tim_horton
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Caccioppoli is my favorite single source of jacketing. Dedicated spring/summer and fall/winter books, get refreshed every year, and a great mix of solids and interesting patterns.1kg LL Cashmere is a blazer fabric, not a coating fabric of course.
On a related note, what are good jacketing bunches for a three-ish season jacket?
I think I might move away from green tweed towards something like 350 to 400 ish grams jacketing, so like 13/14 ish oz?
Harrison's Moonbeam is a close second but I don't know if it's undergoing an update or in the process of being cancelled as they aren't all listed on the webpage. It's soft to the touch but durable and also has a nice range of patterns and colors.
Fox Brothers have a few nice jacketing books, with Sports Jacketing and Somerset Jacketing probably being the closest to the weight range you're looking for (Fox Tweed may be too heavy.). I just commissioned something from the Sports Jacketing book. It seemed comparable to Moonbeam.
Anglo-Italian's Tessuti fabrics has some very nice jacketing fabrics in various weights. And they just came out with a Tessuti 2. I really like their glen plaids. They have a GREAT green one that I made up.
FWIW I usually do not like genuine tweeds or their faux tweed variants, they tend to be too heavy/bulky and make me feel like I'm wandering in from a duck hunt.