Woo Hoo I got tracking numbers!!

[Na Heilthirich]

Clan McKinnon

Try this one: http://www.parcelforce.com/portal/pw/home

[Tony Miles]

just google Royal Mail tracking
http://postcode.royalmail.com/portal...catId=22700601

until they hand it to the USPS - then use the USPS tracking

[Clan McKinnon]

Great, thank you for the link. I will let you know and look forward to your news & pics Tony.

[ForresterModern]

What specific tartan did you order, and then what did you get instead?

[Tony Miles]

Mackay blue number 2, sometimes called Morgan modern - we've got Mackay blue -
The one we ordered is a deep blue almost purple-ish - what we got was light blue. It can be a bit confusing that's why we showed the person who took the order the swatch

Better than getting a goose egg i guess

[Clan McKinnon]

Tony, I am glad you got yours and that gives me a general timeline to judge when mine might come by. Ours were shipped last Thursday which might put them here around early next week.

I am looking forward to the pics when you get yours.

[Peregrinus]

Na Heilthirich, you can move me to the green. I've played phone tag with the CCC for a few weeks now. They have my plaid in-hand now, and we need to finish payments and they'll send it off. My main worry has been what was going on with them (still don't know), and whether they'll still be around. I do like them, and hope they can get it back together.

--Jonah

[Clan McKinnon]

We got 3 of the six kilts yesterday, the 3 boys kilts. A good sign. Hope to get the other 2 packages with the remaining 3 kilts today. Took less than a week from there to here for the first package.

Kilts are the correct tartan, fit is perfect, quality is better than remembered and expected. The boys were really happy and excited, Mother was also.

[Peregrinus]

Clan McKinnon, would you by chance be the gent I met up at the Enumclaw Games? Or do you stay in SoCal?

Additional on my own CCC matters: I've also been talking with them and have their side of events. I'm not going to go into specifics, as it's not my laundry to air, but the gist is -- they had to consolidate to Scotland for several reasons, the move was messy and protracted and difficult, they've pretty much got it sorted, and fully intend to be around for another thirty years at least.

Tony Miles, I hope you get the dark blue version of your tartan at some point. And maybe a good dyemaster in your area could advise on ways to perhaps darken the blue that you didget...

--Jonah

[ForresterModern]

Tony Miles[/b], I hope you get the dark blue version of your tartan at some point. And maybe a good dyemaster in your area could advise on ways to perhaps darken the blue that you didget...

--Jonah

TM

I would seriously think hard before even considering this option. Garment dying the whole kilt (s) with a blue dye is not the same as getting the same tartan in darker colors. Tartan is thread dyed then the threads are woven to make the tartan pattern. By dyeing the whole garment blue ALL the colors in the kilt tartan will become more blue. Yes the blue will probably darken, but any red will turn purple, any yellow will turn green, any white will turn blue, etc.... You get the picture. You will not simply get a darker blue version of the same tartan you started with---it will shift the whole color palette into the blue range. To get an idea of this effect try holding up a piece or blue cellophane (or other clear blue object) and looking at the tartan through it, as that is what you would get if you garment dyed the tartan blue. If you paid a decent price for your kilt I would not risk ruining it with this technique. If you want the darker tartan order another kilt in the darker tartan---simple as that.

Good luck with it.

Jeff :ootd: