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I have been very grateful to your instructional videos. I have rewatched quite a number to help me construct a kilt for my brother in law to be and it has saved me to put in extra fabric at both the inside and outside aprons as since the first measurements he has increased by 4" and I am altering what I have done to fit with instructions with my sister to be a little less generous until after they are married. I still have a few months till the date so I may just pin it together till the month before. I'm more used to dress making and costumes but it has been enjoyable to make this kilt as professionally as you have instructed. Again thank you.

Thank you for this tutorial! I just thrifted a wool Pendleton skirt and wasn’t sure how to restore the pleats. You’ve explained it perfectly!

Fraser Kirkbright was the weavers in Vancouver. When I was young, mom would go to the store to buy bolt ends for her skirts. Not sure they called it that back then.

Still looks odd. It makes it look like a mistake

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Wouldn't a good canvas prevent those stitches to pull the yarns of the cloth? Could you make a close-up of those stitches or are they really invisible.

Putting the camera up there with the full screen image showing is MUCH better for my old eyes. 🥳👍 How come some of the times it is 1/3 screen and some of the time full screen?

Just finished a bigger haversack for Waterloo 2025.

When I baste my pleats - I do 3 - 5 rows. Depends on the length and how much work needs to be done on ironing. But I space them every 10cm apart or so, so it really holds a crisp line...especially on box pleats

This has been an excellent series Robert. Is there any chance you could display a full dress shoulder plaid so that we could see how exactly it is meant to be worn? You posted a video years ago in which you had one on, but the lighting was so low it was difficult to see. Thanks very much for all of your great work.

Is your clients hip something that a chiropractor could help correct? I know I have had one leg shorter than the other and it was corrected with a chiropractor. Just a thought. I love learning from your videos.

why is your fell so long for this kilt? I am not sure if I missed it. 22in length and a 9in fell, surely it would be closer to a 7in fell? I'd expect a 9in fell on a kilt of 27in (I was taught fell should be roughly 1/3 the length, +/- an inch depending on the persons body)

Our band, City of Greenville Pipes and Drums, wears MacDonald of the Isles Hunting Modern tartan.

This is good info. I'm trying to figure out similar things. With a kilt, is the the case that it is worn at the hips? I ask this because with the perpendicular pressing of pleats, I guess that any waist/hip ratio would have some kind of curvature if worn as a higher rise garment.

I've been enjoying your videos for quite some time now, and I'm always delighted to find you've uploaded a large series of interconnecting videos: your last series (some 27-odd videos, if I recall correctly) kept me company while I finished my last two knitting projects! It's always a pleasure to work on my craft as I listen to you talk through and work on yours :) I always learn something new about kilt-making with every video!

Do you know by any chance if a feather bonnet would have had some kind of protective canvas for rainy days during Lord Wellington's Spanish campaign?

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Those who have gone on before…

Even though I’m an American and you, sir, are a Canadian, I thank you for your military service, and for paying respects to Canada’s war dead. 🙏 This video is a reminder for me of the heavy price of war, and that many besides Americans have paid with their lives. (My father, and father-in-law were both veterans.)

Great video.....

How to clean/ preserve a leather sporran and it's bell rassels

Ok so a 18 ounce, eight yard kilt would be ten pounds?

It's remarkable how contemporary that bike looks - something so utilitarian, designed for a single purpose, and yet it somehow looks good.

You’ve helped me so much! Not just in kilt making but in all sewing. I had a fairly good grasp of pattern drafting but your detailed explanations are next level fantastic. Also, that’s a lovely tartan, which one is it? It looks similar to Lost Souls.

Would love to see a video on the construction of a pipers plaid

I wanted to give it a 👍(like) but that would have been 'like' 12 + 1 and I can't do that.

I am interested to see how the knife fell to box pleat turns out, as if it works, I will probably be changing up my method for making them!

Does the mill have an mininal yardage requirement? I looked them up, and yes - interesting and good that they are holding up the tradition. (Lovely pattern.)

I’ve watched a couple of your videos on putting the canvas in, but… how do make sure you’re not sewing through to the front layer when doing the herringbone stitch, from the buttonhole side? I am following your videos meticulously as this is the first kilt I am making.

Thanks Robert, you are really the greatest

Beautiful! Many thanks for showing us. I've always been curious and it's an honour to observe you work.

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Thank you for this series.

I could watch your videos over and over and never get tired. One day I’m gonna give a shot making one kilt for myself

What an extraordinary demonstration of skill and care.

I'm hearing now 2 washing machines (or yours is a dryer?). Because ours is a 35 years old Miele the water intake lock has to be renewed so I have to put some water by hand. That's why I have to listen very careful to not miss that moment. Hearing 2 machines makes it more confusing.😵‍💫

These videos should stay with this kilt forever. Imagine these are shown with the kilt in 100 years from now. Priceless. You could make them for/with all your clients without showing them on youtube.

It's that Moffett(Moffat) tartan?

I have got to figure out how to deal with my curves. Maybe I'll make DH a kilt first, but he has a dad belly. Hmmm...... ~Caryl the Tartan Weaver

For silk, linen thread check out Burnley and Trowbridge near Williamsburg VA

💪Luckily I have an iron like that. 3 kg

Next one Box pleat now yer talkin. That's the one for me.

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You could ask if the client ever broke one of the client's legs. Especially when they were young, like in my case, this could have caused a bigger than normal difference. But anyway, no one is perfectly symmetric.

Indeed the shoulder plaid falls very nice. Impressive that only that piece of cloth is about 200 dollars. No wonder gala uniforms are no longer issued as I believe you mentioned in one of the videos. How could you otherwise pay the 88 F-35As ordered by the Canadian government at $109 million a piece.

If the fringe tool you're referring to looks like a couple or several alligator clips that you can turn together, that's called a "fringe twister" and are very simple to use. There are several videos on TH-cam about it. Basically you gather six or so threads in each clip, twist them 9-15 times to the right, then pinch the end of one of the little twists of threads unclip it, and do the same to the one next to it, knot them together at the end and let go and they will spin together in the other direction and purl themselves for you.

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