href="http://chebe.dreamwidth.org/84157.html"&gt;Dublin Maker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo by &lt;a href="http://chebe.dreamwidth.org/"&gt;chebe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="cut-wrapper"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class="cut-open"&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-text"&gt;&lt;a href="https://chebe.dreamwidth.org/84811.html#cutid1"&gt;Magnificent details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-close"&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so our tale comes to an end. I learned a lot, had fun, stress, and sleep deprivation, along the way. But it's always worth it. I'll leave you with &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/pocketrevolution/sets/72157645618538330/"&gt;photos of the day from the official photographer&lt;/a&gt;. *falls down in an exhausted heap*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=chebe&amp;ditemid=84811" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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