Tewksbury Wait

**Galician** · 5th November 09, 02:18 PM

My apologies, perhaps I should not have made this post in this thread. As I said, the fabric in question is in the ML tartan, from B&S.

Hmmm!

Well, I think it was from B&S. It's been a good while, so I'm not sure now, but the professor would know, were one interested in it.

**davidlpope** · 5th November 09, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by thescot

Here's what the tartan looks like on a real person (photo is of a kilt by Matt):

A closeup of the tartan:

That's a 4yd box-pleat that Matt sewed up for me out of HW fabric woven by Ken Dalgleish. To my knowledge there are four different runs of this tartan out there:

Lochcarron weaves it in 11oz. (that's what the photo of the swatch above is)
HOE weaves it in 13oz., but the colors are much darker and really just shades of brown, vice gold.
Fraser and Kirkbright did a run of it, I think in their HW, which seems to be lighter weight than HW from other mills.

BTW, I believe I have a kilt length of the Dalgleish fabric packed away, if someone is interested in purchasing it. We're in the process of moving, so it wouldn't be available until December, but would be well worth the wait, since I'm not sure that Dalgleish has it on hand currently.

Cordially,

David

**thescot** · 5th November 09, 03:44 PM

Mine is from Fraser & Kirkbright, and it looks really good on the bolt. After seeing David's, I was in love. I wanted an Irish tartan, but my forebears are from Northern Ireland, so I want a tartan from there. Also, I was hot for another brownish color, so . . .voila! When the F&K became available at a reasonable (not cheap!) price, I couldn't pass it up. And by tomorrow (11/6/09), it'll be in the good professor's wonderfully talented hands.

**nh_maclean** · 5th November 09, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by davidlpope

BTW, I believe I have a kilt length of the Dalgleish fabric packed away, if someone is interested in purchasing it. We're in the process of moving, so it wouldn't be available until December, but would be well worth the wait, since I'm not sure that Dalgleish has it on hand currently.

If you've got some kilt-length tartan available - I'd be interested - it's a beautiful tartan - and my family's from there.

Cheers,
Noah

**Highlander31** · 9th November 09, 02:11 AM

Nice looking tartan. Look forward to seeing the kilt when it's done.

**thescot** · 10th November 09, 04:19 PM

Well, the good professor has the tartan in hand, and now I plan to forget the whole thing until I the kilt is in my hands. I am too old to sit and worry and "jones" about it until it arrives.

Until then, I need to measure for new custom kilt hose and decide about the new sporran I am ordering.

Man, am I gonna look snazzy come the St. Patrick's day parade!

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