Tartan waistcoat?

[HarborSpringsPiper]

Since fabric weight is for a given area of fabric, to make it heavier requires it to be thicker. Thus a 16 oz fabric will be made of larger diameter yarn than 10 oz fabric. Since the sett is described by the number of yarns of one color, then the next, if a tartan in 10 oz fabric has a 4" sett the same tartan in 16 oz fabric will likely be over 6".

Thanks for that. Might make sense to use a lighter weight for the smaller set for a garment like this, IDK.

[The Guy in the Kilt at UC]

Really it doesn't matter unless you want them to match perfectly, in which case you ought to get the Strome.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I'll also have to chime in and disagree with the notion that a tartan waistcoat with a tartan kilt is "too much." Not only is it not too much, it's also a very acceptible fashion in Highland Dress and has always been a part of the tradition.

Here I am back in 2004 at my brother-in-law's wedding.


This picture is from this year -- same kilt & waistcoat, different outfit.


And to illustrate the historical precedence, here's a portrait showing the Campbell tartan (nod to Paul), painted by Kenneth MacLeay (1802-1878).