Happy New Year to all! May the new year bring health, prosperity and happiness to all our us. Ranulf [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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jkjeys
Jan 12, 2005 1:55 am
My time has come I have decided to purchase wool for my Great Kilt. I have decided upon a plaid but require some help. The plaid is going to be 60" wide and I...
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Matthew A. C. Newsome
macalba
Jan 12, 2005 1:27 pm
If the cloth you are purchasing for your belted plaid is 60" wide, then I would say to get 4 or 5 yards. This seems to be an average length, and is certainly...
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Marcus mac Pharláin
marcussca
Jan 13, 2005 10:24 pm
As Eogan pointed out, the 4 to 5 yards should be enough for the some, but it does depend on your girth... If your one of the more robust Scotsman of the SCA,...
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Sharon L. Krossa
slkrossa
Jan 14, 2005 2:25 am
... Keep in mind also that the late 16th century was the very beginning of wearing plaids belted (as opposed to wearing plaids unbelted), so don't think of it...
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Matthew A. C. Newsome
macalba
Jan 14, 2005 12:06 pm
Five yards is 15 feet around. If you need more cloth than that to cover your haunches, I think you have greater things to worry about than how to wear the...
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Raibeart mac Fhionguine
lews_2000
Jan 14, 2005 1:46 pm
... Some of us skinny blokes can pleat 60" around our waists, after a fashion. For years I used a 2 yard x 60" kilt as my basic, which worked, but was tight. ...
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Matthew A. C. Newsome
macalba
Jan 14, 2005 3:28 pm
Let me make sure I understand. So you had a length of cloth that was 60" wide and two yards (72") long, and were gathering the 60" length around your waist...
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karissa Bratt
magsolandin
Jan 14, 2005 3:29 pm
Ok, I've been reading some very helpful hints as I too am trying to figure out how to make a kilt. I am new to the SCA. I have a 1300s scottish persona. I have...
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karissa Bratt
magsolandin
Jan 14, 2005 3:29 pm
Ok, I've been reading some very helpful hints as I too am trying to figure out how to make a kilt. I am new to the SCA. I have a 1300s scottish persona. I have...
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Matthew A. C. Newsome
macalba
Jan 14, 2005 3:36 pm
Kaye, A couple of things to consider. First of all, the kilt (whether you are discussing the modern tailored kilt, or the early belted plaid) is a male ...
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Muirghein
wolfestead
Jan 14, 2005 6:13 pm
... Nice to see someone from my neck of the timeline (as opposed to all the late-period folk *g*). If you'd like, I can forward your query along to a petite...
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Sharon L. Krossa
slkrossa
Jan 15, 2005 12:32 am
... If you want your clothing to match your 1300s persona, you don't wear any kind of kilt at all. (The earliest clear evidence of a plaid worn belted --...
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jkjeys
Jan 17, 2005 1:26 am
I wanted to thank you all for you kind comments. As I am rather large framed I have a 50" chest, I am going to purchase 6 yards of plaid for my kilt. That way...
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David Reynolds
lews_2000
Jan 17, 2005 2:47 am
... Young and foolish. What I was really getting at is that you *can* wrap a surprisingly small amount of fabric around you if you're skinny enough. Plus, one...
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Matthew A. C. Newsome
macalba
Jan 17, 2005 12:36 pm
Assuming you are purchasing wool fabric for your plaid, when you wash it remember this - it is the combination of heat and agitation that shrinks the wool. AS...
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rowen_g
Jan 17, 2005 5:27 pm
Since she probably won't mention it herself, I am pleased to announce that Margaret Hepburn, a member of this list, has been offered admission into the Order...
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Kimber Wight
qkimberw
Jan 17, 2005 6:54 pm
-Congrads to Margaret!!! How wonderful for you!!!!!! Kimber rowen_g <rowengr@...> wrote: Since she probably won't mention it herself, I am pleased to...
Greetings to Laird Marcus mac Pharlain and the list, Many thanks to the Laird for his information and apologies on my tardiness in giving it. One of the links...
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david smith
ssgsmithabn1965
Jan 18, 2005 6:10 am
Pleats: Something I do when traveling to a renfair or SCAdian event where i do not want to where my kilt on the trip. Or closest Ren Fair in NC is 5 hours...
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sovereignsaint
Jan 20, 2005 11:15 pm
Ok I am looking for patterns of 12th-13th century scottish clothing. Can anybody recomend any good sites or pattern books? Thank You Nicodemus...
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Julie Stackable
malvoisine
Jan 21, 2005 4:27 am
Greetings Nicodemus! There's not much about 12-13th century clothing to distinguish it as 'Scottish'. Clothes are fairly generic throughout Western Europe in...
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Nicodemus Duncan
sovereignsaint
Jan 21, 2005 10:21 am
Thank you very much for the Info. I really appreciate it....oh by the way I am a horrible speller. Nicodemus __________________________________________________...
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jkjeys
Jan 23, 2005 3:13 am
I have just purchased my material this weekend for my kilt. Now my next problem is to recreate as historically correct as possible closures for it. Can anyone...
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Matthew A. C. Newsome
macalba
Jan 23, 2005 12:12 pm
For our SCA purposes, the only historically accurate closures would be none at all. The belted plaid had none - it was held on only by a sturdy belt (maybe a...
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Julie Stackable, SCA ...
malvoisine
Jan 23, 2005 3:41 pm
Greetings, I will echo Eogan and add to that - the 'apron' as it is referred to which is the overlap in front, really keeps it shut. My husband has never had...
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Michael England
ranulf1sinclare
Jan 25, 2005 6:30 pm
For those of us of Scottish ancestry, tonight is Burns Night, anybody doing anything special for it? Ranulf [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Corey Steff
sca_gavine
Jan 25, 2005 8:45 pm
I apologize for my ignorance.... but I have no idea what Burns night is. Gavine ... From: Michael England<mailto:englands7992@...> To:...
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Muirghein
wolfestead
Jan 25, 2005 10:04 pm
... This site says: "Fittings: the close fit of medieval clothing is hard to perfect without the benefit of modern tucks and folds, etc." Why? Did their...
