thanks VERY much for that diagram! as an Army kiltmaker I've become somewhat 'sett' in my ways.....and it's great to learn something new. I would think that some of the more ornate box-pleats would have been met with gritted teeth by those kiltmakers who thought they had enough to do as it was...

I'm sewing military box-pleats as fast as I can for the Seaforths, and I think if the QM got all enthusiastic about that most-complicated box pleat in your illustration, I would run off and join the Navy (even though 'Rum, Sodomy and the Lash' are no longer offered as recruiting incentives)

Cabar Feidh

Frantically Busy Rob