Reverse Kingussie kilt in Scottish Wildcat under construction in Iceland

[Barb T]

Thought I'd post a pic of the latest Scottish Wildcat kilt that I'm working on. Kilt is a reverse Kingussie, 6 yards. I'm in Iceland at the moment teaching a geology field course, and I thought it would be fun to take a pic in front of one of the vents of the 1783-84 lava flows of the Laki eruption.



The Laki eruption was enormous - 14 cubic kilometers flowed out over the course of 8 months, along with huge volumes of sulfur dioxide. The eruption caused diminished or failed harvests throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Resulting famine killed an estimated 6 million people worldwide and has been implicated as one of the contributing factors in the French Revolution. In Iceland alone, 50% of the livestock died, which led to famine and death of over 25% of the Icelandic population.

[Tarheel]

For most of us, you are in a "once in a lifetime" situation (Iceland, new kilt construction on a rare tartan, teaching a geo-disaster event, etc.) My envy is enormous. Thanks for the photo and info. Be well and safe.

[unixken]

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[Barb T]

Also, you may want to ask the mods to tweak the title of the thread. The title says "box pleat", rather than RevK.

Ooops....the last one I made was box pleated. THIS one is a reverse Kingussie!

[Marshall]

Cool photo, kilt and great bit of geological history. Thanks for sharing!

[IsaacW]

Excellent! A beautiful kilt and a fascinating country!!

[sydnie7]

The Wildcat tartan looks right at home in the tones of that landscape. Thanks for the shot, I'm considering a RevK for my yardage as well!