There is NO way I would ever wash a £300, hand-sewn, woollen kilt! The only kilts I have washed at home are my Freedom Kilts, Utilikilts (and similar others) and maybe, just maybe, my USA Kilts in poly-vis. ............................ But then, they very, very seldom require cleaning; some have never been cleaned. I'd swear that my oldest kilt (1973) has been dry cleaned no more than four/five times (it WAS my only kilt for over 20 years!), but that's all. If one of my woollen kilts should be in need of a cleaning, it will go to the dry cleaners - probably with the pleats basted beforehand. ............ Take care, Ham.