Quick! I need a fix.

**Hawk** · 2nd December 14, 01:11 AM

Awaiting the photos......with anticipation....

Hawk

**Tarheel** · 2nd December 14, 06:34 AM

If you need something to occupy the mind during the "Jonesing", divide the return postage by the number of days until the return of the kilt. Everyday translate, "the longer the wait, the cheaper the rate." Your anxiety costs less, minute by minute.
Source: Rule 4, subsection 2.1(a) of the kilted addiction progress report card check list. (right below chewed fingernail measurements)

**Laird_M** · 2nd December 14, 06:42 AM

Yes, when Jonesing, time is relative...

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**Benning Boy** · 2nd December 14, 12:42 PM

Adding a pic of the kilt opened up. You can see the excess tartan on the underside of the pleats cut away, a pillow ticking reinforcement added across the pleats, and the hair canvas used to give the kilt shape. The black lining doesn't appear in the picture.

ETA: don't know what happened, but when I added the second picture the main body of the post disappeared. Anyway, the kilt is done, as seen in the first picture, and it's going in the mail today. Maybe by the end of the week it will be here.

**Stitchwiz** · 2nd December 14, 02:44 PM

Oooooh! Gorgeous!!!

Now you have to wait for the delivery truck...do you have any fingernails left?

**Benning Boy** · 2nd December 14, 03:22 PM

Not knowing what happened the last time I added a photo, I'll just make this new post with a pic of the sett.

It's in the mail. Estimated delivery Friday. Yeehaw!

**Dughlas mor** · 2nd December 14, 03:55 PM

Nice! A great looking tartan, can`t wait to see the finished product.

**Benning Boy** · 4th January 15, 03:37 PM

Finally got the pictures I promised done today. Sunny days have been uncommon here for a while, and generally when the sun has shone The Woman has been at work. Today we had sunshine, and she was home, so now there are pics of Bonnie's wonderfully reworked Holyrood Golden Jubilee kilt.

The colors look fairly true, I think the camera automatically adjusted for the light conditions. However these pics were made later in the day, when our winter sun was sinking low. Not the best conditions for photographing true colors. The forum manage attachments function forced me to greatly reduce the size of these images and reduce the resolution considerably, so they aren't as sharp as they are in my photo editing program, but still reasonable representation.

Anyway, here they are.

A shot of the entire me. I left the sporran off so the pattern would be fully seen. A tight shot of the kilt apron showing the tartan full-on, and a dismal attempt at the Hamish, to give some idea of how it's pleated.

I've pretty well adopted Steve Ashton's idea if you match the hose and shirt, or in this case a sweater, you can pretty much wear any kilt in between. The hose and sweater in the shots are a creamy white, with brown flecks throughout. The sweater is English, the hose German. Never tried this combination before, but I think it works.