Who is waiting on a kilt?

**RockyR** · 15th August 06, 01:26 PM

I still have 5 yards of Ferguson (wool) waiting to be made
I still have 8 yards of Granite City waiting to be made into a Premier

I have 8 yards of Scott Red Muted (13 oz) on order.
I have 5 yards of Manx Hntg (16 oz) on order

**Streetcar** · 15th August 06, 01:26 PM

Waiting on my first "Tank" -
McDonald of Clanranald from the Kiltstore.

Latest estimated delivery is mid September...

**GlassMan** · 15th August 06, 01:49 PM

Well, I'm waiting to finish up a few more glass pieces before driving up and seeing Rocky to pick up 2 fly plaids and a Weathered MacKay that's already completed.

And Rocky will be making my XMarks tartan too. Oh, and both are premiers.

**canawler** · 15th August 06, 04:26 PM

I'm waiting on an Amerikilt made from a green micro-suede material. Should be great for warm weather. I expect it shortly.

**mkmound** · 15th August 06, 08:18 PM

I'm waiting on my XMarks from Kathy Lare.

**Riverkilt** · 15th August 06, 08:36 PM

I got one of them from her MK...

You gonna be one happy camper!

Ron

**mkmound** · 15th August 06, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

I got one of them from her MK...

You gonna be one happy camper!

Ron

I know! Unfortunately, I'm gonna be jonesin' for a while . . .

**Ialtog** · 18th August 06, 01:09 PM

I just ordered my first kilt (from Rocky), so I'm looking at six weeks at least. Thanks to all the great suggestions and pics here I decided on a casual Ireland's National kilt, plus a sporran, belt, buckle, flashes, hose, and kilt pin.

My raise came in too late. I was hoping I was going to be able to buy my kilt a little while ago so I would have one for the "Kilt's Up!" calendar. My local Celtic society put this together every year as a fundraiser for our scholarship fund. It's a big seller, let me tell you. Our president has been after me to volunteer for one of the months and I finally relented when she promised me I could have October. So, this year I'll have to have my picture taken in a borrowed kilt, but that's fine. It's all for a good cause (if a little embarrassing).

**Cinnabar** · 18th August 06, 01:40 PM

Whew! A lot of great kilts on order here. I have a 6-yd denim army green kilt on order with Candian Casual Kilts that I am really looking forward too. I also really, really want to order a Argyle Jacket and Vest but don't have the $; or more correctly, my wife has cut me off from purchasing kilts and kilt-related products for a while. Something to save my pennies for.

**angerli** · 18th August 06, 06:46 PM

Hi, guys,

Yep, I've been jonesing since February 17 for my MacNicol Modern Dress Red 8-yarder from ScottishStore.com. I've had a number of calls to them about the nasty delay. Appears that my Dress Red MacNicol isn't in much demand, so they had to wait and WAIT for their kiltmaker to run a batch of fabric (Strome 16oz.). Well, finally on Tuesday this week, I got the word from Colin, the honcho at ScottishStore.com, that my kilt was en route via air mail.

He apologised profusely, but cautioned me that it's a sad fact that the major mills just don't run rare (or, not-in-demand) tartans until they have 16-20 yards'-worth of orders. I'm now on the final approach for the mail to arrive, and I feel certain that the wait will be worth it. I'm also getting a Kilter hanging bag from them, which will be really nice for travelling.

I'm also waiting for Matt Newsome to restore a vintage-1935 kilt in Douglas blue that I got with a tweed Argyll jacket and waistcoat (eBay.co.uk last December). This one was just a bit too small, so Matt is letting two pleats out on either side of the overapron and fitting new leather straps and new cotton interlining. Nice that I'll have a real vintage kilt that's 70+ years old. I gave Matt that one in mid-June and he said it'd be 90 days or so. His workmanship is tops, so I told him to take his time.

Sometimes, you gotta just sit back and let them old mills do their thing...