Kilt Kamp 2012 - Who wants to learn to make a kilt?

[kiltedwolfman]

I just got out of the shower and decided to eat the final "Sinnabun"! This message by the way is for a certain camp participant who I know upon reading this will be shouting at the sky in rage " You mean there was one more and I missed it? Noooooo! "

Camp was great and while teaching was arduous ( it's tough trying to teach the "right way" when you've learned short cuts ) the whole even was excellent! I learned a great deal from the traditional side of the house, and had a blast meeting, and working with all the folks that turned out. Great job everyone!

[KiltedKnome]

A few final photos:


Checking the pleats!


A fine looking kilt!

[KiltedKnome]

A few more photos:












Jhockin using his 'purling" machine to do the fringe on a scarf for his daughter.


Barb was busy herself sewing a kingussie kilt in Hudson Bay tartan for her daughter.


With the exception of Xman and Okiwen, who are still upstairs, everyone else has left. Harlan (H.Hastings) is driving to his daughter's place in Utah. Mike (Mike in Dayton) will fly back to Ohio this afternoon. Joanne (Joanne Graham) and her family are driving up island for some vacation. Laurie (RB51) left this morning for Kamloops ; Bruce (brucebc) and Jerry (jhockin) left last night and this morning for Vancouver and Abbotsford respectively. Charlotte left yesterday to spend some time on one of the small islands before school starts -- she'll come back to the shop in September to finish her kilt. Zoe left for several weeks with her husband in Europe. David and Barbara will probably stop by today for final touches. Okiwen is going to stay a few days and work on some additional kilts. Xman returns to Vancouver today. I dropped Barb off at the airport this morning at 6:30.

Jackson, Steve and I had a wonderful -- albeit exhausting -- time. We were asked if there would be another Kilt Kamp in the near future...... A late night conversation yesterday had everyone trying to convince Barb to host a Kilt Kamp at Hamilton College in New York where she lives and teaches. So, put the pressure on, folks!

[okiwen]

Oh boy the back of that Kinussie (I have been told the "G" is silent) looks great!

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Oh boy the back of that Kinussie (I have been told the "G" is silent) looks great!

It's silent, but not invisible. :-)

[Mike in Dayton]

Since I had carry-on luggage I shipped mine back to Ohio. It is on a truck somewhere between here and there. I still have some work to do on mine. I will post pictures when finished. I hope to do so within a week of receiving the package.

Mike

[seanachie]

It's silent, but not invisible. :-)

Off topic: but can someone explain this, I took the ScotRail to Inverness and at the stop at Kingussie the "g" was not silent when the train guard announced it. Just curious.

[xman]

Off topic: but can someone explain this, I took the ScotRail to Inverness and at the stop at Kingussie the "g" was not silent when the train guard announced it. Just curious.

I sure hope someone can. David, the resident Scot at Kilt Kamp this year *did* pronounce the 'g', but another member (whose identity I can't now recall) told a tale of a friend from Kingussie who insisted it wasn't to be pronounced. I suspect that it depends on where one is from as in the case of Appalachia which is universally pronounced a-pell-AY-sha unless you are from there in which case it is pronounced a-pell-A-cha, and if you get it wrong they'll throw an apple at ya.

[okiwen]

Does this basting make my butt look big??!!

"I don't remember it taking this many stitches the last time." "Everything grows bigger in the north."

A few final photos:


Checking the pleats!


A fine looking kilt!

[kiltedwolfman]

It was great meeting and working with you bud. Remember that without pics of the kingussie it doesn't exist. ;)