Hi. Its been a while since I've been on here - but when I was doing a talk at a local school about kilt and tartan, and a little P1 girl asked me a question that I couldn't answer, I reckoned that this was the right place to get some help.

Her question was - how many sheep fleeces does it take to make an adult kilt? I have been trying to work out what the weight of material is with a medium weight, 8 yard kilt. As far as I understood it, 13oz meant for a yard of double width material, but that would make a kilt 52oz and when I weigh one, its over 192oz, and I can't imagine that all the canvas/straps/buckles etc would weigh that much, so if anyone can give me a hand with the calculations of weight of tartan, that would be much appreciated, and I can then go back and work out how much wool you get from one fleece.

I will not be defeated by a 5 year old! Thanks.