pipers plaid

[Tobus]

Can anyone wear a Fly Plaid or is it reserved for just Pipers and Military?

A fly plaid is not the same as a piper's plaid. Which are you talking about?

[creagdhubh]

A fly plaid is not the same as a piper's plaid. Which are you talking about?

Quite right, I didn't catch that. I was speaking of the fly plaid, not sure if the other chap was still discussing the piper's plaid or if he immediately went into a discussion of the fly plaid - to me, it sounded like the latter!

Cheers,

[Thomas H]

Quite right, I didn't catch that. I was speaking of the fly plaid, not sure if the other chap was still discussing the piper's plaid or if he immediately went into a discussion of the fly plaid - to me, it sounded like the latter!

Cheers,

[Thomas H]

I am sorry I was talking about a Fly plaid. I just bought one and did not want to afend anyone when wearing it ,I am new to the highland games and clothing. Thank you

[piperdbh]

Now you're in my territory.

To wear a fly plaid, you need a strong-clasped brooch and something that weighs a few ounces (like a flask) to go in your inside jacket pocket. Take one corner of the fly plaid, pleat it so that it's about 3 inches wide, then stab the clasp of your brooch through enough layers of the pleats so that they won't come undone*, and pin it to the left shoulder of your jacket. Put the weight in your left inside jacket pocket (to counterbalance the weight of the plaid) and head off down the road.

*You can machine- or hand-stitch across the pleats to hold them together, then you can run the clasp bar of the brooch through just one or two layers of fabric instead of a whole bunch of them.