Yes wool kilts are scratchy....ha ha...hence the use of a linen long shirt
underneath.

On the kilt making website's I checked...one stated "nine yards are
needed"...while another (in my prior post) stated it was "9 sq yards" (2 yd
wide x 4.5 yd long)....so why couldnt this be feasible??

At 06:23 PM 12/17/03 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello Carol and all,
>
>Despite the claim .. "The expression "The Whole Nine Yards" comes from the
>fact that a large man
>'s kilt is made of a nine-yard long piece of tartan material." as stated
>on this WebSite ..
>
>http://www.scottishdance.net/highland/MakingKilt.html
>
>I think we can scratch kilts .. because later in the article it states ..
>"A larger man with
>56-inch hip or waist measurement .. would require just over 5 yards of
>8-inch sett tartan."
>
>A 56-hip or waist using 5 yards (per that article) takes in the large
>person and his brother!
>
>jb
>.