Belted Kilt questions

[Pleater]

I have used lengths of woollen fabric as bedding when camping and as long as you have a clear bed space it should be fine.
I wash the bedding in the bath on returning home and get it clean and dry before it is stored away. Even the year when all three lots of bedding were saturated by the time I returned home, the experience did no damage.
Wool is able to absorb moisture and still feel warm, so even when I arrived back in camp wet though I slept warm and dry.
I do not use the fabric as a great kilt though, I much prefer a small kilt and plaid.
Having made myself a great kilt I found that in a modern setting it caught on everything, door and drawer handles in particular. It swept things off shelves and was very quickly converted into a dressing gown.

Perhaps it is just me, but I can't quite square the idea of a great kilt and an air force tartan. It seems such an anachronism. I feel it ought to be a simple plaid pattern twill weave fabric as even a named tartan seems too modern.

Anne the Pleater