Kilts in Winter

[arrogcow]

I direct you to this post
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=24815

Adam

[BozemanboB]

Wow! Thanks, guys!

I'll check out the military kilts. I can only imagine a 22oz-weight kilt! I've been wanting to hand-sew a traditional ... maybe I could pick up a couple army blankets from the surplus store, a copy of Barb's book, and there I go!


boB

[Yaish]

Granted, I'm in Southern California and people here don't know what cold is most of the year. However I went skiing several times last year in my kilt and was just fine.

I also spent two weeks in Pittsburgh right around Christmas and New Years, with temps below 20 degrees on a regular basis. Again, wearing the kilt was not a problem. Heavy UK Workmans, Leather, SWK Heavyweight and even Standard worked just fine.

Just wear good thick hose (I actually prefer wool mountain hiking socks from Thorlo), good boots, a nice wind resistant jacket, and a warm hat.

[auld argonian]

Wow! Thanks, guys!

I'll check out the military kilts. I can only imagine a 22oz-weight kilt! I've been wanting to hand-sew a traditional ... maybe I could pick up a couple army blankets from the surplus store, a copy of Barb's book, and there I go!


boB

I'd go for a Hudson's Bay Blanket kilt...do you pleat that to the stripe or the sett?

Best

AA

[turpin]

I wore my 16 oz. Isle of Skye in Park City in 8 degree weather and only my kneecaps got chilly. Heavy socks, good hat and jacket are de rigeur.

I haven't come up against real cold and a strong wind in the kilt, though. I can see that negating the "heat rises" argument.

[James MacMillan]

I'd go for a Hudson's Bay Blanket kilt...do you pleat that to the stripe or the sett?

Best

AA

Gotta be to Stripe!

[Thebes]

I haven't come up against real cold and a strong wind in the kilt, though. I can see that negating the "heat rises" argument.

Its the wind, more than the cold, that I am worried about for this winter. Last year I saw winds of 20-40mph much of the time, and temps often well below zero F. This will be my first kilted winter. Around here (and in Montana I'm sure), 20F and no wind can seem like an early summer...

[Sylvain]

I wore my 16 oz. Isle of Skye in Park City in 8 degree weather and only my kneecaps got chilly. Heavy socks, good hat and jacket are de rigeur.

I concur, but it can be very cold for the knees (for me, at lower temps).

[davedove]

I have worn a kilt when the temperatures were in the single digits, with a wind chill below zero (F). It was also only 11 oz. material. I did fine, except when I was standing still. Then I really noticed the wind on my knees, but the rest of me was fine.

You mentioned women in skirts. You have to remember that the typical kilt has a LOT more material than a woman's skirt.

[Lee]

I've survived 2 Ottawa winters, kilted. We can get down to -30s C, here - not to mention the windchill factor. I've found that my 8yd 16oz kilts handle the job quite nicely. Granted, I do tend to take the shortest route from A to B, but I did that before 'discovering' kilts, too.

If anyone asks . . and they do, I tell them 'If it's too cold for the kilt, it's too cold to leave the house'.

Lee