Saltire Kilt - Very Hot in Scotland Just Now!

[highlandtide]

Alex Beaton was wearing one in Savannah this past weekend...

[Uncle Ricky]

Interesting. Looks a bit too much like some kind of target to me.
Maybe it's just me.

Cheers

[Riverkilt]

Hmm, thought I had a post here...wonder where it went...modern technology is tough on an old bird.

Anyhow, was wondering about how the mill made a cloth that looked one way in the front and another in the back....And, the math involved in figuring out the pleats so the saltire showed...

Is it a special cloth...? I just can't see how the tartan that shows in the front can be pleated to create the saltire...

What am I missing....???

Beautiful kilt.

Ron

[bubba]

Looks to me like it's just missing a "kick me" sign.

[Alan H]

Looks to me like it's just missing a "kick me" sign.

I wasn't gonna say it....*grin*

[Thistle Stop]

Hmm, thought I had a post here...wonder where it went...modern technology is tough on an old bird.

Anyhow, was wondering about how the mill made a cloth that looked one way in the front and another in the back....And, the math involved in figuring out the pleats so the saltire showed...

Is it a special cloth...? I just can't see how the tartan that shows in the front can be pleated to create the saltire...

What am I missing....???

Beautiful kilt.

Ron

The way it was explained to me is that the part of the fabric that will be pleated in back has chevrons woven into the pattern so that when it's pleated the white areas form the X. The rest of the piece is like an ordinary tartan pattern. So the parts that will be the front and back of the kilt do not appear the same when looking at the cut of material before the kilt is made.

They make the kilts exclusively at the mill, so no one else has to figure out the pleating!

[Thistle Stop]

Looks to me like it's just missing a "kick me" sign.

I wasn't gonna say it....*grin*

Yes, you could say that... and in the other thread, someone mentioned that they felt a bit funny about sitting on the flag. I thought that was rather a worry, at first, but then I decided that as it's not actually made from a real flag, and since in the act of sitting down the pleats are disarranged a bit, so the flag pattern is no longer quite intact, it isn't really the same as sitting on a flag!

But one might very well become the target of pot shots in it!

Nevertheless, they are very popular in Scotland and all the hire shops there are getting them, which is quite a coup for House of Edgar!

[Murphy Stout]

I bet those kilts are very popular during Glasgow Rangers vs. Glasgow Celtics matches. Or right now Glasgow Rangers vs. Edinburgh Hibernians.

[Thistle Stop]

I bet those kilts are very popular during Glasgow Rangers vs. Glasgow Celtics matches. Or right now Glasgow Rangers vs. Edinburgh Hibernians.

Now, that is definitely an event to which I'd not go with a 'target' on my backside!

[eighties]

I also saw Alex Beaton wearing it at the Savannah games. I must admit when I first heard about this kilt I was skeptical, but it did look pretty sharp. if I ever win the powerball I'll order one for myself.