Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome
Well, the one thing I don't like is their assertion that home spun yard is not spun as tightly as machine spun, and hand woven cloth is not woven as tightly or as perfectly. I know hand spinners and hand weavers and those who take their craft seriously produce yarn and cloth just as perfect as anything made on machine.

I also wonder where they are getting their cloth. Knowing several hand weavers of tartan personally, none of them would be willing to weave tartan yardage at $30 per yard, and the fact that this vendor is selling it for that price means he is actually paying less.

But I like the colors of the tartans shown on their site. I'd want to look at a sample cutting to see how it might make up into a kilt, though.

Aye,
Matt
That issue about the price of the material occurred to me last night. If there's an eight to twelve week turnaround then the source is most probably not local to them...although I could be wrong about that. Also, "homespun" in the lengths needed to make eight kilts (which is their minimum for a custom order of your own tartan) is a bit of a misnomer I think. I mean, if each of those kilts averages 5 yards, then that means there's a total of 40 yards of material. What hand-loom weaver wants to crank out 40 yards of material? That's drudge work, If you ask me. So I bet anything that Bubba is right and that this stuff isn't ACTUALLY hand-woven. It's just made in a manner where it looks and feels hand-woven.

I've contacted them with more questions and we'll see what they say.


I have no objection personally to purchasing material made overseas. I DO, however, have an objection to purchasing material created in an environment which is abusive and exploitative. So we'll see how this stacks up.