Finding Sizes?

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I'm assuming that you are talking about what to do if you have a traditional kilt in your possession, with no size label, and you want to determine size (say for listing for sale, etc.) It's real easy to tell if it fits you or not -- just put it on! :-) But assuming it does not fit, here's how you can determine the size.

Lay the kilt out on your bed or somewhere flat. Open it up completely. Because of the taper in the hips, the aprons will more than likely angle up a but from the back portion when you do this. Take a cloth tape and measure from the first hole in the leather strap at the waist straight across the inside of the outer apron. When the apron meets the back of the kilt and the angle changes, turn your tape to adjust (you want to keep it the same distance from the top of the kilt, which is probably about 2" down) and continue to measure until you come to the hole where the strap would pass through to buckle. This measurement will give you the waist size.

Length is easy enough to measure -- just measure the kilt from top to bottom!

Most people are not too concerned about hip measure when they are buying a second hand kilt, but if you wanted to measure that, use the same method as for the waist measurement, only do it about 1/3 the way down the kilt (or where the lower strap is on the outer apron, assuming the kilt has one).

And, of course, the easiest way to determine how many yards are in the kilt is just to measure them out. It's easiest to use a little math. Just measure the size of the sett repeat, count out how many full repeats are in the kilt, then multiply (this is really easy if the kilt is pleated to stripe).

You probably are not going to get an exact yardage number. Most "8 yard kilst" might have something like 7 yards, 28", or something close. Just round off.

Aye,
Matt

[Southern Breeze]

Thanks Matt and Hamish for the replys.You gave me the info I needed. Are there any good referances online? I'm familier with Matts website,any others out there?