Thank you for the great comments, guys, and thank you for the Ironing advice, Barb! I have messed around on an ironing board - but never quite found a technique that works. I discovered this method only the past few months - so I have never yet experienced the phenomenon that you describe. I will re-address my idea to avoid it. I got the idea from an old photo of a soldier pressing pleats in his battalion:
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Returning to kilt hose - there is a feint blue stripe in the Weathered Buchanan - I wondered if it would go well with the blue, and it did. My only slight dislike, is that the blue of the shirt (which is about the right blue for the kilt) is very different than the lovat blue hose. I would like a lighter pair of blue I think.