Feileadh Mor Help advice

[keclea]

Hi, I don't have a quick and easy way to put it on, but I will say that the weight of the fabric makes a huge difference to how the pleats on a great kilt look. This plaid is fairly light, and so folds nicely.

[Highlander31]

When I wear a great kilt, this is the method I use. About eight or nine years ago, Tartan Web suggested this as an alternate way of folding the great kilt. I have found it works well and after a few times, it takes about 1 ½ to 2 minutes to do.

1. Start by holding the material with the 60“ width held vertically (the 4 to 5 yard length should be horizontal), take a corner in your right hand with the rest of the material going to your left. If I’m outside, I drape the material over my left arm to keep it from hitting the ground.

2. Still holding on to the right corner, start gathering the material in your right hand, about 4” to 5” at a time (with a little extra care of folding here, your pleats should come out fairly decent.) Continue to fold the material into your right hand until it’s completely in folded into your right hand.

3. Take the folded material and hang it over your shoulder (I use my left shoulder, but it doesn’t matter which shoulder you use), and slide it straight down your back until it is just above your knees (or wherever you prefer it to hang).

4. Using your head to hold it onto your shoulder, put your belt on over the folded material and fasten it loosely. Now that the belt is helping to hold the material in place, you can bring the aprons around, by taking the ends of the material and slipping them around front. After getting the aprons in the approximate position you want, tighten the belt up. The hardest part is finished.

5. Next, take the upper part of the material from your shoulder and put it over your head. This does two things, first, it gets the material out of your way. Second, it makes it easier to adjust the pleats so that they are evenly distributed across your back.

6. Once the pleats are done, you can do one of several things with the material above the belt. If it’s hot just let it hang down behind you. If it’s cold or raining, pull it over your head and use your brooch to secure the ends under your chin like a cloak. If you are right-handed, (if left-handed, then reverse the instructions) take the left end of the material and drape it over your left shoulder, while bringing the right side around your back, under your right arm, and across your chest and secure it to the left end with your brooch. The right end should go over the top of the left end and hang down your back. You’re done.

If you’re going to carry a sword, then hang the baldric on the right shoulder, allowing the sword to hang at your left hip.

[Sir Didymous]

When I wear a great kilt, this is the method I use. About eight or nine years ago, Tartan Web suggested this as an alternate way of folding the great kilt. I have found it works well and after a few times, it takes about 1 ½ to 2 minutes to do.

1. Start by holding the material with the 60“ width held vertically (the 4 to 5 yard length should be horizontal), take a corner in your right hand with the rest of the material going to your left. If I’m outside, I drape the material over my left arm to keep it from hitting the ground.

2. Still holding on to the right corner, start gathering the material in your right hand, about 4” to 5” at a time (with a little extra care of folding here, your pleats should come out fairly decent.) Continue to fold the material into your right hand until it’s completely in folded into your right hand.

3. Take the folded material and hang it over your shoulder (I use my left shoulder, but it doesn’t matter which shoulder you use), and slide it straight down your back until it is just above your knees (or wherever you prefer it to hang).

4. Using your head to hold it onto your shoulder, put your belt on over the folded material and fasten it loosely. Now that the belt is helping to hold the material in place, you can bring the aprons around, by taking the ends of the material and slipping them around front. After getting the aprons in the approximate position you want, tighten the belt up. The hardest part is finished.

5. Next, take the upper part of the material from your shoulder and put it over your head. This does two things, first, it gets the material out of your way. Second, it makes it easier to adjust the pleats so that they are evenly distributed across your back.

6. Once the pleats are done, you can do one of several things with the material above the belt. If it’s hot just let it hang down behind you. If it’s cold or raining, pull it over your head and use your brooch to secure the ends under your chin like a cloak. If you are right-handed, (if left-handed, then reverse the instructions) take the left end of the material and drape it over your left shoulder, while bringing the right side around your back, under your right arm, and across your chest and secure it to the left end with your brooch. The right end should go over the top of the left end and hang down your back. You’re done.

If you’re going to carry a sword, then hang the baldric on the right shoulder, allowing the sword to hang at your left hip.

I may have to try this, though my blue plaid is such a heavy weight that I'm not sure that I could hold all of that material in one hand. Maybe I'll give it a shot with my lighter summer weight plaid.

[Highlander31]

I may have to try this, though my blue plaid is such a heavy weight that I'm not sure that I could hold all of that material in one hand. Maybe I'll give it a shot with my lighter summer weight plaid.

With regards to your blue plaid, you could try starting the folds 15" to 20" from the corner, and stop 15" to 20" from the end of the material. That will allow for a head start on the aprons and save you the trouble of having to fold 30" to 40" of material.

[Liam]

When I wear a great kilt, this is the method I use. About eight or nine years ago, Tartan Web suggested this as an alternate way of folding the great kilt. I have found it works well and after a few times, it takes about 1 ½ to 2 minutes to do.

1. Start by holding the material with the 60“ width held vertically (the 4 to 5 yard length should be horizontal), take a corner in your right hand with the rest of the material going to your left. If I’m outside, I drape the material over my left arm to keep it from hitting the ground.

2. Still holding on to the right corner, start gathering the material in your right hand, about 4” to 5” at a time (with a little extra care of folding here, your pleats should come out fairly decent.) Continue to fold the material into your right hand until it’s completely in folded into your right hand.

3. Take the folded material and hang it over your shoulder (I use my left shoulder, but it doesn’t matter which shoulder you use), and slide it straight down your back until it is just above your knees (or wherever you prefer it to hang).

4. Using your head to hold it onto your shoulder, put your belt on over the folded material and fasten it loosely. Now that the belt is helping to hold the material in place, you can bring the aprons around, by taking the ends of the material and slipping them around front. After getting the aprons in the approximate position you want, tighten the belt up. The hardest part is finished.

5. Next, take the upper part of the material from your shoulder and put it over your head. This does two things, first, it gets the material out of your way. Second, it makes it easier to adjust the pleats so that they are evenly distributed across your back.

6. Once the pleats are done, you can do one of several things with the material above the belt. If it’s hot just let it hang down behind you. If it’s cold or raining, pull it over your head and use your brooch to secure the ends under your chin like a cloak. If you are right-handed, (if left-handed, then reverse the instructions) take the left end of the material and drape it over your left shoulder, while bringing the right side around your back, under your right arm, and across your chest and secure it to the left end with your brooch. The right end should go over the top of the left end and hang down your back. You’re done.

If you’re going to carry a sword, then hang the baldric on the right shoulder, allowing the sword to hang at your left hip.

Any chance of a video or a few pics?

Cheers...Bill