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

kiltedwolfman · 9th August 12, 07:45 PM

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** · 9th August 12, 08:09 PM

A few final photos:

Checking the pleats!

A fine looking kilt!

**KiltedKnome** · 10th August 12, 09:34 AM

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!

**xman** · 10th August 12, 08:06 PM

Thanks Steve and Barb for your invaluable instruction.
Thanks Bobbie and Michelle for feeding us so well.
Thank-you Kampers too for your camaraderie and excellent, inspiring work.
I had a great time and learned so much.

**jhockin** · 11th August 12, 10:34 AM

a thousand thanks to everyone!

it was a great learning experience, and a lot of fun. I really hope there are more kilt kamps (and that I can afford

to attend - i can never learn enough about kiltmaking)

- just one correction: it is "purling" a fringe, and this is a link to the tool:
"http://www.leclerclooms.com/twister.htm"

**xman** · 11th August 12, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by jhockin

just one correction: it is "purling" a fringe, and this is a link to the tool:
"http://www.leclerclooms.com/twister.htm"

I timed Jerry doing this on the ferry and it takes about 2 min to do each pearl. I can do it by hand in half that time. This tool is very good if you have arthritis though.

Sunday night we sat up late to see Curiosity land on Mars and it was an exciting EDL. I found this animation about the landing AND how some of the instrumentation works. What an amazing pice of equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4boy...layer_embedded

**fcgeil** · 12th August 12, 04:02 AM

Thanks for sharing, looks like you had a great turnout, and a wonderful time.

**Standard** · 12th August 12, 06:18 AM

Thanks for posting the photos. It looks like another great kilt kamp. There were some great looking tartans present, and some wonderful looking kilts built. I hope to one day be able to attend, now if work, kids, scouts, and life would just cooperate with those plans!

**Standard** · 12th August 12, 06:21 AM

Originally Posted by KiltedKnome

Day 3 of Kilt Kamp:

Pleating examples:

What a great looking tartan for hiking, what is it? Are there any photos of the finished kilt in this tartan?

**KiltedKnome** · 12th August 12, 07:31 AM

Standard --

Re post 99 (just above) -- I believe the tartan is Douglas Weathered, and was being worked on by Charlotte. She did not finish before she left for summer vacation (she is in high school) but will be back in the shop in September to complete it. At that point we will post a photo showing the final product. It is a lovely tartan, isn't it?