Handsewn #7 ... or is it #8? Robertson Red 18 0z.

**GMan** · 16th January 10, 08:39 AM

Excellent job.

**sydnie7** · 16th January 10, 09:15 AM

Very nice look. My sister just got 18 oz Rob Red from eBay, I'll have to show her this! It would be her first kilt, I gave her AoK and hair canvas for Christmas

but she is left-handed which may present a challenge. . . have to remember to tell her about left-handed kilts too.

Handsome paneling, although it seems to create an echo? LOL

GG · 16th January 10, 09:29 AM

Looks like a great job. I also like the tartan.

Greg

**Jack Daw** · 16th January 10, 12:12 PM

Looks good!

**Paul** · 16th January 10, 12:34 PM

wow, very nice and good decision on the pleating!
I love that tartan too, it's my favourite red one

**Wompet** · 17th January 10, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by sydnie7

Very nice look. My sister just got 18 oz Rob Red from eBay, I'll have to show her this! It would be her first kilt, I gave her AoK and hair canvas for Christmas

but she is left-handed which may present a challenge. . . have to remember to tell her about left-handed kilts too.

Sydnie, this is the 7th kilt I've sewn left-handed. Despite what Barb says in TAoK, and what Elsie says about us "carhanders," making kilts left-handed isn't all that difficult. We just reposition the cloth so we're sewing left to right, for the most part.

Oh, and I can't take credit for the paneling - it was there when I bought the house.

**Santa Wally** · 17th January 10, 05:49 PM

A great job, you made a fantastic looking kilt Gary.

**Woodsheal** · 18th January 10, 07:24 AM

Nice! Which mill is weaving non-military clan tartans in 18 oz.?

**Wompet** · 19th January 10, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by Woodsheal

Nice! Which mill is weaving non-military clan tartans in 18 oz.?

I wish I knew - that's one of the drawbacks of eBay. I recall that Robertson Hunting was used by an artillery regiment, but I don't think the Red was ever worn by anyone.

Originally Posted by MacRobert's Reply

Fantastic tartan - but I am prejudiced! Looks great pleated to the stripe - very military and military weight too.

Originally Posted by Noel Christian Riddell

Looks great. The horizontal lines are quite distinctive.

Originally Posted by longhuntr74

Agreed, but they don't create the "lawnchair effect" in my eyes either. I think it looks grand! ...and I'm also a fan of your plankboard paneling!

A close-up of the pleats.

We've used the term "cheating the sett" here before - well, I "cheated the stripe." When I pleated to either the broad blue or the broad green stripes, it brought out the "lawnchair effect." But pleating to both the blue and green worked, especially with how similar the two are in tone.