Blue Hemp RKilt

[James MacMillan]

Interesting. I'm glad you like your hemp garment.

[Racer96]

Mael Coluim,
Thank you very much.

Turpin and McMurdo,
Erm, well, I think I need to lose some weight ;) The waist strap has been moved to it's long position, and is the reason why I will be changing my measurements for the leather rkilt.

My problem is that I have a gut in the front, and a butt in the back, so while the two measurements given are ok (well, my waist measurement is going to be made a bit bigger :P) the fact that the two measurements don't "cone" out downwards, rather, they look like two circles overlapping each other, makes my hip measurements too small. Steve Ashton's FK measurement system takes this into account, by drawing a straight imaginary line down from the outermost front point at the waist, and you use that point to measure the hips, rather than going tight to the front.

James MacMillan,
Thanks for the acknowledgement.

Mike

[Canuck]

There is another issue here as well. The math is based on waist to knee. If one lengthens that measurement (meaning you want it longer than waist to knee) then the widest part of the kilt is actually lower than it should be. so it won't fit around the hips properly and it will pull. The reverse will be true if one goes for a shorter kilt and it will be too big around the hips.
If we know what the actual length is going to be compared tom the true waist to knee measurement we can make the correct adjustments.

[Racer96]

Canuck,

My apologies. The measurement that I gave for the length was what I thought was correct. (In that I thought it would hit at the bottom of my kneecap) And that is approximately where it hits.

Hopefully these pictures help in determining the changes needed for the measurements for the next kilt I order?

Also, what are your thoughts on increasing the hips measurement to one that is quite a bit larger, similar to what was provided to Steve? Would that work with your measurement system? Would it help to stop that pull on the apron under the gut?

Thanks again, I really do love this kilt. (Oh, and you're correct, the pockets do sit a bit low, but that must come from my measurements not being what you needed.)

Mike