new to the forum from the upper midwest

[spr0k3t]

... and always respond to "free Single Malt here".

I feel you are going to fit in right well here.

[COScotsman]

from Northeast Colorado!

[Pleater]

I tried out a great kilt - it became a dressing gown very quickly as I have too many low level shelves and tables, far too many knobs and handles and the occasional bicycle to make it practical around this house.

Long ago I used to be a camp follower with English civil war re-enactors, 'pleater' arose from making English smocks some time before kilts, and I work with yarn, leather, cord, fabric and once in a while, wood, so I appreciate the older skills and times when people made and mended as shops were few and far between for many.

Anne the Pleater

[geomick]

I tried out a great kilt - it became a dressing gown very quickly as I have too many low level shelves and tables, far too many knobs and handles and the occasional bicycle to make it practical around this house.

Long ago I used to be a camp follower with English civil war re-enactors, 'pleater' arose from making English smocks some time before kilts, and I work with yarn, leather, cord, fabric and once in a while, wood, so I appreciate the older skills and times when people made and mended as shops were few and far between for many.

Anne the Pleater

My last 3 great kilt days were all Highland Games, so the vast majority of the time was spent outside. Ordered a piece of House of Edgar Glen Affric that I am planning to wear to the WI games at the end of August. My purpose at the games is to be "That Guy" who is walking around in a great kilt. I seem to be mastering the fine art of pleating a great kilt using a hotel bed as my work surface. Works out fine for days below 77F / 25C, less comfortable the warmer it gets above that. Didn't wear all of that wool very often when I lived in North Carolina in the early-mid 90s.

[Jock Scot]

My last 3 great kilt days were all Highland Games, so the vast majority of the time was spent outside. Ordered a piece of House of Edgar Glen Affric that I am planning to wear to the WI games at the end of August. My purpose at the games is to be "That Guy" who is walking around in a great kilt. I seem to be mastering the fine art of pleating a great kilt using a hotel bed as my work surface. Works out fine for days below 77F / 25C, less comfortable the warmer it gets above that. Didn't wear all of that wool very often when I lived in North Carolina in the early-mid 90s.

You will of course do as you please, but out of interest, why the great kilt?

[geomick]

My start in researching Scottish history and culture began in the mid-1980s when I became involved in medieval/renaissance re-enacting. Despite what was presented by the expert historians who made "Braveheart" (sarcasm intended), the kilt doesn't really appear until the 1500s. Since a lot of the members of my local group were doing the Cavalier era (early 1600s), I started wearing a greatkilt with a 17c style of shirt.

[Jock Scot]

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[geomick]

it was also easier to buy good quality (Pendleton) wool and try to simulate the garment in the old paintings than to find an actual kilt shop in western NY in the late 1980s

there were stores that sold Irish imports, but only the liquor stores carried Scottish imports

[JRB]

Welcome neighbor, from Madison, WI!