I don't have much influence, other than the periodic purchase, but will do what I can to assist at those times.
I do have a question though, I have always wondered why the Reproduction tartans are only available, in stock, in 11oz fabric? Am I correct in assuming that there are a lot more non-kilt orders for skirts, plaids etc. than for kilts ? Kilts being my primary interest, I understand that I don't have the whole tartan market picture, but from my/our perspective it seems that those tartans would be stocked in kilt weight material, and special order for the lighter weight. Personally, when purchasing a kilt length of one of my clan tartans (MacMillan Old Weathered), I chose a competing mill because they stocked it in 16oz. The equivalent material from Dalgliesh, in that weight, was a special order with considerable cost increase and time delay, although they stocked it in 11 oz.
Is my assumption about market size for kilts vs. skirts correct?
I second MacMillan's Son I would probably make a number of purchases of various Reproduction tartans were they stocked in 15oz wool but I can't pony up the cash for a single width kilt length or for 16 yards DW.
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I have never, until reading this announcement, ever felt the need nor intended to use an "emoticon". I thought, in my naivety that mere words could express the deepest of feelings and the highest of respect . Now that the moment has, at last, arrived I find there are none to express the removal of one's hat and the deepest of bows.
If anyone can rescue D C Dalgiesh I am sure you are person for the job.
I already mention D C Dalgiesh wherever possible and will redouble my efforts in badgering everyone I encounter.
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Well done, Nick and Adele, on this important step towards preserving Scotland’s heritage.
For this I would say you deserve a knighthood, or at the very least the OBE.
May the mill continue weaving tartan for many years.
Now to persuade my wife that I absolutely have to get a “tank” in Lindsay Modern!
Regards,
Mike
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Dalgliesh wove the cloth for my Antarctica tartan kilt, my Arizona state tartan kilt, and my Macdonald of Kingsburgh tartan kilt. Can't imagine life without any of them.
Have been working with Oregon State University to get a one time licensing agreement for Dalgliesh to weave the cloth for an Oregon State University tartan kilt for me.
Don't understand all the financing stuff - but glad you're taking the risk you are and will do what little I can to support the effort.
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month. "I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
Yarn samples would be great if you can get them out the door promptly.
I get that "ancient onion brown" might vary slightly from dye lot to dye lot.
If I were to email and say, "I want two yarn packets, one for Clan McOnion ancient hunting green and one for Clan McOnion weathered brown."
And I have an email back from your mill the next morning (I am in GMT +9) for me saying "Your two yarns samples went out in this afternoon's post." You will have cut two months off the time it takes to coordinate bridesmaids gowns with grooms kilts, at least for customers in the states.
Just because I can now, this is the yarn sample that would have let me save a 750 of Dalwhinnie for relaxing instead of having used it for unstressing.
Just a half meter of yarn in each of the colors used in whichever palette. This one is from the modern palette of a mill you didn't buy yet:
With that wee bit of thread, I can wind it about my hand at the fabric store and hold it up against whatever color cloth the bride is thinking of buying like this:
If I belonged to Clan MacMustard (I am a McPickle myself, but if I were) I could pull out the primary color like this:
That would be enough yarn to have saved me two months of agony.
Just because I can now, this is the yarn sample that would have let me save a 750 of Dalwhinnie for relaxing instead of having used it for unstressing.
Just a half meter of yarn in each of the colors used in whichever palette. This one is from the modern palette of a mill you didn't buy yet:
With that wee bit of thread, I can wind it about my hand at the fabric store and hold it up against whatever color cloth the bride is thinking of buying like this:
If I belonged to Clan MacMustard (I am a McPickle myself, but if I were) I could pull out the primary color like this:
That would be enough yarn to have saved me two months of agony.
I really have to ask and I ask out of interest and not for any other reason.
Do people really and how often, do they take that much bother over choosing the precise colours for their kilts? Particularly with established tartans?
Alright I can see if its a brand new, to the world, tartan has just been born, then care on choosing the right shades of colours might be an issue, but anything more?
From a production run point of view and the cost point of view, this sort of minute detail must have a huge inpact on the end price. I suspect that price is about to rise rather a lot in the near future.
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