Kilt material differences.

[xman]

I was asking this question myself early last year. Here is the thread: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...y-plaid-58052/

I have sewn Marton Mills cloth in 16oz and 13 oz tartan as well as 16oz tweed. it is all fine cloth to work with and very economical, but their selection is a little limited and the turned edge on the tartan fuzzes a little easily.

I recently worked with Strathmore's W60 (13oz) cloth and it was a delight in every regard.

I am sewing Lochcarron Strome now and it seems I got a bit of a bad batch with loose threads on the edge and a slightly unaligned tartan one side to the next. I was able to overcome these issues easily, however. Their colours and thread count are terrific, but the threads are spun a little looser than the other cloths I have sewn so far.

I also have some Dalgleish cloth that I am about to sew which looks and feels is every inch as fine as Strathmore's at least.

Hope that helps.

[tpa]

I was asking this question myself early last year. Here is the thread: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...y-plaid-58052/

Thank you for that, xman, I was looking for a thread on this subject before I asked the question, but obviously did not get the right search terms.

Thanks again to everyone else for their insights to the different mills.