Now comes the waiting ...

[dutchy kilted]

Crossed another item off my bucket list and ordered a 5-yard wool kilt from Rocky in the Scottish National tartan last Thursday.

I have been wanting a good wool kilt since I started wearing kilts and the stars aligned perfectly that I could afford one. (Without even selling off any kidneys or other major organs!)

USA Kilts being only 45 minutes away from my house is not always a good thing for my wallet, but there is nothing really like the feeling of getting measured for a fine article of clothing you know you are going to enjoy for years.

Of course, then I get told it will be about 8 weeks until it is finished. *sigh*

[Grizzly]

Congratulations there is nothing quite like wool, and the wait will be exquisite knowing that the drab winter months will soon pass until the spring when you will have a beautiful new kilt made by the expertise of Rocky & co.

[ASinclair]

Congratulations! And just think, for 8 weeks, whenever anything gets you down, the thought of that kilt on its way will lift your spirits.

[Sturdy]

Dutchy, my in-laws live just about 45 minutes away from USA Kilts too, and my wife bought me an American Heritage kilt and I just got my Williams of Wales (see my avatar) kilt in wool - Rocky does a wonderful job! Wore it for our Christmas Picture we have sent to all our family.

[MNlad]

Dutchy, welcome to the club. I figure I'm about half way through the wait, and it isn't getting any easier. Warning: those 5-yarders are addictive—this will be my third when it arrives. Rocky should steal a line from Lays potato chips . . . "bet you can't wear just one." (At different times, of course.) It will all be worth it.

[NorseCelt]

I have two of their 5 yard wool kilts and an 8 yard to boot. Congratulations and here's hoping your wait isn't too painful.

[Downunder Kilt]

You think you have a jonesing problem Dutchy Kilted, I am in week 35 of mine, though not from Rocky and crew. 8 weeks is a luxury jones, when I was a boy............................................

[RockyR]

You think you have a jonesing problem Dutchy Kilted, I am in week 35 of mine, though not from Rocky and crew. 8 weeks is a luxury jones, when I was a boy............................................

35 Weeks?!?! I had a heart attack until I read the second half of the sentence. I think our longest EVER was 16 weeks on a custom weave where the mill lost my order.

[Riverkilt]

Ya wouldn't wanna order a wool kilt from a kiltmaker with no backlog anyway - that would be like being foolish enough to eat in an empty restaurant....

The cure for the jones is to shop for accessories while you're waiting....

[dutchy kilted]

It was fun to see the boxes and boxes of kilts stacked in the doorway of the store ready to go out.

Talk about making someone's Christmas merry!