A few meanderings and musings...

[toadinakilt]

I just realized that there are probably more variations in kilts then there are in pants...pants pretty much look the same, with a few radical variations here and there, such as goth-type pants with strange chains and things, or bell-bottoms...

Kilts, we have traditional 8 yd and 5 yd, 5 yd's that sit lower, cargo types, and the range of materials is endless...

well, maybe the variations are about equal...but somehow it seems to me that it's easier to be creative with kilt designs...

who has been to the Tartans Museum with our own Matt? They have an old kilt there with pleats going opposite directions starting in the middle of the back...somebody should think about making a kilt like that again, it looked pretty sweet.

who ever checks their wallet rack to see what wallet they want to take with them? having a range of sporrans...any one kilt can look totally different with a different sporrans...

yes, I think after rambling, I have come to the obvious conclusion that kilts are much more conducive to creativity than pants are...

[furrycelt]

who has been to the Tartans Museum with our own Matt? They have an old kilt there with pleats going opposite directions starting in the middle of the back...somebody should think about making a kilt like that again, it looked pretty sweet.

I have been there YEARS ago. I want to go back, not only for the museum, but also for the mountains. I really miss the mountains of NC.

I saw the same kilt you were referring to. I would love one like that as well. It is like the inverse of UtiliKilt pleating.

-ian

[Joe Gondek]

That style is called Kingussie pleated and as far as I can tell if was used from around 1790's - 1840's

I made one like that with some medium weight Black Stewart wool I picked up at rendezvous. It is very comfortable and the Swing is great.I used about 6 yards of material in mine as the material had a small sett.(I know it's too late but the price was right)

I use it for reenacting.

Ther is another example of a kingussie kilt can be seen at http://www.cuillinn.com/repro.html

JoeG

We do not stop playing because we grow old,
We grow old because we stop playing .

[Pleater]

I have made two in the original way and one with the pleats pointing backwards and an inverted box pleat - that is much better for going through vegetation like my wild back garden - I noticed that in a 'normal' kilt I was always getting hooked on branches on the right and not the left.

It seems a little bit of an exageration to call it a traditional style when there are only two known historical examples of it ever discovered.

[Jewddha]

...that is much better for going through vegetation like my wild back garden - I noticed that in a 'normal' kilt I was always getting hooked on branches on the right and not the left...

Now THAt is interesting and oddly sensible!