Kilt Newbie

[Pour1Malt]

walcome ta the rabble!

yu'll no fin' a better sicht oan the wab than this yin!

guid oan ya fur fin'in us!

slainte mhath!

[davedove]

Welcome aboard! As you can see, a number of Coloradoans (is that right?) have already responded. If you have any questions on kilts, tartans, Celtic culture, or any number of other subjects, there are a number of folks here who can give you all kinds of advice (some of it's even good ).

[Aggie]

Welcome from east Texas.
Cliff

[Ruanaidh]

Welcome from West Texas.

[starbkjrus]

And welcome from our Nation's Cesspool...er....Capitol.

You've found the right place.

[davecolorado72]

THanks everyone for the "welcomes". I think I definately did fing the right place to get plugged in.

Ok, first question...what is a "tartan"?

[Livingston]

See that blue and white background on the page? That's the XMarks Tartan. Basically, tartan is a fabric that has a pattern of lines of various colors. Those colors would be in the same order both vertially and horizontally on the fabric. Imagine the pattern you see on the side of this page both vertical as shown and the same thing horizontal.

[Frank McGrath]

Just hang around here. Not only will you get all your questions answered, but your friends will soon be asking questions about you. And we all will pray that your significant other is an understanding person. Welcome From Maryland!

[SingleBarrelBourbon]

Hi Y'all,

I'm Don. Just joined a few minutes ago. If you couldn't tell, I'm a Southerner (USA that is).

I am a former submariner with ancestors from Kindeace, Clan Donnachaidh.

My lovely wife's grandmother was from Scotland. Now I just have to convince her that I should be wearing kilts. She plans on getting me a Nightstalker from SWK for my birthday. We'll see. If she can put up with me, I will be purchasing a kilt in Polaris tartan, one in Robertson Hunting, and one in Red Rob. Maybe after the first one or two I can get her to start making them for me, she's a great seamstress and tailor.

[mddock58]

We have MANY skilled Kiltmakers as part of this board.
Barb T has a great book on Kiltmaking.
Here's the site. The Art of Kiltmaking

The book explains clearly how to make traditional kilts.
Another book is in the works on making contemporary kilts by one of our other esteemed members!