Traveling kilt

[auld argonian]

Somewhere back there in the Xmarks archives there's a tutorial posted by Robertson showing how to roll the kilt up and slip it into a stocking for travel….

….found it!

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-travel-19516/

Best,

AA

[The Wizard of BC]

Some people do advocate rolling a kilt. I am not one of those.

To me I think compressing a kilt in any way is just like pressing it. Cold pressing if you will.

I like to ship kilts in a box large enough that the fibers are not compressed. If packing in a suitcase I try not to crumple the pleats too much.

I always hang my kilts the same way. With the two hanger method. When packing I simply remove the hangers and fold one more time lengthwise.
This is very similar to a kilt roll but loose.

If you need to make the kilt real small one more fold but in half this time.

If a customer is shipping a to me for repair or alteration I say, "Don't worry too much. Stuff it in an envelope if you must. I'm going to re-press it anyway".

[ForresterModern]

Although Steve and I may disagree about hanging a kilt, we agree with shipping technique. Fold in half lengthwise, then half the other way and put it lightly in a box that will accommodate it. Some of mine are, well, large (6'5" 275# ---me, not the kilt). Some I have shipped for various reasons have required a slight variant of first fold thirds and second fold half to get into the box. But the only time I "squeezed a kilt into anything I though might be borderline small was when I knew it was only going to me in that condition for one or two days. Any resultant incurred creases were quick to clear with hanging and or steaming.

When sky travelling (flying) I do roll my kilts, but using an entirely different technique. I travel with my kilts in a "Skyroll", a combination rolling carryon-garment bag, that has the kilts hung in the garment bag portion which is then rolled around the central "box" and attached to it. So in essence no part of the kilt has any 180 degree folds added to it during packing. I can carry three or four kilts (tanks) in it if I remove the hangers and stagger the waist and fell portions of the kilts (needed hangers go inside). But then when flying it is unusual for the kilts to spend more than 12 hours in their packed state, unless it is an overseas flight.

[Spartan Tartan]

When flying I have taken up the Skyroll as well. I tried it a couple times and found it to be a very nice and easy way to travel with a kilt (and associated kit).

For shipping, I would have the kilt folded as if I were wearing it. Then, fold lengthwise in half again followed by horizontal fold as necessary.