Gizmo Challenge

[Riverkilt]

Was gonna tag this onto the Gizmo thread on the general forum but it just seemed to accessory oriented so I'm puttin' it here. Redirect me if I'm wrong mods.

When at the Traditional Navajo wedding last weekend (see pic forum) it rained a lot. Now I'm in a wool kilt jacket (later rain jacket) and wool kilt (13 oz hand sewn), with wool cap. And the rain is running off the wool cap... so I figure hey, let it rain.

And I was warm and comfie the whole time. The kilt didn't get soaked through since when I was standing out in the rain (not a lot of room in a Navajo hogaan) the water seemed to run off quickly, good ol' gravity.

But, after the ceremony I sat for about an hour and a half on the pleats, then the drive home after was another hour plus.

When I got home I found the pleats were creased, a lot! So I hung the kilt to dry naturally and figured the pleats would hang out. 24 hours later the kilt is dry but the pleats have been "butt-pressed" in well.

So, I fired up my Black and Decker Gizmo steamer and went after them.

They steamed right out. No problem. Had to do the underpleat part of each too so it took a little time...maybe five or six minutes. That little duck bill thing did great to put the crease back in the lower pleats where they'd rounded out.

But while I'm doing that I'm thinking how grateful I am that this little Gizmo works so well. I couldn't imagine trying to wrestle that kilt around an ironing board or even following Ham's advice and laying it out on the floor to iron...couldn't even imagine risking taking an iron to the kilt.

So point is, go give your kilt the worst you can in the way of pleat creases and the Gizmo will fix it fast.

Ron