Producer of worsted !00% Alpaca-fibre tartan?

[NewGuise]

An interesting and attractive idea - either a dark tweed or an earth-tones tartan would be lovely. And John/Slohairt of Keltoi could turn the cloth into a fine kilt...

If you find someone in the Edmonton area to do the weaving, I could potentially serve as a local contact, but you might also want to check out folks closer to home such as http://www.studio3fibrearts.com/ in the Ottawa valley.

My mother used to spin and weave (on a Leclerc loom) and the selvedge would have been fine for a kilt. Pity she gave up the loom ...

[Fit2BKilted]

An interesting and attractive idea - either a dark tweed or an earth-tones tartan would be lovely. And John/Slohairt of Keltoi could turn the cloth into a fine kilt...

If you find someone in the Edmonton area to do the weaving, I could potentially serve as a local contact, but you might also want to check out folks closer to home such as http://www.studio3fibrearts.com/ in the Ottawa valley.

I have been courting the idea of working with John (Keltoi) very seriously for some time now, and I would be pleased to own one of his works. The only downside, is that he's about an 8-hour drive away, still in Ontario, and therefore obligated to charge me PST :-| [buying from Scotland or out-of-country, I'd have to pay GST at most, since there is no duty on 'articles of ethnic costume' imported into Canada (q.v. Canada Customs Tariff number 9937.00.00)]

Thanks for the link to the local Fibre Arts society... I will be in touch with them.

Cheers!

[NewGuise]

The only downside, is that he's ... obligated to charge me PST ...

I could always buy two and then sell/ship you one from PST-free Alberta! ;-)

[slohairt]

I have been courting the idea of working with John (Keltoi) very seriously for some time now, and I would be pleased to own one of his works. The only downside, is that he's about an 8-hour drive away, still in Ontario, and therefore obligated to charge me PST :-| [buying from Scotland or out-of-country, I'd have to pay GST at most, since there is no duty on 'articles of ethnic costume' imported into Canada (q.v. Canada Customs Tariff number 9937.00.00)]

Thanks for the link to the local Fibre Arts society... I will be in touch with them.

Cheers!

Ah I wish that happened more often! Unfortunately, even a vendor such as I occasionally gets charged duty, along with GST, the irritating GST handling fee of either $5.00 or $8.00, and (mistakenly) the PST. I'm not sure the reasoning, but kilts and kilt-related articles are also part of our military's uniform, so that may disqualify it as 'ethnic' status.