USA kilts vs. Celtic Croft kilts

[RockyR]

I want to understand. USAK kilts (ARE NOT) being made with frindge hanging down from the botum edge of the kilt, right? On the kilts that have to use the frindged cloth, the bottem edge is hemmed, right?

No... we use the selvedge edge of the cloth (whether fringed OR kilting selvedge) as the bottom of the kilt for several reasons including cost (keeping costs down). If the tartan you want has a fringed selvedge and you'd like to have your kilt hemmed so it has a nice straight bottom edge, we can do that for an additional $5. Hope this clarifies.

[fluter]

No... we use the selvedge edge of the cloth (whether fringed OR kilting selvedge) as the bottom of the kilt for several reasons including cost (keeping costs down).

thanks, Rocky!. That is good to know, and explains why some sites say the PV material requires a hem!

I guess I just got lucky on my first two USAKs: I didn't know about the selvedge.

[Bugbear]

A frindged edge is interesting... I'm blind, so I wouldn't be able to go look at the pictures of the USAKs. I don't know how long the frindge is on this fabric, but it kind of sounds like a neat thing. The other day I was looking at a belted plaid that was frindged on all the edges and it looked kind of neat, but I'm guessing the frindge on the USAK is fairly short.
Thank you for clearing that up Rocky.

No... we use the selvedge edge of the cloth (whether fringed OR kilting selvedge) as the bottom of the kilt for several reasons including cost (keeping costs down). If the tartan you want has a fringed selvedge and you'd like to have your kilt hemmed so it has a nice straight bottom edge, we can do that for an additional $5. Hope this clarifies.

[billmcc]

I don't know how long the frindge is on this fabric, but it kind of sounds like a neat thing.

The fringed selvedge on my USAK Casual is a uniform 3/8-inch in length. It doesn't look bad. It is just different. As its name suggests, the Casual kilt is intended for casual wear.

[Bugbear]

Thank you for providing that information. Sounds like it would be kind of nice.

The fringed selvedge on my USAK Casual is a uniform 3/8-inch in length. It doesn't look bad. It is just different. As its name suggests, the Casual kilt is intended for casual wear.

[RockyR]

The fringed selvedge on my USAK Casual is a uniform 3/8-inch in length. It doesn't look bad. It is just different. As its name suggests, the Casual kilt is intended for casual wear.

That sounds about right, Bill... Most of the fringes (when there is a fringe) is between 1/4" and 3/8".

[ChattanCat]

That sounds about right, Bill... Most of the fringes (when there is a fringe) is between 1/4" and 3/8".

Rocky,
I recently made a fashion "Santa Claus Tartan" kilt. It had about 1/4" of fringe. Instead of taking the thread back into the material it was sewn across the length and the material was unraveled. Is this the same as what you refer to? Can you supply a pic?