Yes, I know there's a forum for ladies wear, but it's not heavily trafficked (last new thread about 2 years old).

I've tried to interest my spouse in highlands wear, but the only thing that's sparked her interest is The Nursing Tartan, woven by Lochcarron Mills and sold only in a limited range of products by Gordon Nicolson Kiltmakers (no kilts or skirts) as a charitable enterprise (the tartan features the colors of the Scottish National Health Service's nursing uniforms, the registered tartan was designed by Scottish NHS nurses, and my wife is both extraordinarily proud of her nursing career AND fond of the tartan itself).

One cannot purchase the fabric, but there IS a lightweight tartan shawl (I suspect it's 8 oz or 11 oz worsted cloth), and I bought her one of those at Nicolson when my sister and I were in Scotland summer 2023. The edges have a half-inch fringe. Its dimensions are 54" x 54" (not including the fringes). Does anyone here think 2 or 3 of those shawls could be joined to make a proper calf-length kilted skirt? It's pretty lightweight cloth. Is it likely to hold and "swish" its pleats?