Ron

You are very supportive of Kathy Lare's craft, and obviously proud to be an owner of her wares. It does (to me, anyway) come across that you feel that her training makes her the only properly trained kiltmaker in the US. There have been times when I have read your posts and you appear to be downplaying the skills and wares of other traditional kiltmakers, by "automatically" comparing their training to Kathy's. If I were those other kiltmakers (the ones who are on the forum), I would feel like I was having to defend my training and my skills.

My interpretation of your comments (in previous posts) may be in error, but that is one of the pitfalls of written forums -- the reader interprets the text in light of the reader's bias. Written communication like this does not easily permit for immediate response and clarification, nor for shared visual cues (eyebrows raised, rolled yes, etc.). The reader sometimes "walks away" from the "conversation" muttering under his or her breath. This is one of the reasons why a poster should read his or her comments with a view to "how will this be interpreted" before posting. Having said that....I will now reread this post.

To summarize, I encourage you to be supportive of Kathy Lare. But be supportive with a view of how your posts might be interpreted.