Twill Question...

**RockyR** · 28th June 06, 04:29 PM

as you lay fabric on a table and have the selvedge edge away from you and the top of the kilt near you, the lines should go \\\\ this way \\\\

**Barb T** · 28th June 06, 05:12 PM

Yup.

B

**way2fractious** · 28th June 06, 05:46 PM

Earlier discussion on this:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=14400

**Blu (Ontario)** · 28th June 06, 06:08 PM

[QUOTE=RockyR]as you lay fabric on a table and have the selvedge edge away from you and the top of the kilt near you, the lines should go \\\\ this way \\\\[/QUOTE]

The twill lines on my kilt ran ////. I do agree with Barb T. as I didn't notice until recently... and I doubt that few people other than kiltmakers would ever notice or care.

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

... Sometimes when you get the cloth in from the mill there are slight pulls and knots on one side of the cloth.

Fortunately the cloth on this kilt does not have any significant flaws on the wrong side. I thought it was interesting that a large well know kiltmaker would let this sort of thing happen. :rolleyes:

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**MacWage** · 28th June 06, 08:16 PM

After reading this thread, I decided to look at Tartan web sites and noticed that they go BOTH ways. The Scottish Tartans Authority website actually shows most (at least every one I looked up like:////

Also, A pic I appropriated (stole) from a kiltmaker website to use as Wall paper has it: //// (looking at it beside my window NOW! (It's X Marks Tartan -I think and the maker is Canadian-> That's all I'll say)

If I am thinking right, the angle either viewed sevage down and cut/rip up or cut/rip down and sevage up should be the SAME (only changing at a 90 degree angle of flipping back to front).

I know Barb (in person and in book) has it going: \\\\\

Yet, I find it hard to call the Scottish Tartans Authority website wrong.
Is it, or does it really matter?

**Barb T** · 28th June 06, 09:27 PM

But in a square of fabric, you can't tell whether the warp or the weft is horizontal. If you just rotate a square 90 degrees, what is left-slanting becomes right slanting, even you don't flip the piece over. So, I don't think looking at how someone has a square tartan swatch oriented means much.

Barb

**The Wizard of BC** · 29th June 06, 01:45 AM

Just to throw a monkey wrench into this thread.

If you look at the fabrics used in Contemporary Kilts the Twill lines almost always run //// and there is no chance of reversing the fabric because there is no Twill line on the reverse side.

And if it was my site you stole the picture from, first, I want it back, there is now a big white empty space on my website. And secondly, I didn't care to properly align the Twill for the little photo, I was tired, I was in a hurry to take the photo, and I live in Canada now, even the toilet water runs down the wrong way up here 'cause heaven forbid we do ANYTHING like I used to do when I was down among you Amuricans.

**MacWage** · 29th June 06, 05:28 AM

It's such a nice desk to-> gets great compliments!

I didn't know or notice that many of the modern kilts and fabric was ///!
Thanks for the info,now I'm more informed.

Your in good company, along with the STA!!! The purpose was to demonstrate that beautiful, wonderful, patch (image-> me salivating). That was/is the PERFECT TARTAN,I didn't notice, until I say it along side the above posts. I now need it to satisfy me until I get what I really want! You can get it back then (I guess I'm and "imagenapper")!

When I can afford them (too much kilt related buying-> now in moritorium)
I WANT SOME PATcHES-> THEY ARE COOOOOOLLLL!!!!!!!!!!![

By the way, watch out for those sneaky Canadians! They are planning to conquer the US through the BACK (North) DOOR! Lead the US into complaciency, then ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rolleyes:

**RockyR** · 29th June 06, 05:30 AM

Does it REALLY matter? to answer the question...

1. Are there anyvisible flaws on the "bad" side? No? Then it doesn't really matter.
2. Since 8 yarders are usually 2 pieces (3 if you count the waistband strip), do all the PIECES run the same way? Yes? Then it's OK.

1 more monkey wrench... when it comes to PV KILTS, it DOES matter. The teflon coating is only on 1 side... the \\\\ side.

Would any NORMAL person notice this? Probably not. Barb and Steve and Matt and I do b/c we're STARING at this fabric for up to 25 hours while making a kilt. Even if the kilt IS made inside out, think about this... how long have you had it and not noticed? Has anyone ELSE ever commented on it? Don't worry about it... enjoy wearing it.