Great Kilt

[bubba]

One option with a Great Kilt is once you have the pleats (or folds) where you want them you can tack stitch them in place making it easier to put on thereafter.

[turpin]

Try this on for size.

I think it's a great reference.

[MacWage]

Try this on for size.

I think it's a great reference.

Thanks Turpin.
That was the one I've been trying to remember/locate to post in this thread.

[auld argonian]

Try this on for size.

I think it's a great reference.

I'm bookmarking that one. Probably the clearest description of how to warp the Great Kilt that I've ever seen!

Thanks.

Best

AA

[turpin]

TNOI, my friend.

[Mr. MacDougall]

I forget where I read it, but someplace was talking about the process of pleating, and said they didn't believe it was done the way people show it today -- laying it out, pleating it, putting the belt on... but rather that there were something similar to belt loops sewn on the inside, a cord run through them, and then used to bunch it up, and the belt put on over the top. It makes sense, when you consider the cramped living quarters and the general weather of Scotland -- no one's going to want to plait their plaid in a cold winter rain, or roll around in the mud to do it.

[MacWage]

I forget where I read it, but someplace was talking about the process of pleating, and said they didn't believe it was done the way people show it today -- laying it out, pleating it, putting the belt on... but rather that there were something similar to belt loops sewn on the inside, a cord run through them, and then used to bunch it up, and the belt put on over the top. It makes sense, when you consider the cramped living quarters and the general weather of Scotland -- no one's going to want to plait their plaid in a cold winter rain, or roll around in the mud to do it.

That is one of the theories.
Matt Newsome wrote a good article on it here:
http://albanach.org/drawstring.htm
He also shows a very good pictoral evidence of something that is possibly the drawstring.

[Mr. MacDougall]

That is one of the theories.
Matt Newsome wrote a good article on it here:

Oh, thanks for the link... you reminded me where I'd read it, which was the Scottish Tartans Authority web page. It provides slightly different details than Matt chose to focus on, and the two together have completely convinced me.

Though I'll probably get one of Celtic Croft's Ancient Kilts (historically inaccurate though they be) before going for the Great Plaid, myself.

[turpin]

Here is one of the best-looking examples of a great kilt worn that I have seen recently, by H.Hastings, a member here. I was so taken I bookmarked it. He may wear it a bit short, but with those boots it looks great, IMO.

[MacWage]

One worn with more modern garb: