Have you ever shopped here? Checking out tartan fabric.

[creagdhubh]

Maybe I missed it, but i don't see anything about tartan weight nor about kilting selvedge. I'd want to know about both those things. And, if you were making a kilt, you wouldn't want the plain weave.

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[M. A. C. Newsome]

That is the retail site for Ingles Buchan, which is a good and reputable company. The cloth they sell is 9 oz spring weight plain weave and not suitable for kilt making. It's great for use in ties, fashion scarves, sashes, etc., that sort of thing.

[Paul Henry]

That is the retail site for Ingles Buchan, which is a good and reputable company. The cloth they sell is 9 oz spring weight plain weave and not suitable for kilt making. It's great for use in ties, fashion scarves, sashes, etc., that sort of thing.

Actually they do 8 oz plain weave , 10 oz twill and will weave 16oz twill if asked,, in fact they wove the St Ninian for Matt, obviously as a special, but still appears to be available on their website

[TheOfficialBren]

Cool. Thanks, guys.

Matt, you do offer customer-supplied fabric options on your website, I see.

Would two yards of double-width 13oz tartan from Strathmore be suitable for a 4-yard box pleated kilt?

Thank you.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Cool. Thanks, guys.

Matt, you do offer customer-supplied fabric options on your website, I see.

Would two yards of double-width 13oz tartan from Strathmore be suitable for a 4-yard box pleated kilt?

Thank you.

It would work, though my recommendation for four yard kilts is to use heavy weight (16 oz) cloth. Going with a 13 oz cloth would make for a very light kilt.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Actually they do 8 oz plain weave , 10 oz twill and will weave 16oz twill if asked,, in fact they wove the St Ninian for Matt, obviously as a special, but still appears to be available on their website

True, they are capable of weaving any weight cloth. Thank you for the clarification. The bulk of the cloth offered on their web site, which is plain weave, is the 8/9oz spring weight. This is what I was referring to, in response to the question of what weight the fabric was.

[Paul Henry]

True, they are capable of weaving any weight cloth. Thank you for the clarification. The bulk of the cloth offered on their web site, which is plain weave, is the 8/9oz spring weight. This is what I was referring to, in response to the question of what weight the fabric was.

I was simply giving the details from their website, and the link to show the standard weights they weave, not just the spring one.

[TheOfficialBren]

Oic. Thank you, Matt. I like the colour pallate that Strathmore offers but I don't see an option for 16oz on their site. Which weavers offer the deeper coloyr similar to Strathmore but in a suitable weight? Thank you.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Oic. Thank you, Matt. I like the colour pallate that Strathmore offers but I don't see an option for 16oz on their site. Which weavers offer the deeper coloyr similar to Strathmore but in a suitable weight? Thank you.

What tartan are you looking for? Why don't you email me and we can discuss specifics.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I was simply giving the details from their website, and the link to show the standard weights they weave, not just the spring one.

Gotcha. If you click where it says "Material" on the top of their page, you'll find that they fail to give the weight of either their plain weave or twill weave cloth. As discussed, their plain weave is 8 or 9 oz tie weight. Their twill weave I assume is a 10 oz weight. I know they do keep some stock of this cloth, as well. I don't think they do anything heavier as stock, except for special situations (such as the St. Ninian tartan).