Tartan Weight

[Robertson]

What is the difference in Strome and 16oz Heavy Weight & Worsted Wool ?

[Spc. Scott]

If I'm correct "Strome" is the name that Lochcarron of Scotland give their 16oz wool.

The only thing I can think of they may differ between that and another weavers 16oz is the type of selvage that the cloth has. I seem to remember a discussion on this a while back concerning the types of selvage...I'll see if I can find it.

Got it. Hope this helps. http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/d...hlight=selvage

More discussion here. http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/t...546/index.html

[Riverkilt]

Aye, I think Strome is the name of the mill, or the town the Lochcarron mill is in...but all my Strome kilts are 16 ounce.

I prefer to go by ounce and quickly shy away from any kilt vendor that doesn't list the weight of the wool and gives it a cute marketing name instead.

Ron

[Spc. Scott]

Thanks Riverkilt for confirming. Glad to know I'm not far off base.

I guess if I spend enough time here I'm bound to learn something!

[Robertson]

Thanks you two,

[Spc. Scott]

Always glad to help!

[M. A. C. Newsome]

What is the difference in Strome and 16oz Heavy Weight & Worsted Wool ?

Like Ron said, "Strome" is simply Lochcarron's name for their range of 16 oz weight (heavy) cloth. Other mills will have different proprietary names, for example, Strathmore called their 16 oz W100 and their 13 oz W60. Dalgleish calls their 16 oz K/1. I'm not sure why, but there you go.

"Worsted" does not refer to the weight of the cloth, but the type of yarn it is woven from. Most all kilt cloth today is worsted. Without going into the technical details, worsted wool has that smooth, non-fuzzy feel to it. A generation or so ago, it used to be much more common for kilt makers to offer a choice between worsted wool and saxony. The latter has a softer, fuzzier texture. But it fell in popularity, and now pretty much every mill offers the worsted only. Regimental weight cloth, by the way, is woven with worsted yarns in one direction and saxony in the other (can never recall which is warp and which is weft). This is why Regimental cloth has that "fuzzier" feel to it.

[Spc. Scott]

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Regimental weight cloth, by the way, is woven with worsted yarns in one direction and saxony in the other (can never recall which is warp and which is weft). This is why Regimental cloth has that "fuzzier" feel to it.

I just got a kilt in regimental weight and was curious why it looked the way it looked. Thanks Matt!

[Robertson]

Thanks Matt and to add, this is what Kathy Lare said A Strome tartan is woven with a slightly different loom which adds a twist to the wool which makes it more durable, therefore a bit more expensive. It is carried by Lochcarron who name the weights of their wools as 16 oz. Strome, 13 oz. Braeriach, 11 oz. Reiver. The Scottish mills all carry fine wools. I had asked Kathy the same question. Hope she doesn't mind me putting it on here. Thanks all of you for
the help...

[Bugbear]

That's interesting. Maybe someone could explain this twist to the wool in a little more detail

I remember Barb saying that Lochcarron does a good job of placing their yarn ends in the tuck-in selvedge, but it can still be detected. That should be at the link posted about it back there.