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    New kilt: Volcano tartan!

    Comrades,

    I'm very excited to say that I've a new kilt in the Volcano tartan, stitched by Barb Tewksbury. As a teacher of the Earth Sciences, I'm nerd-ily interested in those tartans with a science theme. It's a 6-ish yard, knife-pleated kilt with two buckles: one on my outside right hip and the "hidden" one on my left hip. Absolutely gorgeous piece of work and I'm very thankful to Barb for making the kilt and to the tartan designer Dr Carol Martin.

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    Jonathan

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    I like it matches the house, this tartan really Pops!

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    One of the nicest tartans I've ever seen.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Father Bill View Post
    One of the nicest tartans I've ever seen.
    Thank you, Father Bill. I can only take credit for wearing it ... credit for design goes to Dr Carol Martin.

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    At first, I was wondering why you chose to pleat it that way, hiding all the colour. Then I realised that when you walk and the pleats swish, that colour will really flash. Well done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tobus View Post
    At first, I was wondering why you chose to pleat it that way, hiding all the colour. Then I realised that when you walk and the pleats swish, that colour will really flash. Well done.
    I have the artistic skill set of an ant so I usually defer to Barb for those decisions. I really like how it works out -- I made a video of me walking away and, indeed, the colour flashes as I walk. Super cool!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jthk View Post
    I have the artistic skill set of an ant so I usually defer to Barb for those decisions. I really like how it works out -- I made a video of me walking away and, indeed, the colour flashes as I walk. Super cool!
    post the video if you can.
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    That is a lovely looking kilt and a very unique tartan. Barb does incredible work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by McMurdo View Post
    That is a lovely looking kilt and a very unique tartan. Barb does incredible work.
    Doesn't she?!

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    So, to add to the uber nerdy-ness here, when the pleats open up, it’s like when the chilled dark crust of a lava flow cracks open to reveal the hot lava underneath or, on a bigger scale, when the surface of black basaltic lavas in Iceland rift open and new hot, incandescent lava is revealed 🤓🤓
    Kiltmaker, piper, and geologist (one of the few, the proud, with brains for rocks....
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