Kilt Question from a Newbie

[646guy]

Greetings from NYC and welcome to the Clan...it's the best plce to go to have all of your questions answered...

[McMurdo]

Riverkilt beat me to it: buy a wool kilt possibly in your clan tartan, you will not regret it and if taken care of, it will last you a lifetime.

[Nick the DSM]

welcome from NC!

[Kiltman]

Welcome from Eastern Washington State.

[ardchoille]

from Seattle, WA.

[The Kilted Reverend]

Thanks so much.

The thrifty kilt was a low budget starter kilt the tank purchase is in the planning stages.

TKR

[SteveB]

Hello and a warm from Boston, Massachusetts. I have been using an ultra tiny crochet hook for the thread return for years. I find the pulled thread on the backside of the fabric, and pull it up one or two threads over from the pull on the front side. It is fun to simply watch it retreat. For some tighter fabrics, I catch it on the backside with a needle or dressmaker's pin. All of these methods do work, with patience and care.

[Ancienne Alliance]

and a warm welcome from France !

[ThreadBbdr]

You can also use one of the teeny tiny (you can barely see the hook part) lace making crochet hook.

What all of these techniques do is pull the loop to the back where it can't be seen.

If the snag is a bad one (that pulls a thread so that the line of the tartan is disturbed), you may be able to gently tease the thread back along the weave thread by thread. But that's a very tedious and not always successful operation.

Try the 'loop moves to the back' by one of these techniques first.

Welcome to the kilted world!