how to make a scottish great kilt

The first thing you will need to do is get some wool tartan cloth it doesn't really matter what tartan you get seeing as it wasn't until the 18 hundreds that the tartans to different clans were really formed like it is today.Then when you have your tartan lay it out in a large flat area ,and then measure the length across your legs and this measurement will be your front apron.Next pleat the cloth till you get near the end and leave enough for the other apron.

materials: wool tartan cloth, leather belt,leather sting or metal brooch

Step 1 Prepareing for the belt

This next step is easy just measure from just above your knee to your belly button this will be where you put the belt at. Then i like to mark this by push in the material right there.

Comments

[skimmo]

only a real man can pull of a skirt

[Iridium7]

not a skirt unless you wear something underneath ;)

[danielg123]

:) ty

[Iridium7]

It probably would be best to go with a generic tartan anyways. I wouldn't want some dude walking around with my clan's tartan.

[gen81465]

I beg to differ with the article author on the point of specific tartan's only becoming significant in the 1800's. That is actually incorrect. My family tartan (Chattan) was established in 1609 during the Bond of Union, which consolidated 16 separate clans for the purposes of common defense. Each individual clan or sept also has its own tartan, most of which date back to the 1400's - 1500's.

Some suggest asking permission from a clan representative before wearing that clan's tartan to an event, although most clans won't object (unless you're doing something that the clan would consider "embarassing" to them).

There are several tartans which are considered non-specific to a clan, or are so commonplace as to be generally accepted.

For informal events, Black Watch is considered a national *Scots tartan (http://kiltrental.com/images/kilt%20rental%20black%20watch%20tartan.jpg).

For formal events, it's usual to see people wearing the Royal Stewart tartan (http://www.scotland.com/culture/tartans/r/images/roystewfam.gif), often accompanied by a tuxedo jacket.

* Note: To help out when attending Scots or Celtic events, the official term is Scots or Scotsman. The word "Scottish" refers to a terrier dog, not a nationality.

Whatever you decide, if you choose to wear a kilt, wear it with honor to the clan it represents. And remember, "It's a kilt, not a skirt ... now if I were wearing something underneath it, THEN it would be a skirt." ;-)

[LilithAvalon]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial :) My boyfriend wants one for LARPing. I might make this with the pleats sewn in and a permanent strap to tie it with, so he won't have to go through this process (and I don't have to help him) every time he puts this on.

[SWV1787]

Nice, You don't see too many people actually folding their own kilt anymore. What tartan is that? It looks like you and I both need to get kilt pins for the shoulder.

[danielg123]

Thanks for your comment I've done a lot of research about the great kilt or belted plaid or whatever people like to call it :).I'm not sure what tartan it is but I think its a neutral one (or non clan), but it looks like a navy Stewart. maybe?But again thanks for the comment

[j-orr]

I think that tartan is Thompson Camel. I'm not sure because the image isn't large enough for me to see for sure. www.thecelticcroft.com/Tartan/tartan_finder/Homespun_tartans/homespun_in-stock.html

[danielg123]

Sorry i just got you to your comment. I'm don't think its that, but they do look similar your right. I'll have to do some research on it. Ok :)

[j-orr]

Because so many tartans share the same color shemes, it is easy to confuse one from the other. That's why I posted that link. Tartan Authority is an other resource.

Will you be posting an other kilt related instructable?

[danielg123]

ya i'll try

[discontinuuity]

Pretty cool.  Do you wear this around town, or to renaissance fairs etc.?

[danielg123]

I don't wear this one just around town i wear it to Scottish,Celtic,and renaissance fairs. When i wear one in town its usaly my Buchanan or black watch tartan pre-sewn or small kilts.Thanks for the comment:)