Hunting fly plaid with standard kilt?

[Pleater]

The fly plaid seems to be simply decorative, or to identify the groom at a wedding and the like, but a long plaid is a handy item in inclement weather.

I try to go to the Sidmouth Folk Week as often as I can, and although it is at the beginning of August sometimes it can be very wet and quite cold at night. I take several long plaids - I make them from fabric left over after making a kilt. I am often outside as I drum for the morris dancing. If it should rain I can shelter beneath it and be quite warm even if it rains so hard that I am wet to the skin. Wool is very insulating, and seems to become more wind proof when wet. I usually wear a black kilt, with a black T shirt or jersey as that is the basic colour of the border morris kit, and then add a tartan plaid. It also covers the straps for the drum - required so I can move about and drum at the same time.

This doesn't help with the different tartans question, but I would encourage the use of plaids where they can be got away with.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: