Pleating challenge #5: getting a precise pleating to the stripe

[Barb T]

Well, in pleating to the sett, the kilt will look just like the tartan, so, I'm not sure what a picture would actually show that would help in making a kilt. When you pleat to the sett, you try to pick up each of the tartan elements so that the back looks as much like the tartan as possible. What elements you pick up depends on the size of the pleats, and that varies with the size of the person and the amount of tartan you have. If I were making 3 kilts in the same tartan for 3 different-size people, it's very likely that the pleats in each of the kilts would pick up different elements. But the overall result would look the same - the kilt will look pretty much the same in the pleats and in the apron.

But in any event, I didn't take a picture of the MacPherson kilt that I made for Kyle before I shipped it to him (added later - actually not true - see post below after Kyle's). If he were willing, he might post a picture so that you can see what it looks like. But the pleats will look pretty much like the front of the kilt!