Sometimes, you complain about things you love.
I heart kilts. You all know this. I am a huge supporter of kilts in all forms. I support the traditional, and the modern kilt wearers alike. I almost never have anything bad to say about kilts. Until tonight.
Simply put, HEY MODERN KILT MAKERS WHY DO YOU MAKE EVERY G@% D@&$ KILT OUT OF COTTON FABRICS? Why? I love my Utilikilts. But my biggest gripe is the cotton. It rains in Seattle, and when cotton gets wet, you get cold. Simple math. 1 + 1 = Cold walk home.
I only have one wool tartan, I don’t wear it to work because it cost me $400 some odd bucks. Today would have been the best day to wear it. Rainy and cold. While walking home from school, I got soaked.
Super Soaked. Yuck. I need to either make my own “modern” kilt out of something NOT COTTON (but still warmish) or make a slip that is non cotton.
In closeing, We often complain about things we love, fatty foods, the goverment, my wife. I don;t love them any less. I just need to convince somebody of this.
Give me non-cotton or Give me….. well not death, thats pushing it, but how about a bad cold in the nose.
KE
why do you want clothing made out of artificial, i.e. petroleum products. When it rains, why don’t wear a rain coat?
I wear a rain coat, but it is not a long one, just a jacket.
As for the other part of your question, I answered it in my statement. When cotton gets wet, it keeps the cold and the wet on you, and you get colder. Wool, a natural product, will keep you warm even if it gets wet. But besides wool, “artificial” fabrics work great for this as well.
Living in the North West where it gets cold a rainy during 6 months of the year, I would prefer to not to be cold and wet. Just cold.
I wonder what fabrics would make the most sense? I know the that R Kilts up in Canada makes a bunch of hemp kilts, but I don’t know how they hold up in the rain. Maybe some sort of Polypropylene type running material?
Thats what I am thinking, I have a pair of pants from REI that are that kinda material, but they are light weight. Possibly to light and fluffy to keep the pleats. But I am also thinking that a liner or a slip could be used.
That is the bugger when you get down into it, fabric fabric fabric.
Humm, hemp, interesting idea, or a (is there such a thing) heavy silk?
Try USAK with their line of poly-viscose kilts. Dry very quickly, hold a nice pleat, a one man (and one woman) shop. I’m an enthusiastic customer.
Best,
Da Kilted Cossack
http://www.usakilts.com/
I have been hearing decent things about the PV kilts. When I get a few bucks I will have to get one. Of course when I get the fews bucks to buy kilts I would want to buy say 10 more. LOL