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6th December 14, 10:26 AM
#25
 Originally Posted by denmcdough
[COLOR="#000080"]A year or so later, I had Wallace make three more, of the same tartan, kilts for my two sons and myself. However, I chose to lighten up the green, which turned out to be less than I wanted. And, the 24 yards that we had made, before prices went skyrocketing, were not quite to the standard that Dalgliesh is noted for. For whatever reason, the material has a pucker to it. I, along with Wallace, tried to steam it out and press it. No luck!
The reason that the material had a pucker is because Dalgliesh must have used yarn from different spinners meaning that the yarn, whilst having the same appearance, will have been spun to a different tension and so each will shrink differently as soon as the cloth is taken off tension and especially during the finishing. Cloth like that should be returned as unserviceable.
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