We were at two fabric stores yesterday and as I was looking at the uphoulstery department, i couldn't help but wonder how you were doing on the Clan McCouch kilt... ...and since they had a big sale on yarn, I bought heavily and thought that I'd start trying to learn how to knit some kilt hose...wish me luck... Best AA
I'm ready to start my sewing, but time is at a premium. Maybe after the holiday I'll get to it. Good luck with the knitting, I tried it when I was younger because all of the girls at the coffeeshop I went to were doing it and I.....um....well, I sucked at it. Must have been preoccupied.
Originally Posted by RK-REX I'm ready to start my sewing, but time is at a premium. Maybe after the holiday I'll get to it. Good luck with the knitting, I tried it when I was younger because all of the girls at the coffeeshop I went to were doing it and I.....um....well, I sucked at it. Must have been preoccupied. I know the feeling. When my fiance first tried to teach me to knit it was when we were very first dating. (And I'd been chasing her for at least a year before that.) After 2 1/2 years I'm just getting the hang of it.
When ironing a cotton or cotton blend kilt a spray starch and ironing on the inside to smooth out as much of the fabric as possible is my 'secret weapon' in kilt maintenance. Once the fabric is smooth I hold the kilt by the waistband and shimmy it so the pleats begin to fall into place, then I put a sheet of thick cardboard beneath the pleats and press them, one at a time, under a slightly damp cloth. That stops the edge of the pleat getting polished and starting to look threadbare. Use the narrow end of the ironing board or a sleeve board - like a minature ironing board, or even a towel suitably rolled and shaped to do the fell on a sewn down kilt so you don't distort it trying to smooth the top few inches.
Forum Rules
