Lets Go Micro-Kilting

[Riverkilt]

NO, NO, NO....I don't mean wearing short kilts...I mean examining your kilts in microscopic detail.

First you need a linen tester (aka thread counter) http://www.indigo.com/magnify/linen-testers.html or a photographer's loupe, or a good magnifying glass..6x to 10x...the stronger the better.

Then find some good natural light, outdoors or by a window, and start looking at your kilts through the magnification device.

Check the fringe, see the individual threads and even the fibers that form each thread in the fringe.

Look at how the tartan is woven. Check the thread count. Look at different kilts from different fabrics. See how the thread counts (threads per inch) are different for wool, polyviscose, acrylics.

Peer at the selvedge edge, see how its woven differently than the main body of fabric.

Look at the very edge of a pleat. See how the fabric is effected by being bent back against itself 180 degrees.

Looking at different kilt fabrics can you see a difference in the fibers that stick out of the fabrics?

Take a look at the stitching. See the difference between hand stitching (if you have a hand sewn kilt) and machine stitching.

There's a whole new world of fun and information about your kilts under magnification. Romp, play, examine!

Now, have some more fun, take your magnification device and peer into the micro-world of your sporran fur, kilt hose knitting, kilt jacket fabrics...

No, no, no....its not a sign of addiction to micro examine a fine product like a kilt...tell anyone who thinks you've gone batty seeking "just the right light" that you're becoming an expert...its NOT funny....kilts are serious business....really....don't laugh....please....

Ron

[Chas]

Tell me again why we are doing this.

Regards

Chas

[Riverkilt]

We're doing this - ONLY if you so choose - because there is a new world of information beyond the reach of your normal eyesight.

Like looking at pond water under a microscope - seeing what we can't see.

I have a ball with it.

Your mileage may vary.

Ron

[Chas]

Ah yes - pond water. That explains it; I see it all now, some of it.

Regards

Chas

[cessna152towser]

Well I've worn a kilt to fly in a micro light plane, will that count as micro kilting?

[GMan]

You had me going a bit Ron. Yes when I acquire a new Kilt, I give it a very intense looking at.

[Mike in Dayton]

And here I thought we were going on a trip to the micro brewery

[BroosterB1]

Just made some coffee in the Mirco wave, does that count?

[KD Burke]

I agree with Ron. I've been fascinated by the very small ever since I first viewed a Water Bear under a good Zeiss microscope. Hadn't considered tartan, though.....

[-B-]

I'd prefer it if manufactures gave a thread count along with a true weight.

I ride find thread count tires ( clincher and tubulars0 200 is my minimum thread count i will use. The higher the thread count the more flexible the material is in the case if tires it imparts feel and liveliness.