Hey Mark

Don't worry about hijacking the thread because I would like to open up the topic of great kilts.

About "making" a great kilt, the beauty of it is, there is no making involved, all you need is a length of tartan fabric at least 4.5 yards long which I have found is PLENTY!
The thing is back in the day, the standard looms only wove cloth that was 25"-30" wide. So the practice was to take a 9 yard length, cut it in half and sew it together lengthwise to produce a peice of cloth 50"-60" wide and 4.5 yards long, hence the phrase "The whole 9 yards"

The wool I bought is already 60" wide (standard width nowadays), and came in bolts (rolls) of 9 yards.

Here are some links to show the most common methods of wrapping a great kilt

http://www.lindaclifford.com/GreatKiltWrap.html

http://www.garbtheworld.com/pgs/foldkilt.html

http://www.kalani.net/KiltPleatingB.html

This last guy's method seems a little off to me, but I'll include it here for demonstrative purposes, as no one really KNOWS for certain how the old timers wrapped up their kilts

http://www.brotherguido.com/Greatkilt/Default.htm

After reading all of this, I still can't figure out a good way to do the upper half of my kilt in the standard 'over one shoulder, under one arm' style

All the descriptions say "Find the corners. pull them over your shoulder and pin them" Well, it isn't working well for me, so there's obviously something I'm missing here. Anyone care to jump in???

Hope this helps

Iain