Length of material for a great kilt?

[Hondo]

Greetings to all,

I think, due to your grand writeup David, I finally understand how much tartan I need. Your wee pics have helped.

I am 188cm or 6'2", have a 32 inch waist. Everything I read stated only 'double width' and 6-8 meters or yards long. Buying from Lochcarron, where the tartan is 138cm or 54inches wide, I was in the constant mindset of having 6 yards double width, or 6yards by 108inches - hense the need to order 12 yards of material. So, I am only in need of 4 or 5 yards, depending upon how I choose to wear the kilt.

Am I correct in me thinking?

Cheers!

Single width material is about 27" to 30" wide. It isn't wide enough to make a great kilt out of without joining two pieces of single width fabric to make a "doublewidth" size (~54 to 60" wide).

Modern doublewidth material removes the need to sew two pieces together for a great kilt (feilidh mor).

So, in other words, you need a piece of tartan ~60" wide by about 3 yards long. If you were making that out of single-width material you would buy 6 yards and sew.




Also, just for clarity:

These are great kilts:



This is not a great kilt. This is made-up junk: