Isle of Skye kilt

[Riverkilt]

Hopefully, this post will make it depite the heavy drool on my keyboard.

Being descended from great grandfathers who roamed the Trotternish Peninsula of Skye in Uig and Staffin I've had the Isle of Skye tartan high on my list. But until seeing pics from Pdcorlis and Jiminak, and now these lovely photos I haven't really understood the beauty of a finished kilt in this tartan.

Guessing more than one mill makes the tartan since the fabric seems brighter on Pdcorlis and Jiminak's pics than on these...which seem almost a weathered. Know cameras can make a difference too.

Also wondering about the leather. The straps on Jiminak's are brown leather. I can't see the straps on Pdcorlis' or these pics.

Thanks for posting these beauties.

Ron

[jiminak]

Guessing more than one mill makes the tartan since the fabric seems brighter on Pdcorlis and Jiminak's pics than on these...which seem almost a weathered. Know cameras can make a difference too.

Also wondering about the leather. The straps on Jiminak's are brown leather. I can't see the straps on Pdcorlis' or these pics.

Thanks for posting these beauties.

Ron

I have to correct you here, it must the pesky camera thingy-whatsit, but my straps are in fact black. The kilt is by TFCK from cloth woven by Marton Mills.

Jim

[Barb T]

Guessing more than one mill makes the tartan since the fabric seems brighter on Pdcorlis and Jiminak's pics than on these...which seem almost a weathered. Know cameras can make a difference too.

Also wondering about the leather.
Ron

This is Lochcarron's 16 oz Strome weight tartan. The straps are black and buckles are silver, even though you can't see them.

Barb