Quote Originally Posted by Hamish View Post

Instead, I cut the fabric in half, and had a wearable kilt garment.
I did the same thing as Ham -- with the same tartan, as it happens -- after fighting with far too many yards of cloth, so heavy and bulky that it was more of a nuisance than an adornment. One thing I found particularly annoying was the way the weight of the part attached to my shoulder dragged my shirt down my back, pulling it quite out of shape if unbuttoned or strangling me if buttoned up.

Here I am wearing it to attack a haggis:
 (the pic has not appeared; it can be seen on Facebook : <http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30066940&id=1148417040>

Later, I too had half the cloth made into a tailored kilt, while the rest I have sometimes worn draped round my shoulders to look as if I were wearing a great kilt; this to show off when MC-ing a ceilidh. The cloak part is then discarded as the evening warms up.

Martin