Hi, from western North Carolina

[BBNC]

Recently discovered I'm a member of Clan Muirhead (Morehead) through my mother, maternal grandmother, great-grandfather and great-great grandfather. My avatar shows the tartan I'm going to wear for non-formal activities. It is the Muirhead modern hunting tartan.

As I'm just starting out, I'm still in the research phase, but plan to have a kilt and accessories by late spring.

One thing I've noticed about kilt and tartan websites, one site is unable to supply me with everything I need, due to my odd sizes. Kilt here, shirt there, socks somewhere else.

Bruce

[tulloch]

Greetings from the highlands of Central Massachusetts. Don't look for a package. Get the best kilt you can - remember two or three cheap kilts = one fantastic kilt. It is a versatile garment and if you get it in the spring you can wear it with a sweater or t-shirt or nearly any shirt and casual socks and shoes. You might want to get a sporran at the same time or while you're waiting for it. There are great deals out there from vendors who advertise here and on the internet. Enjoy!!

[BBNC]

tulloch,

I appreciate your comments. I'm a leatherworker, so I'm making my sporran and belt after I finish putting together some pattern ideas. I have a local piper friend who's keeping me on the right track in regards to quality and appropriateness.

[Dr Mac]

from Bryan/College Station!

[Chas]

Hello Bruce,

Welcome to XMarks from the other side of the Atlantic in Norfolk, England.

Regards

Chas

[unclevenus]

Welcome aboard from Central Florida. Sounds like you need to talk to Matt (MAC Newsome)!!

[dougle]

Hi & welcome from Worcestershire England

[Bill aka Mole]

from the midlands of South Carolina.

"Beware the wool! Oh yes, it starts all soft and warm and nice but soon you'll feel a scratch or three. That is the wool; it's injecting the tartan into your veins. The need to possess more starts as a wee idea and builds until you can't think straight. To stop it, you buy another kilt. But now you have two, and the second will inject it's tartan into your veins as well. And then the process starts anew."
~ Should be the warning label on every kilt. Because we know that many others would buy kilts, just to attempt to prove that they are stronger than the wool.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Welcome! As you are in western NC and a Muirhead, you really should take a trip to Franklin to visit the Scottish Tartans Museum, where you can see the original kilt belonging to William Muirhead from which your modern day family tartan is derived. It really is a neat old kilt.

http://scottishtartans.org/muirhead.htm

[Spartan Tartan]

from Oklahoma.