XMARKS Tartan: Show me your Pleats!

[nh_maclean]

I was fortunate enough to score 6yds of the PV XMARKS Tartan from Alan (thanks!) and now that I've got it - I'm really wanting to see it in kilt form, though that might take sometime to actually happen. I'll either attempt it myself when I've got space, a sewing machine, etc or I might try to find a kiltmaker (anyone, anyone?) to help me out.

In the meantime, I've been looking around here for pleat shots but a lot of those strings are 'closed' so I thought I'd ask to see your pleats... (I've seen a few knife pleats but not a lot of box pleated XMARKS kilts - So if you've got a box pleated let's see it!)

Knife? Box? Kinguisse? Stripe? "No Stripe"? Sette? and Why? (If there's a reason.)

Cheers!
Noah

[herminator]

Knife pleated to the yellow strip

because

1. I like the look
2. to the stripe is easier to take in when I have lost even more circumference!

[KFCarter]

Knife-pleats to the gray stripe by the Wizard of BC:

[McMurdo]

Mine is from Canadian Casual Kilts pleated to the sett.

[starbkjrus]

Here's mine:



Five yard knife pleated to the yellow stripe from Matt A. C. Newsome of the Scottish Tartans Museum.

I'm my opinion the lightweight merino wool mine is made from is too light for a four yard box pleat. The PV might be as well.

[kev_1270]

Here's mine:



Five yard knife pleated to the yellow stripe from Matt A. C. Newsome of the Scottish Tartans Museum.

I'm my opinion the lightweight merino wool mine is made from is too light for a four yard box pleat. The PV might be as well.

Have you found the Xmarks tartan in PV. I hate to go PV on you huge kilt fans, but the cost is much more attractive and still a comfortable material.

[Zardoz]

Have you found the Xmarks tartan in PV. I hate to go PV on you huge kilt fans, but the cost is much more attractive and still a comfortable material.

Kev, we commission a run of the X-Marks tartan every couple of years, based on demand. There has been one run done in Marton Mills' PV, late last year. Steve Ashton of Freedom Kilts handled it. I do not think there is any left at this time, unless one of our members has some extra they want to part with. As to the pleats question, I'm a fan of pleating to the sett. I guess if I like the way the tartan looks, I want that look all the way round. But I don't think of it as a hard and fast "rule", there are some tartans that I think look fantastic done to the line or stripe, Isle of Skye comes to mind, so I'd always take it case by case...

I don't have any good pictures of my pleats in the X-Marks, I must remember to get a good pic of my butt next time I wear it!
Here's a shot from the renfair, not that great, but you get the idea. For the record this is from the PV run, in a 'semi-trad' by Rocky at USA Kilts.

[kev_1270]

Thx for the heads up - guess I wait till next time. or not he still has a limited amount of PV material. He told me that the fabric is double wide and I should only need 2 yards for a casual kilt. So, it will cost even less then I thought to at least get the material. thanks for the heads up on the Freedom kilt having the material Zardoz.

[ChattanCat]

Here's mine:
Xmarks tartan pleated to the sett

[Hamish]

...... and here is mine (No.59 in The Kilt Kollection), pleated to the sett and tailored for me by Geoffrey (Tailor) of Edinburgh in January 2006:



Take care,
Ham.