Possibly useful measuring "trick"

[Aussie_Don]

Being new to kilt wearing, and needing to measure, I grabbed the
measuring tape and "had at it". But, while measuring with a normal
tailor's tape measure works for waist and hips -- there is no easy
way for a single person to measure himself for the "fall" measurement.

Now, given the number of clever people here, I suspect that someone
has suggested this, but a quick search did not show it.

As an easier way to measure the fall, use a carpenter's rule instead
of a cloth tape measure. Kneel on the floor, make sure that you
are as vertical as possible and read the length at the desired top
of the kilt.

The reasons for a need to "self measure" will be explained in another post.

-Don

[The Wizard of BC]

Have a look at the video I prepared -

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=26096

See if you come up with the same numbers.

This is, so far, the best way I have ever found to measure for the Fell and Drop lengths by yourself.

The idea is that you can stand upright and measure your waist height.

And for the hem height think of it as measuring from the floor up to the top of the knee cap. That distance will not change no matter how much you bend over.

[Aussie_Don]

Have a look at the video I prepared -

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=26096

See if you come up wit the same numbers.

This is, so far, the best way I have ever found to measure for the Fell and Drop lengths by yourself.

Seems like a good way to do it. The only advantage mine has is that
it's simple if you've got a yardstick or carpenter's rule.

Thanks -- your post was nowhere on the first page of search results
for "kilt length measure"

But, I'm noticing that the search engine seems to prefer newer posts --
this thread was the first one listed when I re-tried the search to confirm.

<Geek hat>
Probably too late now since there are so many useful threads that have
already been and gone, but it would be good to have a way that
members could "mark" a thread as "useful" and have this "usefulness"
improve where the thread appears in a search.
</Geek hat>

Thanks for your reply Steve

[Steve Ashton]

Probably the best 'tool', to mark threads you have an interest in, is our tags.

At the bottom of the page you should see a window or box that says 'Tags for this thread".

Over on the right a button that says "Add/Edit Tags".

You can add up to three tags to a thread.

Then, at any later date do a tag search and only those threads with the tag will show up.

[Aussie_Don]

Probably the best 'tool', to mark threads you have an interest in, is our tags.

At the bottom of the page you should see a window or box that says 'Tags for this thread".

Over on the right a button that says "Add/Edit Tags".

You can add up to three tags to a thread.

Then, at any later date do a tag search and only those threads with the tag will show up.

OK, that works in one sense -- At risk of massive topic drift, the problem
that I'm trying to solve is, "I want to know what "the rabble" in their
collective wisdom think is most important/useful."

Not sure what the best way to achieve this might be.

-Don

[Steve Ashton]

I'm not sure I understand what you are looking for.

This forum is now over 12 years old. (That's ancient for a forum)

We have over 17,000 members who have made well over a million posts that cover just about anything to do with kilts. (And some posts about a lot of other stuff)

What do you mean by 'most inportant/useful'? Can you give me a hint and I can probably find it for you.

[xman]

The One Kilt 10 Looks thread is a universally appreciated effort. http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-attire-46888/

At the top of each sub forum page are "stickies" so named because they stick up at the top no matter when the last post was and these are also frequently visited because of their usefulness. For example; http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f100/

Hope that's useful.

[mookien]

Or, perhaps you could get your dubious SO to measure you and determine the proper length.

[Barb T]

Hi all,

Just weighing in on the original measuring technique post. I know that I've said this many times, but it's critically important to take the measurements the way your kiltmaker instructs. Some kiltmakers use the "kneel and measure" technique. And others don't. If you have a kiltmaker who doesn't ask for measurements made that way, and you choose to use a "kneel and measure" technique, you may very well wind up with a kilt that is too long or too short. So, moral of this story from both a customer's and a kiltmaker's perspective is "follow the instructions to the letter - don't improvise".