New Tweeds!

**Bellfree** · 6th March 08, 04:08 PM

Do you have swatches in? I may be really looking forward to my next visit!

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 6th March 08, 04:35 PM

Yup, I have swatches of each at the museum. I just added a section to the museum's gift shop page where you can order kilt jackets, as well.
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/harris_tweed.html

~M

**Chef** · 6th March 08, 04:41 PM

Can yardage be bought?

**JRB** · 6th March 08, 05:13 PM

Just a side question...what is everyones' take on tweed kilts in the summer? I really love the idea of owning a tweed kilt but I definitely wear my kilts much more often from late spring to early autumn. Can I get away with tweed in the summer when I usually wear a short sleeve tee, polo or safari shirt?

**Jack Daw** · 6th March 08, 05:27 PM

Those are handsome tweeds! I especially like the middle one.

**Erisianmonkey** · 6th March 08, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by Chef

Can yardage be bought?

OOH! Good question, Chef. I'll ask too!

How 'bout it Matt?

(Not that I can afford it right now, but I'll start saving my pennies...)

**McMurdo** · 6th March 08, 07:12 PM

Yardage is available this is from the page

By the Yard: $75.00

Cloth can also be purchased by the yard. Our current offerings are 54" wide.

I may just have to do that

**Chef** · 6th March 08, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by McMurdo

Yardage is available this is from the page

By the Yard: $75.00

Cloth can also be purchased by the yard. Our current offerings are 54" wide.

I may just have to do that

I'm not sure how I missed that

I guess I was too busy looking at the swatches.

Thanks for pointing it out.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 7th March 08, 05:21 AM

McMurdo beat me to it, but yes, yard goods can be purchased, from the same page on the museum gift shop site I linked to above:
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/harris_tweed.html

Regarding wearing tweed in the summer, while it's far too warm for me to wear my Harris Tweed jacket here in NC in the summer months, I do frequently wear my tweed kilts in the summer time, with a polo shirt, or short-sleeved button shirt.

The hand of the cloth makes them feel a bit warmer than my worsted wool kilts, so I don't typically choose to wear my tweed kilts if it is going to be an unusually hot day, or if I'm going to be spending a lot of time outdoors in the sun. But just for general summer time wear, when I'm indoors at the museum most of the day, I give my tweed kilts about as much wear time as my worsted wool tartans.