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18th September 08, 09:33 PM
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Number vs. size of pleats
Hi, All,
I'm in the process of sewing a knife-pleated kilt a la Barb's book. As I've gone through and done the math and marked things out, I've ended out with some oddish numbers for pleats that I thought I'd run past someone as a sanity check.
At this point, I'm looking at a total of 18" of pleats. ScotWeb gave me 8 metres of cloth, which, when you put everything together, gives a total of 33 pleats available.
Now, doing the math on this indicates that my pleat size at the waist will need to be 17/32", and 21/32" at the hips.
Do these sizes strike everyone as okay? I'm starting to think that I may want to knock out 4 or 5 pleats, to come up to something approaching 3/4" at the waist.
So, what does everyone else think? Is 17/32" too small a reveal for a knife pleat, or do I need to make things a bit bigger?
Thanks,
Brian
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