Show us your "Great Kilt" (belted plaid) pictures

[Panache]

It is silver and I picked that up in a thrift shop for $1.00 without any idea what it was originally used for.

I had put it to use spearing cocktail onions and olives in my martinis to date.

It would seem to be a multi-purpose tool!

Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

[Highlander31]

I like that, David. Is that the 'Rob Roy (movie)' tartan? If so, where'd you get it?

The designer and weaver of the Rob Roy movie tartan and Braveheart tartan is Islay Woollen Mill. They are a small family run business using looms that date from the Victorian era.

Here's the link:

http://www.islaywoollenmill.co.uk/media.html

[Am Bàrd]

Ah, fantastic. I've been wondering what a period bodkin would look like as the broach I've got is far too 'fancy' and incorrect for my taste. Looks like I'll have a fairly easy time shaping one out of a piece of steel I've got kicking around.

Thanks guys!

[Panache]

For the heck of it I tried on my belted plaid and used the silver pin...


It worked like a charm!

Actually it was much easier to use than the elaborate fly plaid booch.

Though my outfit is still a far cry from actual Renaissance era highland attire (isn't the belted plaid about 20 years too early for Queen Elizabeth even at the end of her reign?) I think it will do well for next year's Renaissance Faires.

Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

[WClarkB]

Here's my contribution:

[WClarkB]

(isn't the belted plaid about 20 years too early for Queen Elizabeth even at the end of her reign?)

Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

I think the first description of a "belted plaid" was clocked in in the late 1590's(an article by Mac Newsome as I recall) and thus Lizzie the First might well have seen one. BTW it makes it barely medieval as well as far as SCA is concerned since they use pre-1600 as their criterion.

[SteveB]

From earlier. Yes it is the Albannach Tartan in WOOL. The tartan that is available from Rocky is P/V. I am 6'1" and the five yards works perfect around my 44 hips. If I wear it about 1" above my knee cap, it works perfect as a cape and kilt. I got some really weird looks on the trolley one rainy day, but I was nice and dry.

[jhockin]

Posted this once before:
Burns Day , 2009 - Maple Leaf belted plaid ( drawstring through loops, on the outside ( loops on the repeat of the sett):

[kev_1270]

A "Half belted-plaid"? Someone mentioned 54" x 2 yards. I'm trying to picture this a s a not-yet-kilt wearer. Is this something that you leave out the pleats on, and have less material bundled up?

[Hothir Ethelnor]

The half belted plaid is the top of the belted plaid worn over a tailored kilt.

It is tucked into a belt like a normal belted plaid but with only a small amount of it reaching below the belt. The rest is arranged as the top half of the belted plaid would be.