R'lyeh Sett Jonesin' Thread...

[CDNSushi]

When I pulled into my drive this evening, a dark pall hung over my home. Though it was a sunny day with clear, bright blue skies for my entire drive home, the atmosphere around my house looked grey. I rushed inside to make sure that some horrible tragedy had not befallen my family, and what did my eyes behold but not one but TWO packages arrived from some horrible nether region of....

...oh, you get the point. I know all you want to see really are the pics!

Iä! Iä! Cthulhu Fhtagn!

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Excellent!

Matt, since I haven't yet decided on how to have this pleated, at some point (no rush) when you have a moment, do you think you could post up a few mock-ups of what pleating to the (x) stripe might look like?

Also, since I'm ordering a Kingussie pleat, you being the expert kiltmaker here, which do you think would look good in your eye?

[Ryan Ross]

Also, since I'm ordering a Kingussie pleat, you being the expert kiltmaker here, which do you think would look good in your eye?

I've put in a lot of time, wearing one of Matt's Kingussie pleated kilts... would you like another two cents, as well?

Question: Are you shooting for four yards, or five? If four, then the effect will really be the same as with a standard box pleated kilt, come to the effect of the stripe sellected. If five, different ball game.

[CDNSushi]

I've put in a lot of time, wearing one of Matt's Kingussie pleated kilts... would you like another two cents, as well?

Question: Are you shooting for four yards, or five? If four, then the effect will really be the same as with a standard box pleated kilt, come to the effect of the stripe sellected. If five, different ball game.

I'm pretty sure I ordered 3DW yards of tartan, which means 6SW... Ergo, I have the option of choosing either four or five yard Kingussie. Originally I was thinking five -- that has not changed... But I have not determined which stripe I would like to pleat to... I may just leave that up to Matt and say "surprise me," not sure yet. In some situations it may be best to defer to the voice with the most experience and do what his eye says looks best.

EDIT: So just to confirm, I started browsing through the original ordering thread, and came across a most disturbing realization. It seems that my original order was for 2 yards... Then, somehow inexplicably, this was changed to 3 yards... And I don't remember making said change... Then, in yet another post in the thread, coming from my own fingertips, I CONFIRMED an order of three yards... Had the insanity already started taking hold of me back then, so many months ago? I'm afraid it may be so... It may be the call of Cthulhu from the depths of R'lyeh that spoke to my subconscious, and subliminally I heeded the voice.... WAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

[Dale Seago]

... But I have not determined which stripe I would like to pleat to... I may just leave that up to Matt and say "surprise me," not sure yet. In some situations it may be best to defer to the voice with the most experience and do what his eye says looks best.

Aye, that was my own thought for this one.

I did not get in on this run of tartan, however this thread and the others have prompted me to start reading The Call of Cthulhu. As such I was surfing the internet and found this pin, I thought some of you might be interested in it.

http://naturaltreasuresbydeb.com/201...thulhu-rising/

I'm one of those guys who "does not wear a kilt pin".

Looking at this pin, though, for this kilt I may just change my mind.

[Ryan Ross]

I'm pretty sure I ordered 3DW yards of tartan, which means 6SW... Ergo, I have the option of choosing either four or five yard Kingussie. Originally I was thinking five -- that has not changed... But I have not determined which stripe I would like to pleat to... I may just leave that up to Matt and say "surprise me," not sure yet. In some situations it may be best to defer to the voice with the most experience and do what his eye says looks best.

EDIT: So just to confirm, I started browsing through the original ordering thread, and came across a most disturbing realization. It seems that my original order was for 2 yards... Then, somehow inexplicably, this was changed to 3 yards... And I don't remember making said change... Then, in yet another post in the thread, coming from my own fingertips, I CONFIRMED an order of three yards... Had the insanity already started taking hold of me back then, so many months ago? I'm afraid it may be so... It may be the call of Cthulhu from the depths of R'lyeh that spoke to my subconscious, and subliminally I heeded the voice.... WAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

Sounds good, sir... save, perhaps, the rather unsettling realization that your subconscious mind may be partially under the control of an ancient, malevolent, alien force. But hey- At least now you know.

At any rate, I like the look of a five yard kingussie, a lot. The extra wide box plaet that it produces adds some visual interest, and makes for a unique kilt (Note: The two rumps displaying kingussie pleated kilts on Matt's site are mine and my best friend's... I think they were some of Matt's first). Also, and Matt can confirm this, I think the very large sett size we're dealing with here might necessitate a VERY large central box pleat, in order to make the "5K" work. If this concerns you, you might ask Matt to just check it out and see how wide it'll be, before you commit 100%.

I'm one of those guys who "does not wear a kilt pin".

Looking at this pin, though, for this kilt I may just change my mind.

I used to be one of those guys too, and for the most part, still am. That said, I finally got a kilt pin that I REALLY liked (a celtic cross from Tyger Forge), and now I quite enjoy having it as an option. And I'd certainly wear the above pin, too.