X kilt Second attempt

**Arlen** · 26th June 07, 11:48 AM

Looking really good so far. You seem to have a knack.

**GlassMan** · 26th June 07, 01:28 PM

I still think that anyone who tries to make a kilt themselves is far braver than I.

**auld argonian** · 2nd July 07, 03:27 PM

We were at two fabric stores yesterday and as I was looking at the uphoulstery department, i couldn't help but wonder how you were doing on the Clan McCouch kilt...

...and since they had a big sale on yarn, I bought heavily and thought that I'd start trying to learn how to knit some kilt hose...wish me luck...

Best

AA

**RK-REX** · 2nd July 07, 05:57 PM

I'm ready to start my sewing, but time is at a premium. Maybe after the holiday I'll get to it. Good luck with the knitting, I tried it when I was younger because all of the girls at the coffeeshop I went to were doing it and I.....um....well, I sucked at it. Must have been preoccupied.

**Arlen** · 3rd July 07, 05:53 AM

Originally Posted by RK-REX

I'm ready to start my sewing, but time is at a premium. Maybe after the holiday I'll get to it. Good luck with the knitting, I tried it when I was younger because all of the girls at the coffeeshop I went to were doing it and I.....um....well, I sucked at it. Must have been preoccupied.

I know the feeling. When my fiance first tried to teach me to knit it was when we were very first dating. (And I'd been chasing her for at least a year before that.)
After 2 1/2 years I'm just getting the hang of it.

**Pleater** · 4th July 07, 03:56 PM

When ironing a cotton or cotton blend kilt a spray starch and ironing on the inside to smooth out as much of the fabric as possible is my 'secret weapon' in kilt maintenance.

Once the fabric is smooth I hold the kilt by the waistband and shimmy it so the pleats begin to fall into place, then I put a sheet of thick cardboard beneath the pleats and press them, one at a time, under a slightly damp cloth. That stops the edge of the pleat getting polished and starting to look threadbare.

Use the narrow end of the ironing board or a sleeve board - like a minature ironing board, or even a towel suitably rolled and shaped to do the fell on a sewn down kilt so you don't distort it trying to smooth the top few inches.