Hi Stasher,

The McBeath and McKinlay tartan kilts are made from 11Oz DC Dalgleish, whereas the smallest is made from Strathmore W60, a universally reviled fabric!

That dark pink/reddish (Forrester) tartan kilt on my youngest daughter was the second ever kilt I made and at the time I write down the waist measurement wrong by two inches! So then I let out the underapron but not the apron, so it’s all wrong - please disregard that kilt.

Yes I do taper for children’s kilts, even for toddlers, warning that they had better either have some younger siblings soonish or that they might have to keep it for 20 years or so for their own wee ones to wear! 11Oz seems to work nicely for the small kilts, especially for girls, as it is so light and not at all scratchy. Yes, the splits are asymmetric, but not by much. Young children tend to poke their tummy out a bit, so there needs to be a waist pleat measurement smaller than the apron.