4 yard vs 8 yard

[Graham]

Hey bubba, don't worry about the "rookie" questions, we are all learning and I found your questions interesting.

I've been mostly wearing a 4 yard Bear kilt all summer. My next will be an eight yard lightweight, I have a heavy 8 yard but it's hard to compare.

I would like to eventually own a half dozen kilts of differing types to properly compare and find what i like best, an expensive experiment, but enjoyable.

I do know that a 4 yard gets blown about in the wind a lot. The sporran keeps the front down but not the back. Still, I guess what you cannot see you don't worry aboot!

[bubba]

Hope you have some real strong needles! The denim kilts take some patience and a bit of machine coaxing with the hems and "fold-overs".

I have a pretty good sewing machine and a bit of experience with it. Even made my wife some denim cargo pants for work. I bought the machine about a year ago and ignored the bells and whistles. I went for the higher power motor. This one sews light leather easily and 6 layers of denim are a snap.The denim I'm using has been washed twice. Might sound like overkill but I've found some fabrics really do need double washing before being used both for shrinkage and dye bleed.

[bubba]

I do know that a 4 yard gets blown about in the wind a lot. The sporran keeps the front down but not the back. Still, I guess what you cannot see you don't worry aboot! [/quote]

There's a trick that I learned about from one of the ladies on a sewing newsgroup. Stitch a few fishing weights around the hem. The ladies have been using this trick to keep light skirts from flying up in the wind for a very long time

[bear]

There's a trick that I learned about from one of the ladies on a sewing newsgroup. Stitch a few fishing weights around the hem. The ladies have been using this trick to keep light skirts from flying up in the wind for a very long time

Bubba,
Where's the fun in that?
Then again, a spin would send the pleats much higher.
Better not tell the boys at kilts night. Vic would get too dizzy to stand!

[Colin]

I don't think you could get Vic's pleats much higher Bear.

[bear]

I don't think you could get Vic's pleats much higher Bear.

Yeah, they don't go much higher than his neck, do they? They wouldn't normally go that high but he was pulling on them so hard!

[Kilted_John]

ROFL, really, Bear? I'll have to see that at the next kilts night.
-J