Hemming a kilt

[Barb T]

Barb, do you know if the mills that you mentioned use any kind of device to stretch the fabric on the loom? Also, the hand is much 'fuzzier', softer than either the Lochcarron that I have or the tartans that the guys let me examine in KC.

Reading in your book, Barb, is it possible that I might be looking at the softer Dalgliesh F/1? It's described as a soft finish worsted.

It's very common to see what look like little holes along the selvedge of tartan. They aren't holes that will ravel - they are just plces where the web was spread a little around a set of pins that held the fabric stretched either during weaving or fulling (I can't remember which, actually). I think these little pins are called tenterhooks, but I might be out to lunch on that one.

PM me, and I'll send you a scrap of Dalgliesh's K1 and F1 tartans!

[ThreadBbdr]

It's very common to see what look like little holes along the selvedge of tartan. They aren't holes that will ravel - they are just plces where the web was spread a little around a set of pins that held the fabric stretched either during weaving or fulling (I can't remember which, actually). I think these little pins are called tenterhooks, but I might be out to lunch on that one.

Cool, good to know. That's exactly what I was talking about. Handweavers call them "Temples". (link is to one of my two favorite weaving supply houses, the other being the Yarn Barn of Lawrence). You can see the 'teeth' and how they might leave a flaw in the selvage. It's looking less likely, then, that this is handwoven or handloomed cloth.