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My aptitude tests as a kid came back “Analyst” which seemed like a made-up job at the time, but damn if I don’t love a good spreadsheet. Currently on sabbatical after 15 years as technical staff in academia.
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For tightly woven natural fibers, I’d go with a quilting cotton, cotton flannel shirting, or, if you can get a good price for it, midweight wool suiting that you’ve lightly fulled in the wash (wash warm, tumble dry a couple times, unfolding it all the way in between cycles to make sure it doesn’t stick to itself).
Prewash the cotton too (on hot) to make sure it’s done most of the shrinking it’s going to do before you sew.
@ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling Trade offs: natural fibers will be a little less wind proof but way less sweaty… and more expensive, but they’ll last longer.
@ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling for wind resistance you either want something tightly woven or something plastic.
The plastics are going to be a little noisy, though if you sandwich them like you describe you’ll end up with crinkle but no swish sounds so that may be enough depending on your needs. For that, use nylon lining fabric, woven, “ripstop” keyword optional.
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