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Calendar/training log: is there, or will
there soon be, a training log for riders -- Steph, are you going to make the
endurance riders' one again? I really enjoyed the photos in that one, and
its training log aspect. I suppose I could go get one for runners but
I'd rather have a horse one :-) I know there was discussion recently
about a calendar, but not sure if it was to be a training log as well, or
if/when it is to be published. Searched archives for "calendar" and came
up with zero finds, which is strange.
Any large breasted women riders still seeking a
good supportive bra, the Enell bra is great. It's ugly but you won't
bounce AT ALL-- I'm between D & DD so I know whereof I speak. I wear
it on the tractor, on horseback and jogging. Their website is http://enell.com (no "www" in address). Real
spendy, but if you luck out and catch their booth at a trade show -- they had
one at a local people race -- they have seconds at half off. A
second I bought had only some tiny snags "wrong" with it.
They're also available at www.title9sports.com and I
think in the Junonia catalog.
I tried the "Hot Chillies" bra at a local running
store. It is pretty and the fabric feels nice, but too stretchy
and allows way too much bounce in my case.
If you make your own tights and do a lot of
brushpopping in them to where you rip them up a lot, there's some interesting
fabric at www.seattlefabrics.com called
Spandura. It's a cross between cordura and spandex, so it's real tough yet
stretchy. Not as stretchy as shiny lycras but still stretches the distance
required by Suitability's riding tights pattern (www.suitability.com). I just made a
pair for a rough ridin' friend so I haven't tried it yet myself (seems like
I spend most of my time doing for other people!). But I'll give a report
on how I like it once I get them made! Seattle fabrics also has many solid
colors of shiny lycra (no prints), and some wicking lycras and supplex
lycras.
Textile Outfitters www.justmakeit.com is a Canadian place that
carries a heavier shiny lycra called moleskin, as well as an assortment of solid
and print regular weight lycras.
www.thegreenpepper.com has a tights
pattern with a kewl diagonal stripe, that starts in the middle of the back seam
and winds around the knee to the inside ankle. You may want to adjust the
pattern to put the seam on the outside of the leg, they are not made for
riding tights and have an inside leg seam. Seattle Fabrics
and Textile Outfitters also carry Green Pepper and other patterns.
Hope this info may help some frustrated
sewers,
Karen Bratcher in Idaho
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