DC Dalgliesh

[PiperPadre]

I suppose I saw this coming.

They made the cloth for my Cameron reproduction kilt years ago and the quality of the cloth as well as the tonalities were outstanding (the red field was akin to claret and the green stripes were brownish - so as not to use the term "khaki" and bring that up again... ). Having lost quite a bit of weight, that kilt went in the closet, awaiting more "generous" days. I decided to get another kilt of the same fabric made for a skinnier me.

After several months of waiting, I began a series of monthly queries: always met with "it's weaving now", "the loom broke", "it's weaving now", "there's trouble in the glen", "it's weaving now", "It's at the finishers", and finally "it's weaving now elsewhere." That last one go me nervous, and rightfully so.

When it arrived almost a year later, it was disappointing to find that the colors were different (closer to orangish than claret and dark green stripes), the sett was substantially smaller, and the quality of cloth underwhelming..