New Newsome 5-yard Knife

[Freedomlover]

Alright... you asked for it...

The first pic is me right after sitting. The second is after I've pulled and pushed and tried to be as modest as possible. Images are linked so as not to have giant pics of me sitting in my kilt just pop right out on screen...

http://www.kevindooley.net/images/Cian/IMGP0943.jpg

http://www.kevindooley.net/images/Cian/IMGP0944.jpg

If you notice, there's a spot where the fabric bunches up... if that spot was about 4-5 inches lower, I'd have the extra fabric I need for the kilt to drape between my legs...

Any suggestions?

Not really. I have the same "problem" and it is only partly due to my waist line having migrated over the years. I have noticed over the last twenty years or so that all lower body garments tend to go north when sitting (which is a hugely good reason to rid ones self of the sort that tend to saw you in twain.) Solution? Nothing that I know of except have your kilts made mid calf length, and neither of us would even give that a fleeting thought. May I suggest some observations of how this sort of thing works? Go to a big mall, the food court say, and watch (as a purely academic exercise of course) how lady's skirts behave as they sit. The knee length variety especially will, without exception, rise quite considerably. This is due to a simple engineering fact of life: if you take an object whose top is at a fixed height and flex the plane the bottom must needs rise.

Anyway, your new kilt is very nice. I know you will love it for years to come.

[Panache]

Very sharp looking kilt! I also have a Matt Newsome 5 yarder and I like it just as much now as I did when I first got it in October of 2006.

As for sitting...

Here is a bit of advice your kiltmaker wrote on the subject:

http://blog.albanach.org/2006/06/sit-like-lady.html

Cheers

Jamie

[Abax]

Anyway, as much as I love it, I'm having a problem...

When I sit, I look like I'm trying to put something on display... I have a UK Original and a USAK casual and I've never had this problem... does it look like it's riding wrong to any of you guys? It comes several inches up from the knees when I sit down...

Your new kilt looks great!

I think I can relate to what you're talking about. I started wearing kilts with a Utilikilt. The cotton fabric is very limber and the apron is much narrower than a traditional kilt, so it naturally falls between my legs when I sit down. I sit in a Utilikilt as if I was wearing pants and never worry about inappropriate exposure.

My traditional kilts have wider aprons and the 16 ounce wool has a lot more body than the Utilikilt's cotton. So I have to make sure either my sporran or my hand pushes the apron down when I sit. Just like you, more of my knee is exposed when I sit.

My wife and I went to a show at the theatre last week and we had seats in the balcony. These seats are tiered so that a person sitting in the row below could turn around and look right up my kilt. That made me very conscious of how things were arranged. The lady next to me wore a skirt and had her legs closed and both of them angled off to one side. This appeared very feminine to me (and appropriately so), but it's not how I chose to sit. I've tried the legs-closed arrangement in potentially revealing sitting arrangements, and I just don't feel like myself. At the theatre, I sat with my legs slightly apart, as I would with pants, but with the apron arranged so there was absolutely no chance of inappropriate exposure. This felt like me, and more masculine than the arrangement of the lady next to me. I suppose not everyone will agree with my choice - that's okay. But my choice reflects who I am and respects others - that's the source of my confidence.

I think if you find what's comfortable for you first and then polite to the people around you, you will feel confident wearing your kilt.

Abax

[ccga3359]

My wife and I went to a show at the theatre last week and we had seats in the balcony. These seats are tiered so that a person sitting in the row below could turn around and look right up my kilt. That made me very conscious of how things were arranged. The lady next to me wore a skirt and had her legs closed and both of them angled off to one side. This appeared very feminine to me (and appropriately so), but it's not how I chose to sit. I've tried the legs-closed arrangement in potentially revealing sitting arrangements, and I just don't feel like myself. At the theatre, I sat with my legs slightly apart, as I would with pants, but with the apron arranged so there was absolutely no chance of inappropriate exposure. This felt like me, and more masculine than the arrangement of the lady next to me. I suppose not everyone will agree with my choice - that's okay. But my choice reflects who I am and respects others - that's the source of my confidence.

I think if you find what's comfortable for you first and then polite to the people around you, you will feel confident wearing your kilt.

Abax

Interesting thought. I don't think sitting as the lady did is appropriate as dangly bits would be at greater risk of being exposed under the raised thigh from the side. Best to sit knees slightly apart with sporran and apron pushed down. And yes when seated, more of the knee will show.

[Monkey@Arms]

With a UK the narrow apron falls into place when sitting, with the wider apron of a traditional, not so much. Are you remembering to do the "tuck" part of Hamish's tuck and sweep tutorial?

Best regards,

Jake

P.S. Cute kid, for a minute I was worried that Matt was including one as a bonus with his kilts.

[McMurdo]

There is nothing wrong with the way it lays when you are sitting, it looks fine and you are not in any danger of exposing yourself.

[McJore]

very nice congrats

[Captain]

I usually do wear a sporran, but was in a hurry to catch the fading sunlight (thanks FedEx for taking all day!)for the pictures. However, I've recently been wearing CavScout's sporran adapter and wear it off center... but that's definitely good advice.

[Joe Gondek]

Kilt looks great
Your sporran will help keep the boys hidden

[pdcorlis]

One of the compromises of a 5 yard kilt is a fairly skimpy deep pleat and reverse Pleat. These kilts look great when you stand but when you sit, the apron and underapron can't " relax" into the gap between your legs - there just isn't enough fabric there to let it happen. It doesn't look too bad, but those of us that own 5 yard kilts have to be a bit careful how we sit.

By the way - did I miss the name of the tartan? It's a very nice looking kilt.