New Newsome 5-yard Knife

[Captain]

Alright... you asked for it...

The first pic is me right after sitting. The second is after I've pulled and pushed and tried to be as modest as possible. Images are linked so as not to have giant pics of me sitting in my kilt just pop right out on screen...

http://www.kevindooley.net/images/Cian/IMGP0943.jpg

http://www.kevindooley.net/images/Cian/IMGP0944.jpg

If you notice, there's a spot where the fabric bunches up... if that spot was about 4-5 inches lower, I'd have the extra fabric I need for the kilt to drape between my legs...

Any suggestions?

[pipesndrumsnun]

Your new kilt is very nice and your baby is adorable!
I'll leave the seating arrangement question to the pros!

[Retro Red]

Great looking kilt, Captain!

Do you always wear your kilt without a sporran?

I find a sporran, besides be essential for carrying stuff like wallet, keys, etc., is very useful for shielding "the boys" from view when sitting. When I sit in a traditionally styled kilt, I sweep the pleats in place with my right arm (because the pleats fold to the right) while simultaneously pushing down on the sporran while spreading my legs to accomodate. I continue to apply downward pressure on the sporran until I'm situated in my seat & the bottom of the sporran is pushing against the seat. This assures firm contact between the seat, apron & sporran, thus preserving modesty.
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[CameronTaylor]

Your new kilt is very nice and your baby is adorable!

Do have baby's with eyes to match your kilt ...


CT - and that moves mine up the list too !

[Freedomlover]

Alright... you asked for it...

The first pic is me right after sitting. The second is after I've pulled and pushed and tried to be as modest as possible. Images are linked so as not to have giant pics of me sitting in my kilt just pop right out on screen...

http://www.kevindooley.net/images/Cian/IMGP0943.jpg

http://www.kevindooley.net/images/Cian/IMGP0944.jpg

If you notice, there's a spot where the fabric bunches up... if that spot was about 4-5 inches lower, I'd have the extra fabric I need for the kilt to drape between my legs...

Any suggestions?

Not really. I have the same "problem" and it is only partly due to my waist line having migrated over the years. I have noticed over the last twenty years or so that all lower body garments tend to go north when sitting (which is a hugely good reason to rid ones self of the sort that tend to saw you in twain.) Solution? Nothing that I know of except have your kilts made mid calf length, and neither of us would even give that a fleeting thought. May I suggest some observations of how this sort of thing works? Go to a big mall, the food court say, and watch (as a purely academic exercise of course) how lady's skirts behave as they sit. The knee length variety especially will, without exception, rise quite considerably. This is due to a simple engineering fact of life: if you take an object whose top is at a fixed height and flex the plane the bottom must needs rise.

Anyway, your new kilt is very nice. I know you will love it for years to come.

[Panache]

Very sharp looking kilt! I also have a Matt Newsome 5 yarder and I like it just as much now as I did when I first got it in October of 2006.

As for sitting...

Here is a bit of advice your kiltmaker wrote on the subject:

http://blog.albanach.org/2006/06/sit-like-lady.html

Cheers

Jamie