Going to brag a bit

[demobud]

Weird how the supposed same tartan look so different in two flix.

I was thinking the same thing, could it be lighting/camera differences or is there that much difference in weavers? Not that either one looks bad mind you!

[Riverkilt]

You are soooo hooked now.

Sad news is you'll probably never find a more beautiful tartan, but its fun to keep looking and buying anyway.

Here's mine



Kathy Lare of Kathy's kilts sewed it up. Those are them Lewis kilt hose from the Scottish Tartan Museum...who'd have thunk it, PURPLE hose do go well with the Isle of Skye tartan. Get you some and try it.

Ron

[turpin]

The difference is in how it is pleated and the number of pleats. One is an 8-yard kilt pleated to the wide brown stripe which effectively leaves no vertical stripe in the pleat. It works well for this tartan, but not for all tartans. The Newsome is pleated to the white stripe and, being a 5-yard kilt, the pleats are a bit wider. The thing I love about the variety of pleating is that you can have a 3 or more kilts in the same tartan pleated to the sett, or different stripes, and get a completely different look. The most striking example of this is found on Matt Newsom'e site, with the Buchanan Modern pleated to three different stripes. Since Matt's site doesn't allow linking to pix, I've posted the URL. scroll just over halfway down the page.

http://kilts.albanach.org/pics.html

[McMurdo]

Ok well as we are all showing off our Isle of Skye tartans here is mine:

[David Dalglish]

Happy new kilt

[Marshal Moroni]

Wow, I copied over the 4 images from this thread, to look at them at the same time . I had never realized how much variance you could get by where the pleat is placed. Amazing! So much to learn, sooo little money.

Patience may be the toughest thing to learn in this life.

Cheers,

[demobud]

That sinks it! Isle of Skye is next, but I want a tank so I gotta save a little first.

[Uilleam Sexton]

Wow, two with purple hose...never thought I would fancy those. Might have to order a pair....Was wondering what I could get away with besides the "oatmeal" standard (or my black socks scrunched down more likely). Thought about the lovat green, but need to compare in person.

[McMurdo]

Lovat green works well, as does lovat blue, you can get away with quite a bit with the Isle of Skye including bottle green, it all depends on the rest of the outfit.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I was thinking the same thing, could it be lighting/camera differences or is there that much difference in weavers? Not that either one looks bad mind you!

I can attest to the fact that all the Isle of Sky kilts pictured here in this thread are 16 oz Lochcarron cloth. It's the same exact tartan, just pleated differently.

The one I made is a 5 yard kilt, pleated to the white (really a light grey) line, so that it shows more green. Turpin's is an 8 yard kilt (and so has more pleats), pleated to the brown. McMurdo's and Ron's are also 8 yard kilts pleated to the sett.

Turpin:

The most striking example of this is found on Matt Newsom'e site, with the Buchanan Modern pleated to three different stripes. Since Matt's site doesn't allow linking to pix, I've posted the URL. scroll just over halfway down the page.

Here are the specific images Turpin is referring to. These are all 4 yard box pleated kilts made from 16 oz Buchanan modern tartan woven by Lochcarron. Only difference is what stripe they are pleated to.
To the red:
http://kilts.albanach.org/100_2713.jpg
To the yellow:
http://kilts.albanach.org/buchanany.jpg
To the green:
http://kilts.albanach.org/buch_green.JPG