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20th January 16, 04:52 PM
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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.
Last edited by Barb T; 20th January 16 at 04:55 PM.
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21st January 16, 10:53 AM
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 Originally Posted by Barb T
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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21st January 16, 11:11 AM
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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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21st January 16, 11:19 AM
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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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21st January 16, 12:22 PM
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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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21st January 16, 01:05 PM
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And let us know what you find out!
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23rd January 16, 05:56 AM
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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.
Last edited by OC Richard; 23rd January 16 at 06:02 AM.
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23rd January 16, 06:40 AM
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 Originally Posted by Barb T
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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23rd January 16, 07:09 AM
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Let us know if it's heavy weight or not!
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23rd January 16, 09:30 AM
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 Originally Posted by Barb T
Let us know if it's heavy weight or not!
Will do. Should get it some time next week.
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