Six Kilties Including Two Pipers

[Beertigger]

BTW the Auld Dubliner is now OPEN!!!! me thinks a kilt night is in the works soon!!

Went on Monday night - the food was good, the service less so. Hoping it was the opening night curse that did 'em in.

The waitress we ended up w/ was pleasant and competent enough, but the first one we encountered couldn't have been more snippy if she'd taken lessons. (She may well have).

I will say that the shepherd's pie and curry chips are tasty enough. The first pint o' Guinness I got tasted like a tall glass of bleach. When will bar-folk learn that there aren't enough hops in Guinness to cover up the sanitizer/rinse solution taste? Was replaced with a much better attempt at a pint forthwith.

I'll be assisting with the celebrating of Hotel Congress' 21st birthday this weekend... maybe a kilt night later in the month?

[David Thornton]

as far as the Balmoral goes......its a "home made" one ...the Dicing should be bigger but ...work with what you have I guess!
it IS wool though ..I just soaked it in cold water, wrang(sp) it out and put it on till dry. I like having it hang on the right side basicly touching my right ear. I think it looks better all flopped over like that! on a "real" balmoral, the wool is alot thicker so it takes a little more to get it "floppy" but the end result is about the same,

Uhm, are you taking orders?

David

[turpin]

I am so damn jealous!

I seriously have to cash in some airline miles and fly out to some of these other kilt nights....any time the subject of one here in Chicago comes up it soon becomes apparent that we could hold it in a phone booth...if we could FIND a phone booth! Good to see this Kilted Kameraderie...keep up the good work!

Best

AA

I'm going to be in Chicago next week on business, staying downtown area. any good phone booths that we could get kilted in?

[Kiltedfirepiper]

let me see if i can describe this with out pictures.......

make 4: 11" circles, 2 out of the wool, 2 out of the liner of your choice.

now out of one of each cut out the center so you have a 3" ring

sew the liners together on the outer edge, leaving it rough edge out. so that the seems are clean after sewing the wool parts together flip it "right side out " then sew the liner to the wool on the inner ring so that the liner and wool "rough edges "are "facing" each other at this time you would also sew the "dicing" to it the dicing could be plain black edging 22" long you can buy at a fabric store ( I would reccommend this as it looks better than really small dicing IMHO YMMV)
leave about a 1" gap in back and sew on about 9" of ribbon on each side of the gap for a tie
now tuck the liner inside the wool and get it sitting right.

now fort the badge "holder" ( I cant remember what its called cockade maybe?)

cut out a 2" wide, 3" long ( 2" wide heavy ribbon cut to 3" long works really well) now cut another piece of ribbon a little longer sew one edge to the other ribbon and turn it 1/2 turn so it basicly makes an X and sew the other side together
and sew it to the LEFT side of the hat. all away around the edges
it should be about 8 1/2" from the left side of the gap in the back to the front edge of the ...well I'll just call it the cockade

.........<from here...... <to here ( hope that helps)
ring> [ X ]__________
dicing> _X__X__X__X_ |~~~~~~~~~~~<ribbon

line it up with the top edge of the "dicing" there should be about a 1" gap from the top fo the cockade to the seam for the top of the hat
sew it directly to the hat ...dont worry bout the lining getting sewn also it just helps strengthen the cockade just make sure the liners is where you want it before you sew

any questions?

GOOD LUCK!!

[O'Neille]

let me see if i can describe this with out pictures.......
GOOD LUCK!!

That is a great description. Thanks for the instructions. I'd call it a Firepiper hat or a deconstructed Balmoral. I'm off to see what I can make a hat out of today. I'll be back with the results. O'Neille

[MacWage]

let me see if i can describe this with out pictures.......

make 4: 11" circles, 2 out of the wool, 2 out of the liner of your choice.

now out of one of each cut out the center so you have a 3" ring

sew the liners together on the outer edge, leaving it rough edge out. so that the seems are clean after sewing the wool parts together flip it "right side out " then sew the liner to the wool on the inner ring so that the liner and wool "rough edges "are "facing" each other at this time you would also sew the "dicing" to it the dicing could be plain black edging 22" long you can buy at a fabric store ( I would reccommend this as it looks better than really small dicing IMHO YMMV)
leave about a 1" gap in back and sew on about 9" of ribbon on each side of the gap for a tie
now tuck the liner inside the wool and get it sitting right.

now fort the badge "holder" ( I cant remember what its called cockade maybe?)

cut out a 2" wide, 3" long ( 2" wide heavy ribbon cut to 3" long works really well) now cut another piece of ribbon a little longer sew one edge to the other ribbon and turn it 1/2 turn so it basicly makes an X and sew the other side together
and sew it to the LEFT side of the hat. all away around the edges
it should be about 8 1/2" from the left side of the gap in the back to the front edge of the ...well I'll just call it the cockade

.........<from here...... <to here ( hope that helps)
ring> [ X ]__________
dicing> _X__X__X__X_ |~~~~~~~~~~~<ribbon

line it up with the top edge of the "dicing" there should be about a 1" gap from the top fo the cockade to the seam for the top of the hat
sew it directly to the hat ...dont worry bout the lining getting sewn also it just helps strengthen the cockade just make sure the liners is where you want it before you sew

any questions?

GOOD LUCK!!

Actually, this is VERY similar to the ones I am making. So, is the head band portion 1.5 inch from finished bottom of hat to seam? That is what it seems on the pics, or a bit higher?

Also, thanks for the tip on the shaping!!!

Your's looks REALLY nice.

[Kiltedfirepiper]

Actually, this is VERY similar to the ones I am making. So, is the head band portion 1.5 inch from finished bottom of hat to seam? That is what it seems on the pics, or a bit higher?

Also, thanks for the tip on the shaping!!!

Your's looks REALLY nice.

THANKS FOR REMINDING ME!!!!!

I cant believe I forgot that part!!!

YES its about 1 1/2 " from finished edge to seam on the "dicing "..... I just looked at mine after reading your post and confirmed it !

thanks for the compliment it really is a comfortable cover and I dont think I will be rid of it any time soon!!

once you "break it in " it really will become YOURS as you will find the way it hangs to be totally your style and will fit you perfectly... good luck and happy hat wearing for lack of a better term!!!!

Scott