Jones?

**ali8780** · 12th January 10, 07:00 PM

Well, I have officially ordered my fabric for my skirt--and I don't have any reason to think that it will take very long to get here, but I find myself going crazy nevertheless.

Last night I actually lost sleep thinking of my dear Harris Tweed wool (hand woven BTW), and how I was going to sew it into a skirt. Then, when I woke up, my first thought was of the tweed. *sigh*

I think the first thing I'm going to do when the skirt is finished is put it on along with some cotton socks and twirl around on my tile floor. And then of course I'm going to take pictures and upload them here for all of you to see.

**Mr. MacDougall** · 12th January 10, 08:23 PM

You are evil, and must be adored.

**Highlander31** · 13th January 10, 01:47 AM

Originally Posted by Mr. MacDougall

You are evil, and must be adored.

I agree. After that build up,...I can't wait to see it completed.

**figheadair** · 13th January 10, 02:12 AM

Originally Posted by ali8780

Last night I actually lost sleep thinking of my dear Harris Tweed wool (hand woven BTW), and how I was going to sew it into a skirt. Then, when I woke up, my first thought was of the tweed. *sigh*

Interesting. who was the weaver? Most Harris Tweed carries a Handwoven label but it's not really.

**Detroitpete** · 13th January 10, 06:00 AM

Ahhh--the bittersweetness of a tweed jones!

**Squeaky McMurdo** · 13th January 10, 11:16 AM

If it's any consolation, I'm jonesing for wool skirts too. I'm doing a swap with another xmarker and as soon as she sent me the pictures (35!) of all the skirts and materials I had to choose from, I was loosing sleep both by thinking about them at night or while languishing away in front of the computer screen!

--Chelsea McMurdo--

**ali8780** · 13th January 10, 11:59 AM

Interesting. who was the weaver? Most Harris Tweed carries a Handwoven label but it's not really.

I actually don't know, but I bet Matt could tell you (that's your cue Matt

). I purchased the tweed from him

If it's any consolation, I'm jonesing for wool skirts too. I'm doing a swap with another xmarker and as soon as she sent me the pictures (35!) of all the skirts and materials I had to choose from, I was loosing sleep both by thinking about them at night or while languishing away in front of the computer screen!

oooh! I wanna see

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 13th January 10, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by ali8780

I actually don't know, but I bet Matt could tell you (that's your cue Matt

). I purchased the tweed from him

Not sure who the weaver is. It was one of several lengths of cloth that Bob Martin (Peter knows him) asked me to sell for him. Cleaning out his stash, I suppose! So I'm not sure where Bob got it from, but he's had it a while I imagine. It's single width, stamped with the orb mark. Not sure of the weight; it's not as heavy as some Harris Tweeds I have worked with, but heavier than others. It will certainly make a warm skirt for you to wear in the Utah winters!

**D.A. Guertin** · 16th January 10, 09:48 PM

Details?!?!? You're clearing out someone's stash, and we don't have any photos of the fabric? I'm up for anything garish or sombre, nothing in between, thanks. ;-) Spent the whole bloody night on the website looking for the tweed you had posted here to no avail, and I'm not to my bed yet!

**longhuntr74** · 17th January 10, 05:02 AM

Congrats Ali....my friend purchased 8 meters of that MOD specification Black Watch fabric on ebay a couple of months ago that I'm going to be making our two tanks from...seen pics of it, but haven't yet gotten to lay hands on it...so I can appreciate the Jones. Problem is that I'm a bit busy now too...so I'm not sure I'd have the time to start a kilt project at the moment either.