Was "The Hand-Crafted Contemporary Kilt" ever made available?

[Pleater]

If you want to build yourself a kilt, read up what you can and then make one - it can only go so totally wrong that you need to careful take the whole thing apart and start again. Once you have something wearable, wear it, and start planning another.

I am 'Pleater' not because of the folding of kilts but the making of English smocks, English civil war era garments with cartridge pleating and fanciful sci-fi (now called cosplay) outfits.

Taking an almost 2 dimensional fabric and working with it to create a covering for a 3 dimensional shape whilst adding in elements which don't even really exist can be quite an undertaking, but when it happens, there is a certain satisfaction nothing else seems to provide.

For a couple of months I have been eating a low carb diet - primarily to control type 2 diabetes, but it has had other consequences, such as altering my shape so I now require a whole new wardrobe. It has actually been very beneficial for my knees.

In another life I am a knitting machine user and engineer doing servicing and repairs, but for the flat bed domestic machines - I also inherited a tradition of hand knitting, crochet, patchwork and general creativity. I just made 32 ribbon bedecked 'wands' with assorted bells for morris dancing as I found myself engaged to teach a scout troupe the dance I was taught almost 70 years ago.
I even amuse myself writing fiction, having created a Britain where Scotland has the power, and no king was decapitated, so the English smock and corduroys is the quaint costume and kilts the everyday attire.

These things serve to keep the little grey cells active -

There are quite a few creative people on the forum, and on the internet in general, so do bounce ideas around - though if you discover something really innovative, do be sure to patent it first.

Anne the Pleater