Less wrinkly not cadadh WIP

[MT4Runner]

Great writeup, Scott!!
I'm looking forward to doing the same.

[MacLowlife]

Way cool.



Have you thought about using KNIT fabric? I just checked and there are some interesting things available on eBay under Plaid Knit in fabrics. I do not see any BW tartan, but I see a lot of things worth investigating at $5-$10/yd. Also, having a sewing machine with a serger is probably going to help a lot...

[Emmet]

Are you using any type of iron work on these?

As it looks to me with som creative stretching and shrinking you could get a tighter fit

[madmacs]

Way cool.



Have you thought about using KNIT fabric? I just checked and there are some interesting things available on eBay under Plaid Knit in fabrics. I do not see any BW tartan, but I see a lot of things worth investigating at $5-$10/yd. Also, having a sewing machine with a serger is probably going to help a lot...

Now see what happens when you suggest I look in ebay...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Linen-green-...item1c1d57c55c

Anyone need some maclean hunting hose... ?? Or a vest... Or a fly plaid... Or a drummers/pipers plaid... Or a kilt (no idea of weight or sett size)?

[AKScott]

Way cool. Have you thought about using KNIT fabric?

Thanks, and no I hadn't been looking at knits. I have my eye on making a pair of these in one of my actual clan setts from an actual Scottish mill someday maybe, so I was specifically looking for weaves from the get-go. I am using thread dyed shirting flannel from my local Jo-Anns Fabric store at I think $8 per yard.

If I have the patience I might also make a pair of garter ties from the same cloth, then when I unravel the ends I'll have a pair of garter ties that would work with solid hose under my Stillwater in Black Watch.

Are you using any type of iron work on these?

As it looks to me with some creative stretching and shrinking you could get a tighter fit

I am only using an iron to set the creases for the hem at the top. It is the picture I just edited a few minutes ago with the white marks on it from MSPaint.

I am not too terribly concerned about getting the fit much tighter because the woven cloth I am using isn't very stretchy. If I was a statue, sure, we could paint them on. That is about as tight as I can go on me and still walk around in them.

I cogitated on that a bit before I started and realized having the underside of the thing reach around my heel requires - when constrained to woven fabrics - that there be some excess bunched up in the inside corner where the front of the ankle meets the top of the foot.

The only way I know of to make that excess cloth go away and still be able to move my foot around is to use a knit.

[Emmet]

No you can shrink and stretch all woolens to some degree. Judging from the pics I'd stretch on the heel and shrink at the front of the ankle

[Elf]

Wow, impressive description. Thank you very much.