Isle of Skye

**turpin** · 3rd December 07, 02:01 PM

Just to clarify, that's $65 per double width meter - otherwise it sounds like a no-brainer.
Kiltmaker's price would be lower. IIRC, Barb's price for my IOS tartan a year ago was $48 per meter. If you pay retail for it plan on something like $80 per meter.

**Galician** · 3rd December 07, 02:08 PM

Is there any way to work the tartan so that the purple shows vertically as opposed to the horizontal way it appears in all the photos shown. I ask because, as a "man of girth," I have always been advised that horizontal lines tend to emphasis the size of one's posterior.

**Redshank** · 3rd December 07, 02:32 PM

Isle of Sky made from Harris Tweed, very rare, and no longer produced due to copyright being witheld

Regards
Chris

**Colin** · 3rd December 07, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by turpin

Just to clarify, that's $65 per double width meter - otherwise it sounds like a no-brainer.
Kiltmaker's price would be lower. IIRC, Barb's price for my IOS tartan a year ago was $48 per meter. If you pay retail for it plan on something like $80 per meter.

Thank you Turpin, that is very true.

**Barb T** · 3rd December 07, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by Galician

Is there any way to work the tartan so that the purple shows vertically as opposed to the horizontal way it appears in all the photos shown.

With a kilt pleated to the stripe, it's absolutely impossible to avoid horizontal stripes. Some kilts have more prominent horizontal stripes that others. Horizontal stripes are minimized when the stripe in the pleat is really different from the rest of the kilt and wide enough to form a really prominent element that you see before anything else. And even at that, the horizontal element will still be there (because that prominent stripe that you pleated to also appears at least once per sett horizontally.

In the IOS, the purple doesn't stand out very much, so it wouldn't give a strong vertical element. And it's quite narrow and would have to have something else with it in the pleat.

Here's an example of a kilt with a fairly prominent vertical stripe in the pleat that minimizes the horizontal striping (although it doesn't eliminate the horizontals, of course):

Barb

**pdcorlis** · 3rd December 07, 04:30 PM

A moment of silence while we all stand in awe of Barb T's amazing kilt making skills...

**ccga3359** · 3rd December 07, 04:41 PM

Be afraid, soon I shall be one of the BOIOS! Now to keep those ladies away.

**Brian F** · 3rd December 07, 05:04 PM

Does anyone have any examples of the IoS in box pleat? That is what I am looking at getting.

**ccga3359** · 3rd December 07, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by Yeti

Does anyone have any examples of the IoS in box pleat? That is what I am looking at getting.

Splash 4 has IoS Box Pleat.

**Riverkilt** · 3rd December 07, 09:09 PM

Not sure why you'd wanna box pleat such a beautiful tartan, or if the tartan would lend itself to that.

Here's my Isle of Skye, of 16 ounce Strome from Lochcarron Mills. Kathy Lare sewed it up.

As mentioned, not sure how many mills other than Lochcarron weave it due to the copyright.

Isle of Skye is a tartan that is stunning done up in 16 ounce wool.

Ron