Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Carbomb
There are SO MANY great tartans out there, but even fewer are actually milled anymore. THAT'S the real trick... find the "open" tartan that you like and is actually produced!!!
Jimmy,

Some small-scale Scottish weavers will weave a single width 8 yard length of any tartan you want, so that your kilt maker can make a kilt for you in a tartan, which is not normally produced by the larger weavers. That's how I got my kilt, and it cost me no more than a kilt made from a tartan that is woven in bulk quantities.

Rob