Maple in the snow!

**HuDonald** · 25th January 16, 07:27 AM

Mother-in-law came to visit us for the week, but her car got snowed-in... had to do something about it!

IMG_5548 by Dexter Hu, on Flickr

Then we did a little jig afterwards! I know, I know... very ungraceful, but baby liked it!

IMG_5579 by Dexter Hu, on Flickr

Thanks, Rocky and Mack, for a beautiful kilt!

**cessna152towser** · 25th January 16, 07:37 AM

Fabulous.
A lovely tartan and beautiful white snow.

**RockyR** · 25th January 16, 08:23 AM

That's all you got in western PA?!?!

Our snow total was 23" and the plowed banks are head high! Ugh... spent the day yesterday (and half the day Saturday) plowing out the driveway and my neighbors.

Kudos for doing it in a kilt though!

**HuDonald** · 25th January 16, 09:07 AM

Yeah, we only got about 6 inches... not anywhere near what we anticipated... still, roads were bad Saturday morning, because it didn't seem like anyone plowed Friday night. Consistent with the City'o'Pittsburgh's MO.

And only saw 1 private plow truck on Saturday... roads seem like they got cleared just by having traffic wearing out the snow into brown muck.

I wore the Maple in reminiscence of your pic a few years ago, shoveling out your store front!

**Spartan Tartan** · 25th January 16, 02:34 PM

Anytime you can put a smile on your baby's face, it's a good time. Well done and looking good kilting in the snow.

**McCafferty** · 25th January 16, 03:00 PM

Great pic's but just looking at all the snow made turn up the thermostat here.

**Mathew MacKillop** · 25th January 16, 05:29 PM

May I ask which version of the Maple Leaf tartan that is, from which Mill?

**HuDonald** · 28th January 16, 02:39 PM

It is from Batley, 16oz wool.

Here is an older run of the cloth Rocky had in the past (which I referenced).

I do like the coloration of the Batley-woven cloth over the others.

**Mathew MacKillop** · 29th January 16, 09:27 AM

I'm a big fan of the Muted, myself, but can only dream of it being woven in 16oz. It's a tartan I'd like to wear all year, but I'm skeptical of the ability of medium weight wool to keep me warm on those -30 Celsius days.
The one you've got might just be the compromise I've been looking for though. Mighty fine tartan, that.

**HuDonald** · 29th January 16, 06:43 PM

I had preferred as muted a pallet as I could, which is why I picked Batley's to begin with. However, my batch of cloth seemed to have a much darker green than earlier batches, making it a bit more contrasty.

Oh well! I love it none the less!