Hi,

I posted on these boards not long ago, wondering if I should buy a (modern) kilt. I don't want to jump in and spend a lot of money, because I doubt I would get a lot of use from it. But I also don't want to get a thin one, because it is the middle of winter here and it is pretty cold.

So, I thought of buying some thickish wool and making a great kilt. I know this will be reasonably expensive, but nowhere near as expensive as buying a heavy-weight modern kilt.

I read on Matt Newsome's very informative website that a typical great kilt would probably have been made from two bits of material 4 yards long and 25 or so inches wide. (Thus making a blanket 4 yards by 50 inches (or 4 feet, 2 inches)).

I think I would buy solid coloured wool sheeting, as I expect tartan wool (if I could get it) would be much more expensive. I haven't yet been to a fabric shop, so I don't yet know if they would have what I want.

Last night, I tried putting on a (roughly) 6 and a half by 8 feet wool blanket in a great kilt-like manner, and I think it wasn't too bad.* That blanket is pretty tatty and I don't think the orangey hues go very well with me. Perhaps I should look for a good sized blanket, since the measurements of great kilts would have probably varied hugely.

Another thing I've been noticing (completely off topic) is that jeans seem to be almost a uniform for (by far) most students at my university.

* Although, never having worn a one before, I wouldn't really know.

Thanks,
Quentin.

PS: Sorry if I posted this twice. I posted it in the 'General' forum last night, but I can't find it there this morning. That was the wrong forum for this, anyway.