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    Yup! That will work fine.

    I'm currently using a hair canvas available at B Black and Son at http://www.bblackandsons.com/heavy-w...ral-p-426.html

    I really like this stuff partly because of the price (it's 72" wide!) and partly because it is a nice heavy weight (heavier than the Tailor's Pride, which I hadn't realized was actually still available).

    Regardless of the hair canvas you use, you should use one that is stiff in one direction and flexible 90° to the stiff direction. Put the stiff direction parallel to the fell to keep the fell from buckling, and put the flexible direction horizontal, and pleat it to make the kilt flexible around the body.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barb T View Post
    Yup! That will work fine.

    I'm currently using a hair canvas available at B Black and Son at http://www.bblackandsons.com/heavy-w...ral-p-426.html

    I really like this stuff partly because of the price (it's 72" wide!) and partly because it is a nice heavy weight (heavier than the Tailor's Pride, which I hadn't realized was actually still available).

    Regardless of the hair canvas you use, you should use one that is stiff in one direction and flexible 90° to the stiff direction. Put the stiff direction parallel to the fell to keep the fell from buckling, and put the flexible direction horizontal, and pleat it to make the kilt flexible around the body.
    Barbra, for those of us in the UK, would the material at this link work?

    http://www.kentontrimmings.co.uk/sho...cPath=82_31_33


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    I've never used something called "chest canvas", but Steve Ashton's good post in the following thread suggests it would be fine:

    http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...rfacing-89961/

    You want it as heavy as possible (so steer clear of lightweight or medium weight), and you want something that's stiffer in one direction than the other. This is typically achieved by putting the hair in the weft.

    I'd ask for swatches - even if you have to pay for them, it will save you money in the long run if you can actually feel the "hand".
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    You might also check out the following at Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/quot-wide-Tr...H6T591ZKCHE7MR

    It looks a lot like the heavyweight Hymo that I'm using, although it's half as wide. At the price, it would be worth ordering a quarter yard to see what it's like.
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    Thanks for the quick reply, I think I'll order a meter of each and see which is the stiffest.

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    And let us know what you find out!
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    arrrghhh... B Black & Son!

    I drove up to the Fabric District of Los Angeles (blocks of fabric shops) looking for some nice tweed for a new waistcoat.

    Of course B Black & Son is THE place, because all they do is men's suitings, and suit-making materials.

    The salesman took me up the stairs, to a whole room of woolens, rack after rack, and waved his hand at a 6-foot-long empty place on one of the racks, and said

    "Two days ago that was full of Harris Tweeds. Then some guy showed up and bought them all."



    Thus ended my tweed-buying expedition.

    Wonder how much the "guy" spent, on, what? twenty bolts? of Harris Tweed, and what he was going to do with them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barb T View Post
    You might also check out the following at Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/quot-wide-Tr...H6T591ZKCHE7MR

    It looks a lot like the heavyweight Hymo that I'm using, although it's half as wide. At the price, it would be worth ordering a quarter yard to see what it's like.
    I just ordered some of this. I am making a kilt for myself soon so I'll try it out.

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    Let us know if it's heavy weight or not!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barb T View Post
    Let us know if it's heavy weight or not!
    Will do. Should get it some time next week.

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