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    Re: Symmetry

    Quote Originally Posted by Dale-of-Cedars View Post
    Just how deep can the inside pleats on the centre box pleat get?

    As deep as you want them! They would just overlap behind the knife pleats to either side.

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    Re: Symmetry

    Quote Originally Posted by Chas View Post
    I have got to ask - why would you want to make a reverse Kingussie kilt?
    I thought I stated my reasons pretty clearly in the original post. I also understand your point about "pleat sweeping". Kilts are neither entirely practical nor entirely asthetic.

    One man's poison is another man's feast.

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    Re: Symmetry

    The first kilts I made were pretty standard, and I found that I was constantly snagging the right side of them - door handles, knitting machines, bushes and fences - but the left side just floated past the hazards.

    It seemed logical to create both sides with the pleats pointing backwards and they work, rather like the feathers on a bird's wings the pleats fold one under the other.

    Anne the Pleater :ootd:

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