Video Clip: Sweeping the pleats

[ozone]

Hamish,

I have seen so many of your posts, it's rather an odd experience to also hear your posts. Nicely done BTW. Of course, only men would need to learn how to sweep a kilt (or cilt) when women seem to be able to do this type of thing from birth :-) Perhaps more videos appear on this site with time (assuming it wouldn't crash the server).

I do have a suggestion: how about a video on how to iron one's pleats after kilt has been washed (or dry cleaned, or what have you). Or does everyone just have professional kilt cleaners do this sort of thing?

[Hamish]

Hamish,

I have seen so many of your posts, it's rather an odd experience to also hear your posts. Nicely done BTW. Of course, only men would need to learn how to sweep a kilt (or cilt) when women seem to be able to do this type of thing from birth :-) Perhaps more videos appear on this site with time (assuming it wouldn't crash the server).

I do have a suggestion: how about a video on how to iron one's pleats after kilt has been washed (or dry cleaned, or what have you). Or does everyone just have professional kilt cleaners do this sort of thing?

That seems like a good suggestion, Ozone. However, I have never washed a kilt (other than a Utilikilt whose pleats are sewn in) in my life, nor have I needed to press (not iron*) a kilt after having it dry-cleaned. The cleaning company does that. So maybe someone else who has done these things could oblige with a video.

*We do not iron our pleats. That conjurs up thoughts of the hot iron being swept across the pleats, which is definitely a 'No,No'! We press our pleats - preferably through a damp cloth - by pressing down with the iron, holding in place for a few seconds, lifting it and pressing down again having moved along a few inches. Do not smooth the iron across the cloth as this can so easily move and stretch the pleats beneath it. Press and lift; press and lift - that's the way.