"How to Sew a Modern Kilt" on BBC website

**KiltedPilot** · 30th April 07, 04:49 AM

I stumbled across this guide to sewing a kilt on the BBC "h2g2" website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A10177427

I could not find a prior reference to it on XMarks.

"h2g2" is a user contributed area of the BBC website, inspired by The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It is supposed to be an unconventional guide to life, the universe and everything.

KP

**Kilted KT** · 2nd May 07, 05:45 AM

that looks strangely familiar....

**pdcorlis** · 2nd May 07, 07:24 AM

Always nice to have an extra resource - thanks for the link!

**McClef** · 2nd May 07, 07:26 AM

BBC:

Best
Being
Cilted

(ok so it's the Welsh spelling but so what?)

**PiobBear** · 2nd May 07, 02:05 PM

"a professionally made kilt is cheap at £100 ($170 US, approx.)"

Yeah; it would be, if it was only £100 ($199 US)! At that price, I'd buy two!

**cacunn** · 2nd May 07, 03:43 PM

I find it interesting that the article says:

"the middle of the outer apron is pinned to the under apron using a 7.5cm (3in) gold or silver kilt pin,"

This from the BBC?

**Erisianmonkey** · 2nd May 07, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by cacunn

I find it interesting that the article says:

"the middle of the outer apron is pinned to the under apron using a 7.5cm (3in) gold or silver kilt pin,"

This from the BBC?

It's from H2G2, the BBC's version of a wiki. It has all the faults of a wiki, meaning it can be just as "apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate" as the book it was named for.

**drobin** · 2nd May 07, 05:09 PM

If you follow the link to the "how to wear a Kilt" (an external link) there is a set by set and at the bottem their are tips and warnings-

One of the tips is: "Even in Scotland, kilts are usually reserved for weddings, funerals and special events."

and the warning: "Unless you're brave or a nut for so-called authenticity, wear underwear under there."