I just received a 4 yard, 13 oz/yard, great kilt that I bought on Ebay at a good price. When bought it, I had been thinking of converting it, or having it converted, to an 8 yard "regular" kilt, even though the pleats were sewn down to a length of webbing, and pressed---though not all the way to the hem-- so that it is not necessary to re-pleat it every time you put it on.

On receiving it today, I discovered that it is pleated the wrong way! That is, the pleats open to the left instead of the right. Not wanting to be mistaken for a transvestite, I am even more interested in having the pleats taken apart and pressed out, the tartan torn in half, and it made into an 8 yard single width kilt.

Does anyone have experience with this? Once pleated, is it difficult to unpleat 13 oz worsted and repleat it satisfactorily? Or is it my fate to become a drag queen in a great kilt?