Just ordered my first USA Kilts kilt!

[OC Richard]

Congratulations! I just ordered a swatch from them for my next kilt. I will order a check tweed jacket and waistcoat too. And I'm also making room in my closet, selling items I haven't worn in years. I'm very interested to see which check tweed you decide to go with for your jacket and waistcoat.

Thanks!

Yes sometimes we have to take a long hard look at the closet and start jettisoning things! I used to do piping gigs in Full Dress, the last time was probably over ten years ago. So all that got sold on Ebay, to a piper up in Canada, I'm happy to say. (Nice to see things get worn rather than sitting in a closet.)

I had decided on a tweed, a Marton Mills tweed



but I'll have to rethink that when my Hunting Stewart Weathered tweed kilt arrives. I saw a smashing photo of an XMarker wearing a tan tweed jacket with Isle Of Skye, and I might go that direction. It will have to be a tweed that looks good with Isle Of Skye and my new Weathered kilt.

Here's the jackets I have, and the new kilt's tartan:




I think the jacket on the right, the Feldgrau one, will be fine.

Just curious why you decided on a five yard kilt instead of the eight yard, deluxe model.

For sure we pipers love our 8-yard kilts! But what happened was this: around fifteen years ago I joined a different band and the kilt they issued me was the most comfortable I had ever worn. It was heavyweight 16oz wool, yet it wasn't heavy or bulky.

So I measured the yardage in that kilt and it was around 6.5 yards. I should have known that due to the pleats across the backside being around 1 inch wide.

So when I came to order my Isle Of Skye kilt a decade ago I did the same thing: 16oz fabric, 1 inch pleats, meaning somewhere around 6 yards for my waist size.

Due to my waist size (I'm a big person) I gladly paid USA Kilts the extra $100 for the larger waist which (if I understand correctly) means another yard of fabric; my "5 yard kilt" will actually be a 6 yard kilt.