Transporting a kilt

[sevenoaks]

Any ideas on transporting a kilt so it wont get wrinkled? I am going on vacation this weekend and was wondering how to transport it. I don't want to put itin a suitcase and hanging it in a car don't appear to be too practical. I am sure some of the rabble can or have come up with some neat solutions.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

You can get a piece of special kilt luggage, such as this:
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/outfitter.htm

It allows you to store and transport the kilt rolled, rather than folded, to prevent creases.

Barring that, you can do much the same thing with the leg from a pair of women's pantyhose. Roll the kilt up pleats to the outside, into a tube and then put it inside the hose leg, to keep it all neat and in place.

Alternately, if you have room in your suitcase to lay the kilt flat neatly, without too much squishing, that should work of for short travels.

Whatever you do, just try to give yourself plenty of time to let the kilt hang once you reach your destination. That ought to work out any minor wrinkles that result from travel.

[AKScott]

+1 on what Matt said. I got my tank back and forth from Alaska to Bermuda with nary a mishap.

I opted for the using a cast of leg of the wife's pantyhose instead of paying for a piece of luggage.

Do let it hang once you get there so the wrinkles can fall back out.

Also, practice a few times. On about the fourth attempt I had the process nailed down tight.

I'll go look for a few month old thread...BRB

EDIT: Dang it. I guess I didn't post in that thread. Short version, lay your kilt flat, pretty side down and lining side up, on a tabletop or firmish matress. Roll the under apron, then the pleats, and then the over apron into a cylinder, and then put that cylinder of kilt into a a free piece of nylon hose your wife isn't using anymore.

The devil is the detail of getting the pleats to lay in the cylinder without putting creases into them. Three or four tries you'll probably have it down.

Have a safe trip.

[Father Bill]

Agreed. It's really important that you use hose that your wife isn't using any more. Otherwise, neither you nor the kilt will survive.

[Dale Seago]

Matt's suggestions are good: I've used something along the line of the Kilter Roll before, and at the end of last year I successfully used the pantyhose-leg thing on a trip to Japan.

Planning ahead for future occasions where I may be taking two or three kilts. . .which I actually WILL be, to Colorado the middle of next month. . .I recently got the larger, wheeled version of the item discussed in this thread:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...t-three-65828/

[MacCathmhaoil]

I use a yoga mat bag, their quite inexpensive and work really well. They are usually nylon and protect the kilt as well. Your local Walmart should have a good selection.

[seanachie]

I use a yoga mat bag, their quite inexpensive and work really well. They are usually nylon and protect the kilt as well. Your local Walmart should have a good selection.

Over time I have followed various threads that pop up on this subject and had not seen this suggestion before. Interesting, I will have to check this out as I am not all familiar with these bags.

[English Bloke]

Pour1Malt did a useful tutorial on using a stocking. It's in the "How to" section.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-travel-19516/

[Highlander31]

Pour1Malt did a useful tutorial on using a stocking. It's in the "How to" section.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-travel-19516/

That's the method I use.

[KenB]

I use a Kilter. The kilt rolls up and the bag is easy to carry. Just returned to Toronto from a California wedding and the kilt stayed in great shape ( carry on) .