Originally Posted by
lorilavon
what are your thoughts/opinions about a busy tartan pleated to the stripe vs the sett?
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It seems to me that once a tartan gets to a certain level of congested complexity the back doesn't look all that much different however it's pleated.
Our band has that! We wear Prince Charles Edward Stuart which is one of the more test-pattern-like tartans.
Half of our band kilts are pleated to the stripe, half to the sett, and honestly the difference doesn't really stand out.
About your tartan, it's important to know the sett repeat size to figure out how it can be pleated. Because that tartan, if having a large enough sett, can be pleated in ways that it couldn't be if it has too small a sett.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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