Cthulhu tartan: what kilt type will you make?

**Calico** · 26th April 11, 01:35 PM

Being optimistic that the R'lyeh Sett (my favorite name for the Cthulhu tartan) will "soon" be a reality... how do all of you buying it plan to have it made into a kilt?

Being intentionally different seems like the thing to do - reverse Kingussie? Double box pleat? X-Kilt? Great kilt?

I'm trying to decide what I would like, so I'm fishing for your ideas here.

**Drac** · 26th April 11, 02:03 PM

Check out - http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/g...tt-stripe-309/

I'm getting mine over to Lady Chrystal for a 9 yarder for me and a box pleat for Amy.

Jim

**kc8ufv** · 26th April 11, 03:13 PM

I'm seriously thinking kingusse pleats, as I like how the pleats on my utilikilts don't catch anything when I walk. (I sometimes bump into things)

**Dale Seago** · 26th April 11, 03:59 PM

1 8-yard regular knife-pleated kilt, and 1 feileadh mor.

**Kiltboy** · 26th April 11, 04:01 PM

One 4yrd box pleat, with enough left over for another one for a friend.

**Geoff Withnell** · 26th April 11, 05:51 PM

I'm getting Barb Tewksbury to make me up a boxpleat. I expect to have enough left for a plaid, which I'll make myself.

**artificer** · 26th April 11, 05:54 PM

I'm back and forth. I think I'll probably end up going for a box pleat, with luck Matt will be the one making it for me. I'll have enough left over for a bias cut waistcoat using THESE sweet buttons Stilleto_Rebel found

**Mike M.** · 26th April 11, 06:01 PM

The pleating really should be four-dimensional.

**Calico** · 26th April 11, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by Drac

Check out - http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/g...tt-stripe-309/
Jim

Thanks Drac, I was pretty sure I remembered a thread on this, but search-fu was weak today I guess.

Originally Posted by Mike M.

The pleating really should be four-dimensional.

Maybe moebius (möbius) pleats?

**CDNSushi** · 26th April 11, 06:40 PM

I was thinking of contacting Lady Chrystel for this one... But the only thing that's stopping me is the V.A.T. (Yeah, I know.... But I'm trying to save a buck here).

If I get Dalgliesh to ship outside Europe, I can get the fabric VAT-exempt. That means either shipping it to ME (which is no good, because as I mentioned, I would be re-shipping it to a kiltmaker anyway at some point), OR I get it shipped to a non-European kiltmaker.

If I send it to Lady Chrystel in France, it's not like I can ask her to absorb the VAT on the fabric, so that adds a chunk of change to the cost of the kilt. I would have to calculate whether it would be cheaper to ship to me and re-ship to her, versus just eating the VAT and shipping it straight to her...

But for all the trouble, there are plenty of talented kiltmakers outside Europe as well... It's just that Lady Chrystel is the only one that makes those lovely double-box pleats, and for this particular tartan, I think it would look really sharp.