Hunting Stewart I made

**chasem** · 28th November 05, 08:28 PM

Well, I finally got a couple pictures taken of the kilt I made. They're crappy pictures though... best I could do taking pictures of myself with a timer and a crappy camera

Me, in the kilt. Just threw the hoodie on to have something going on up top.

And the pleats.

It's a hunting Stewart, in Celtic Croft's hand-woven wool. Not bad material for a first shot at this, but certainly not the greatest. The weave is relatively loose, so the pleats aren't perfectly straight. That's one reason I wear shirts untucked with this one

I'll try to get some better pictures sometime.

**GlassMan** · 28th November 05, 08:49 PM

That's still a hell of a lot better than anything I could sew.

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 28th November 05, 08:59 PM

Chasem,

Castigate yourself all you wish (and we are all harder on ourselves than others are on us), but that looks like a pretty much perfect pleat to the stripe to me, and the picture is close enough to verify it. Unless of course you were pleating to the sett, and then I have to say that you were a little less than 100%...

**GMan** · 28th November 05, 09:14 PM

Commend yourself as that is one fine looking kilt! The pleating looks wonderful.

**MacMullen** · 28th November 05, 09:30 PM

How well do the pleats stay crisp? I was thinking of ordering some of their hand woven fabric, but then they said that that type of cloth doesn't hold a pleat as well. But they look nice and crisp in your pics. So, what's your opinion/experience so far with that?

**chasem** · 28th November 05, 09:36 PM

I've worn it three or four times since I've finished it. I wasn't expecting much crispness from the pleats either, as I had read that on the site as well. They've remained pretty crisp so far though.

Thanks for the compliments guys

**Southern Breeze** · 29th November 05, 07:38 AM

Thats a fine looking kilt. You did an outstanding job on it.

**minimalistix** · 29th November 05, 08:52 AM

The pleats look great.

**Big Paul** · 29th November 05, 09:13 AM

Looks great! Awesome job!

**MacMullen** · 29th November 05, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by chasem

I've worn it three or four times since I've finished it. I wasn't expecting much crispness from the pleats either, as I had read that on the site as well. They've remained pretty crisp so far though.

Thanks for the compliments guys

Thanks! At $30/yd, that's the most inexpensive wool fabric on their site. The Braveheart stuff is just a little more at $45/yd. I may have to order some myself.