On Saturday we were part of colgaffneyis contingent at the Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games. mia_mcdavid had just woven a 15 yard length of tartan, a custom commission for our friend AC. Here is Mia, wrapped up in her work.

As on previous occasions Mia had organized a traditional waulking of the tartan she had woven:

Mia is wearing the straw hat. On her left is our foster daughter, carpe_noctum_93. On Mia’s right is Katherine Grant, an expert on waulking songs who led the singing: Our ban dhuan “song woman”. She is very talented and it is always a delight to work with her.

Here is an 18^th drawing of a waulking, from Wikimedia Commons:

Here is the tartan fabric after waulking and blessing, wrapped on a board: