"If you see a piece of cloth with the LL selvedge, you can be assured that I worked carefully, and am satisfied the cloth is not only right, but the finest available anywhere. Because I wear everything we make. And I like to think the members will look well dressed when the cloth is made up."
Well, as it turns out I did win the challenge with some elan, as my very discriminating team of "eleganti" were extremely pleased by the result. Not too many of these guys are here these days. But one came back, one member who missed out on the cloth twelve years ago, had spent years looking for it, came back to subscribe. He will have his cloth in late Summer of 2020. What a great story.
And here is the marvel we had to work with back then.

And here's the selvedge.


Thanks guys!