Hi folks

Here's my 2 cents. I agree with all of you who say that a properly made light kilt will hang and swing just fine. If you go to any Highland games, virtually all of the dancers will be wearing kilts in the 11-12 oz range, and they look really swell (see my gallery for some dancer pics of kilts in that weight). The first kilt that I made for my husband was in 11-12 oz. It was a fine kilt, but it did wrinkle pretty easily. I've made him a new kilt in heavier weight, and he likes how it feels and wears better, though.

As someone said in another thread, a heavy kilt isn't much hotter in hot weather than a light weight kilt. Our band kilts are 16 oz, and, quite frankly, it's the socks that are a real killer in the heat, not the kilt.

Here's the first kilt I made for my husband, so that you can see what it looks like (sorry I don't have a back view). I know the kilt is pretty short on the guy who's wearing it, but my husband lent it to my daughter's boyfriend for his first Highland games. BTW - he wore it quite happily and now wants one of his own. We decided that he's a keeper!

Cheers,

Barb