First Day Kilted

[KFCarter]

First ,that particular brown paper I've come to recognize from Janet Eagleton's store... and lot's of tape... Janet makes certain.

After the waiting, oddly there was no sense of rush, but rather a sense of ritual needing to be attended. The tape came off with care... no chances taken with sharp objects lest the contents be disturbed from their transatlantic rest. And finally inside, neatly folded, pleats restrained, poetry paused for sake of safe transit, lay the kilt.

The Tartan had seemed a good choice, but how much can really you know from the image on the Lochcarron website. Certainly not enough to prepare for how beautiful the cloth really is... strome weight, Roxburgh District Red Ancient... in honor of one of my immigrant ancestor's birthplace. The weight, the hand, the impressive intertia of the fabric at rest... this was not cloth I was encountering... this was something far more enduring.

And then, the careful, patient snips as the basting thread was cut, pulling small sections free gently until the kilt began to stir...like awakening some primeval creature.

Finally free of its wraps and its bonds, it was ready to be wrapped around my waist... a sensation not unlike an embrace... something totally unlike the clinging grip made by pants on your hip bones, but something warm, strong... yielding but supporting... and SUBSTANTIAL... and below: free, fluid... moving parts moving without hindrance.

Absolutely nothing like it.

Okay, sorry... you'll have to forgive the above, but it's not every day you get to strap on a kilt for the first time... after decades of waiting.

One question: why would anyone in their right mind ever want to wear anything else??

Pictures will follow once my proper hose have arrived. Janet tells me the "old lady is still knitting..."

[McClef]

You can only ever have one first kilted day and you sound as if you certainly made the most of it!

Some of the things you describe can be repeated with every new kilt of course but once you know the feel of wearing one it becomes second nature although it is still always a great adventure even on the thousandth wearing!

[RamsayClanCommish]

Wow. You're making my eyes get misty.

Oh...the joy of the kilt!

[Nighthawk]

Wow. You're making my eyes get misty.

Oh...the joy of the kilt!

I was thinking the same thing! Made me think of 2 weeks ago when I got my Colorado tartan kilt. Very nice writing... a bit melodramatic, but nice!

[Bugbear]

Congratulations.

[KFCarter]

I was thinking the same thing! Made me think of 2 weeks ago when I got my Colorado tartan kilt. Very nice writing... a bit melodramatic, but nice!

Thanks, but no doubt about it, completely over-the-top... but what can I say

[Nighthawk]

Thanks, but not doubt about it, completely over-the-top... but what can I say

I'm a lover of poetry. Melodrama is right up my alley. (Not the mention the fact that I'm a huge Bruce Campbell fan... Talk about melodramatic! )

[BroosterB1]

The guy works for a theater is Savannah Georgia, of course his writing is going to ebullient with a flair for the dramatic; gorsh don't cha know civilazed written whens ya reads it!

Welcome to the free for all, good on ya for the kilt; your hooked now, no going back, the rabbit hole is very deep with many turns and side tunnels.ith:

[BroosterB1]

I'm a lover of poetry. Melodrama is right up my alley. (Not the mention the fact that I'm a huge Bruce Campbell fan... Talk about melodramatic! )

Who wants some, anybody want some? You scragface you wants some?????

Army of Darkness is such a fun movie!ith:

[shawhighlander]

Guid oan ya, Lad.
I enjoyed the revelry in your description.