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Pleat resources AK&DStrohl 03-08-2008
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Posted by BEI Design on March 12, 2008, 8:20 pm
Ursula Schrader wrote:

> Oh dear, no rush here! Take your time, I'm just gathering
> information, storing it for 'bad times'. So I would be
> interested in basically everything that has to do with
> dancer's outfits (if you perchance know a source for
> shoes - they seem to cost a fortune). Mind you, a source
> for tartan fabric wouldn't be too bad for myself, either,
> one never knows. I really like tartan.

I haven't forgotten you! ;-) Here are a few of the sites I
have bookmarked (keeping in mind I sew for a young girl):

http://www.kshosiery.co.uk/products/dancers.html

http://www.house-of-scotland.com/highland_hose.html
they also have men's shoes:
http://www.house-of-scotland.com/highland_brogues.html

http://www.heartofthehighlands.ca/

http://www.highlandisland.com/

http://www.highlandxpress.com/

http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/

http://www.tartans.scotland.net/

http://robertburnsstore.com/

http://www.tartantown.com/index.html

http://www.kinlochanderson.com/shop/menswear/kilts/

http://www.mackilts.com/index.htm

I checked each of those to be sure they are still working
URLs. I have not actually purchased anything from most of
them, they are just in my collection of sources for
"someday". ;-)

NAYY,

Beverly



Posted by Ursula Schrader on March 13, 2008, 4:26 am

"BEI Design" wrote...
> Ursula Schrader wrote:
>
>> Oh dear, no rush here! <snip>
>
> I haven't forgotten you! ;-) Here are a few of the sites I have
> bookmarked (keeping in mind I sew for a young girl):
>
> I checked each of those to be sure they are still working URLs. I have
> not actually purchased anything from most of them, they are just in my
> collection of sources for "someday". ;-)

Great stuff, I checked them out. There's a lot of expensive stuff to get if
you're really into the matter, eh? Handmade hose, now really! ;-) I'll
bookmark and keep them, just as you do, for 'someday'. Thanks a lot!

U.



Posted by BEI Design on March 13, 2008, 2:26 pm


Ursula Schrader wrote:
> "BEI Design" wrote...
> > Ursula Schrader wrote:
> >
> > > Oh dear, no rush here! <snip>
> >
> > I haven't forgotten you! ;-) Here are a few of the
> > sites I have bookmarked (keeping in mind I sew for a
> > young girl): I checked each of those to be sure they are
> > still
> > working URLs. I have not actually purchased anything
> > from most of them, they are just in my collection of
> > sources for "someday". ;-)
>
> Great stuff, I checked them out. There's a lot of
> expensive stuff to get if you're really into the matter,
> eh? Handmade hose, now really! ;-) I'll bookmark and keep
> them, just as you do, for 'someday'. Thanks a lot!

The custom made hose are made to exactly match the tartan
chosen for the kilt. They are made of wool, and can either
be
standard (seamless) or full-fashioned. For the time being,
DGD is wearing a pair made to go with her borrowed
competition kilt, but once she decides on a tartan and I
make her a new kilt we will be having custom hose made to go
with it. And they run into fairly big $$$:

http://www.tartantown.com/dance_tartan_hose.html

Beverly



Posted by Pogonip on March 14, 2008, 1:07 am
BEI Design wrote:
>
> The custom made hose are made to exactly match the tartan
> chosen for the kilt. They are made of wool, and can either
> be
> standard (seamless) or full-fashioned. For the time being,
> DGD is wearing a pair made to go with her borrowed
> competition kilt, but once she decides on a tartan and I
> make her a new kilt we will be having custom hose made to go
> with it. And they run into fairly big $$$:
>
> http://www.tartantown.com/dance_tartan_hose.html
>
> Beverly
>
>

Those are argyles! I used to knit them in a fingering weight wool.
They're fun to knit.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by BEI Design on March 14, 2008, 2:57 am


Pogonip wrote:
> BEI Design wrote:

> > competition kilt, but once she decides on a tartan and I
> > make her a new kilt we will be having custom hose made
> > to go with it. And they run into fairly big $$$:
> >
> > http://www.tartantown.com/dance_tartan_hose.html

>
> Those are argyles! I used to knit them in a fingering
> weight wool. They're fun to knit.

I'm sure in lighter weight wool yarn, and knit to mid-calf
length they would be called argyles. The custom hose knit
for dancers are fairly heavy and they go to great lengths to
match as closely as possible the colors and pattern of the
dancer's kilt tartan. They are also knee length with a
turned-back cuff, the girls wear an elastic band under the
cuff to keep them in place. DGD's teacher has offered to
take measurements on her next trip to Scotland so we can
have custom hose made for her new kilt.

Maybe you'd like to take a shot at it? ;-)

Beverly



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