Review: Isle of Skye from Woollen Mill

**texastartandaydallas** · 13th March 08, 09:24 PM

That's one beautiful kilt! I fell in love with this particular tartan while visiting Skye, as I am sure many others have as well. Appreciate the info!

**Chef** · 14th March 08, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by Bob C.

Is it just me, or is that kilt pleated to neither the stripe nor the sett?

Originally Posted by Chef

I think it's a trick of the light. I'm pretty sure it's pleated to the sett, but I will pull it out and check.

Bob, It is mostly a trick of the light. The kilt is definitely pleated to the sett but possibly not with the 100% accuracy that we are used to seeing in a hand-sewn from Barb T. or the like. Also the subtlety of the colours hides it a bit, particularly where the purple and rust cross.

If you compare the front and the back you can see the thin line creates the box as well as the wide black line. However, as you notice the black line looks much fainter vertically on the pleats than it does on the apron. It probably has to do with the flash and the way the light reflects off they pleats since they are not as flat as the apron. Even on the front the vertical lines look slightly fainter than the horizontal. If you look at the most lower right square on the pleats you can just make out the vertical rust lines in the sett.

Hope this helped.

**Chef** · 14th March 08, 08:20 AM

I just received an email from Mr. Mark Hepworth at the Woollen Mill. He asked me to pass along his email to anyone who is interested, so please PM me if you would like the address.

He also informed me that the Woollen Mill has made the ￡10 ($20) Royal Mail shipping to the US a choice on the website. That means that including shipping one of their off-the-peg kilts goes for about $240. Not cheap, but when you consider the cost of Marton Mills fabric it's not too bad either.

**jmercier** · 17th March 08, 11:55 AM

I ordered mine, and now i'm looking forward to it. Just a heads up for anyone else considering ordering an IOS from woollen mill, they're basically sold out and are ordering more of the 13oz fabric from Marton Mills and getting more made, so the turnaround time might be a bit longer. They estimated 4 weeks before they'd be able to deliver for me, to which I replied that that's plenty fast =)

**Chef** · 17th March 08, 07:43 PM

I guess I got lucky.

**Lyrd** · 9th June 08, 03:43 PM

I have tried to find wollen mills on the internet as i am thinking about joining the IOS club. Can't find them anywhere. Is this a store or just a guy you all know that makes kilts? I assume a store since "off the rack" kilts are mentioned. Not criticizing anyone here, but when you do a review mayhaps a link to where ya bought it might be in order? Just to make it easier for us, not so in the know, type peoples? So if anyone has the link, if they do business under a different name, or just some general hints as to how to contact these people, please let me know.

**Celtic Cyclist** · 9th June 08, 04:57 PM

After reading this review, I ordered this kilt. Delivery was delayed a bit since they ran out of fabric, but I'm happy to report that the wait was worth it. I'm very pleased with both the kilt and this company's good service. Try www.woollenmill.co.uk

**Lyrd** · 9th June 08, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by Celtic Cyclist

After reading this review, I ordered this kilt. Delivery was delayed a bit since they ran out of fabric, but I'm happy to report that the wait was worth it. I'm very pleased with both the kilt and this company's good service. Try www.woollenmill.co.uk

Ahh thank you. That was the ticket. Now to do some conversion. lol. Wow. If the conversion table is correct i just bought a 6yard kilt from scotland for right about $200.00?

**Lyrd** · 10th June 08, 11:39 AM

Guess they must have had my size, cause i just got an email saying they had handed it off to UPS. Talk about fast service! Wonder how long it takes to get stuff here from Scotland? Woohoo! My first kilt from Scotland! Even if it is off the rack it should be pretty neat. And i've wanted a IOS every since i saw that tartan here. Geesh, double jones now...got one being made by Kathy, and now this one. Think i'll go play golf so i don't have to think about it. Hehe.

**Galician** · 10th June 08, 11:46 AM

They sent it via UPS???

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that might mean that you are going to be stuck with having to pay duty. UPS and Fedex are notorious for holding up delivery of items for payment of duties and fees.

Several posters have recommended that one insist that the packages be sent via Royal Mail, which often misses that point.

On their behalf, one of the vendors here does point out that shipping the item this way allows tracking, which regular mail does not.

Please let us know how this works out for you! I had planned on ordering one myself, but had to put it off for a bit.