Pleated to sett or stripe?

**Tommy Hunt** · 24th October 08, 07:23 PM

I can't figure it out. Seems to be neither. I love it either way though. What do you guys think?

**ChattanCat** · 24th October 08, 07:45 PM

Have you tried pleating it to the white stripe or the red stripe? The white stripe is the dominate stripe but pleating to the red strip would change the pleated portion to red from the dominant green of the tartan.

**JRB** · 24th October 08, 07:48 PM

Pleated to the double red stripe?

**ChattanCat** · 24th October 08, 07:49 PM

Actually, the sett in the back is not usually the same as the apron. It has to do with the width of the pleats and what material is available for the pleats. The pleats in the back are dependent on the sett. It is normal to have the pleat depth variing depending on the sett, just to economize the material to an 8 yard kilt.

**Riverkilt** · 24th October 08, 07:49 PM

No reason that if a man finds a tartan he likes he can't have kilts made up in that tartan to the sett and to the various stripes...one of each is a good thing.

Ron

**Tommy Hunt** · 24th October 08, 07:51 PM

Sorry I just meant which is this pleated to? What would you call it? Pleated to stripe or pleated to sett. I'm not sure. This is a kilt I purchased from Scotland a few weeks ago.

**Tommy Hunt** · 24th October 08, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

No reason that if a man finds a tartan he likes he can't have kilts made up in that tartan to the sett and to the various stripes...one of each is a good thing.

Ron

Good to remember for future purchases.

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 24th October 08, 07:53 PM

Looks pleated to the sett to me. Just scrunched up a bit across the back.

**Tommy Hunt** · 24th October 08, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by ChattanCat

Actually, the sett in the back is not usually the same as the apron. It has to do with the width of the pleats and what material is available for the pleats. The pleats in the back are dependent on the sett. It is normal to have the pleat depth variing depending on the sett, just to economize the material to an 8 yard kilt.

I didn't know that. So this would be called pleated to sett then I take it.

**The Wizard of BC** · 24th October 08, 08:50 PM

It is actually pleated to the Stripe. If you look at each pleat there is a stripe down the center of each one.
It's interesting that they were able to almost imitate the Sett while pleating to the Stripe. Kinda cool concept.

If this were pleated to the Sett the ratio of the Sizes of the elements of the Tartan pattern should be the same front and back.
As ChattanCat says you can't always make it perfect but at least the ratios should be the same.
Also, if pleating to the Sett all of the elements of the Sett should still be present even if the overall Sett is squished or stretched a by 1 or 2%.

Pleating this way breaks some of the rules though. The prominent stripe used for the center of the outer apron should be centered in the back too.

I also think that the back looks sort of busy. That may only be the Tartan so I will have to look at and experiment with some other Tartans and see what a different Tartan would look like