Mystery Kilt

[lethearen]

Left over Right = Folded left first, then right?

I think what you described would be left under right.

When you're wrapping it around you, if you lay the left side down first, and the right side over it (left over right), you'd have a woman's kilted skirt.

The other way 'round, such that you lay the right side across your midsection, and then the left over that (right over left), you have a man's kilt.

Easy way is to just put it on and see which side opens. If the apron is open at your right side, it's a man's. If the apron is open at your left side, it's a woman's.

[cessna152towser]

from the Scottish Borders.

Can't say the brand name Border Kilts rings any bells with me.
A google search only threw up a few expired eBay listings for ladies' items.
Please post some pictures to help us identify your kilt.

[KiltUnknown]

Well, I just called home to have someone check as to which side the fold opens...and it's on the LEFT. I guess I have a woman's kilt, and have learned a lot. I will still post pictures to make sure, though...

Darn!

[Friday]

Left over Right = Folded left first, then right?

The right side should be closet to the body with the left over top of that.

[Highlander31]

Well, I just called home to have someone check as to which side the fold opens...and it's on the LEFT. I guess I have a woman's kilt, and have learned a lot. I will still post pictures to make sure, though...

Darn!

It does sound like it is a woman's kilted skirt. However, if it is, see how your wife looks in it.

BTW...Welcome to the forum.

[Chas]

Could be this company.

Meikle Knitwear, Tweeds & Tartans
4 Laurel Grove
Galashiels, Scottish Borders, TD1 2LA, Scotland

Oh - and welcome to XMarks from Norfolk, England.

Regards

Chas

[lethearen]

So for the DIYers... how hard would it be to convert said lady's skirt into a man's kilt? Could he just wrap it the other way and reroute the buckles? I would think with only some minor tailoring it could possibly work?

[Squeaky McMurdo]

So for the DIYers... how hard would it be to convert said lady's skirt into a man's kilt? Could he just wrap it the other way and reroute the buckles? I would think with only some minor tailoring it could possibly work?

That's what plenty of ebay sellers do...if it's the right size and length all power to you, because my knee length kilted skirt could pass as a 5 yard casual kilt if the aprons were reversed. The pleats might be facing the wrong direction (left is the correct direction) on yours depending on the maker, but I doubt anyone would notice. The buckles on a ladies' kilt tend to be smaller and daintier too.

--Chelsea McMurdo--

P.S. Another DIYer on here made an Xkilt with right-facing pleats to make it easier to get into a US car without wrinkling them as much

[MacLowlife]

Before I acquired a proper kilt, I wore a woman's kilt with the closure flipped. You have to cut a slit in the waistband to allow the "backwards" closing and the best thing is to bind that, to avoid fraying. Careful Kilt Detectives will espy an extra pleat or two at the front ( port and starboard bows, or app 10 and 2 O'Clock) but most observers will not know the difference.

I am surprised nobody has mentioned the various tartan finders which allow reverse lookup of pattern. They may help you narrow down the candidates, though you may well have a "fashion tartan".

Welcome, regardless.

[Arlen]

I altered a woman's Kilted skirt into a Kilt for myself a while back. So long as the pleats are deep enough it'll do you well.

Here's the thread.