Wearing a wool kilt when it's hot.

[NewKilt]

We've got a fairly hot day today in Mid-Missouri, 89 F and 45% humidity. Anyhow, today was my first chance to check out wearing a wool kilt on a hot day. I decided to wear my SWK Black wool kilt (13 oz & 7-8 yards), with kilt hose and flashes. I'm surprised. I walked about a mile in the park with alternating sunshine and shade, and although it was warm, in my opinion, the kilt was not as hot as wearing a pair of the cargo style shorts that I used to wear. There was some breeze which certainly helped, but I expected to be very hot - didn't happen.

We've got some 90 F days on the way starting tomorrow. I'll have to try my 16 oz, 5-yard Irish American. The advantages of wearing a kilt continue to amaze me.

Darrell

[Mattg]

I've been wondering about that. I just got back from a short vacation to Charleston, SC and it was 95 degrees on Sunday, I was thinking to myself what if I had worn my kilt, would I be hotter or cooler? I'll have to wear it when I go walking to see for myself.

[Woodsheal]

The wool will "breathe" a lot better than most synthetic fabrics, making it tolerable to wear in even quite high temps....

[mrpharr]

If you go sans undergarments then it is even cooler. Just watch the breeze and when you sit.
s

[switchblade5984]

the wool breaths what about pv

[mbhandy]

If you go sans undergarments then it is even cooler. Just watch the breeze and when you sit.
s

going regemental what breeze are you talking about

MrBill

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Would that be a southern breeze?

[JayFilomena]

We've got a fairly hot day today in Mid-Missouri, 89 F and 45% humidity. We've got some 90 F days on the way starting tomorrow. I'll have to try my 16 oz, 5-yard Irish American. The advantages of wearing a kilt continue to amaze me.

Darrell

If all goes well, my 16oz 8 yard will be done by end of June and I will be able to wear it in baghdad before I leave. This August, we can expect temps from 130 to over 140. Since I dont wear my kilt on missions, (yet) I will mostly be wearing it for special events and mostly in the evenings. Let me know how your heavy weight feels, and if you have any ideas on keeping comfortable in hot weather.
Jaybird

[eighties]

Great thread!!! This is something I've been wondering about myself.

It just so happens that I was talking to a gentleman at the Sumter Scottish fair this year about this very thing. I told him how at the Charleston Highland games (held in September) I wore my one of my 13 oz tanks and just about had a heat stroke. On the other hand, the Sumter fair was in March and I was glad to have a 16 oz tank on that day. The man I was speaking to was one of the venders (I can't remember the name of the store) but he told me that the 16 oz kilts are actually cooler thatn the 13 oz. His reasoning was that because the yarn was thicker the weave was not as tight and it breathes better. I'll be testing this theory out this summer now that I have 16 and 13 oz kilts to compare.

Has anyone else ever heard of or experienced this?

-80s

[Livingston]

Wore my 13 oz tank to the games at Canon City, CO, last July. It was around 100 all day. Like you, I was starting to wonder about heat stroke. Looking back, it might have been smarter to wear something other than my Livingston BLACK polo shirt. :rolleyes: It wasn't my lower half that was hot, it was my upper body because of the black shirt and standing around in the sun.