Kilt Kamp 2018 Photo Journal

**plaid preacher** · 3rd August 18, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by Steve Ashton

The tartan on the left is the Culloden.

KiltedKnome organized a field trip for those who were interested. Being a spinner and weaver, she knows about these things. And we figured two hours away from "kilting" might be a good break, and most people have never seen a real fibre mill. Perhaps it will become a standard field trip for Kilt Kamps on the West Coast!

Thank you, Steve. I lovely tartan.

...and don't get me wrong, you have a lovely basement. :-) But the fiber mill would be cool too. Now I may have to come back.

**Nomad** · 3rd August 18, 11:04 AM

Removed as off topic

**KiltedKnome** · 3rd August 18, 05:38 PM

Day 5 of Kilt Kamp, and the Kampers are very focused on getting kilts done since there is only one more day! Tonight is the Kilt Night at The Fernwood Inn, and some Kampers hope to be wearing their kilts for the event.

**KiltedKnome** · 3rd August 18, 09:35 PM

Celebrating Kilt Kamp at a Kilt Night at the local pub... The XMarks quaich was passed around with single malt scotch.

**plaid preacher** · 4th August 18, 08:03 AM

Bobbie, thanks for all the photos of Kilt Kamp again this year. It is great to see what everyone is working on.

**KiltedKnome** · 4th August 18, 12:26 PM

Day 6 -- the final day -- of Kilt Kamp 2018, and the Kampers are madly trying to finish up their kilts. We went ahead and took a group photo since some have to leave before the end of the day.

**Nomad** · 4th August 18, 01:47 PM

Thanks for the photos, some nice tartans. Steves kilt appears to be a little on the long side though.

**KiltedKnome** · 4th August 18, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by Nomad

Thanks for the photos, some nice tartans. Steves kilt appears to be a little on the long side though.

It is a new fashion .... the ankle kilt!

Actually, Steve is wearing one kilt, but has draped the kilt on which he is working, on his lap. You can see all the pins in that kilt if you look closely.

**KiltedKnome** · 4th August 18, 09:38 PM

Kilt Kamp 2018 is over, and students (and Barb) are dispersing back to their homes. The Wizard of BC and Kilted Knome will rest tomorrow, and then start to reassemble Freedom Kilts!

It was a great Kamp, and quite a few of the Kampers completed their kilts, and others were so close it will take only a few hours' work once home. For the Kilt Shop puppy "Awynn", this was her first experience with so many people at one time, and I would like to say she graduated with flying colours!

Here are a few more photos ..... I suspect some Kampers may later post photos they have taken.

This is the Kilt Shop puppy, sporting a bandanna of Australian fabric, courtesy of Lady Grey.

**Barb T** · 5th August 18, 07:36 AM

Photo below taken in front of Steve's shop at the end of Kilt Kamp shows hhastings, flyingpiper, and Barb T. in their Moon-themed kilts.

The tartan on the left and right is the Lunar tartan, designed in 1970 by Ian Maxwell to commemorate the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Colors represent the colors of the lunar surface plus a red stripe for the rocket flame. The tartan in the center is the Earthrise tartan, designed in 2014 by Steven Patrick Sim to commemorate the famous photo of the Earth taken from lunar orbit during Apollo 8. The rationale for the sett colors and proportions is complex, and you can read about it in the Register listing at https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/ta...ails?ref=10983

Here is a zoom-in so that you can see the tartans better:

hhastings made a trad box pleated kilt, and Barb T.'s is box pleated as well but as a dropped waist (same construction, but sits about 2" below true waist with no rise). flyingpiper's kilt is a Kingussie. Back view below!