...a little repetition here...but I'm sure that you won't mind.

So....the kilt that I ordered from Tartanweb arrived today. This one was orerdered on November 15 and I asked for delivery by December 22 so that I would have something new and special to wear for the holidays. The Tartan is Campbell of Cawdor...a nice dark tartan (love dark) and matches the shawl that I bought my wife last Christmas so that we could look as if we were together...if she'd ever wear the damn thing...but that's another story...

Five yard Strome Campbell of Cawdor and it is excellent. Love the material, the five yards looks and feels slim...which is what I wanted. Craftsmanship is really really good and it fits like the proverbial glove. I am henceforth spoiled and now I want at least two more of these in different tartans...I now know what happens when you get that Strome monkey on your back.

And I am really screwed up here because I had asked for it to be pleated to the red stripe and they pleated it to the sett. I figured that the red stripe would break up the total darkness of the whole thing just enough that it wouldn't look sort of monolithic.

So what's a po' boy to do. This is sort of like the "if you want someone to take a puppy, ask them to watch it for you overnight" scenario...I have it in my hands and it looks fabulous (the pleating to the sett is immaculate, I might add) and I have it for the holidays but I had asked for the stripe...

...you never said that the kilted life would be this difficult! Why didn't you guys warn me?

Best

AA