Quote Originally Posted by Nathan View Post
If I understood the instructions correctly, the 13 oz is 7.25" and the 16 oz is 7.5".

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I did take the tape out and measure along the bottom of the kilt from the fringe all the way along to the under apron including the bit that's folded over and sewn. My measurements came out to 6 yards and change. I've never heard of a six yard knife pleat kilt. Is this considered an 8 yarder even if there was some left over due to waist size?
The amount of material is influenced by your measurements, the size of the sett, and the number of pleats. You look like a thin fellow, as I used to be many years ago; and as Richard rightly noted, it appears that the pleats on your kilt are maybe just a little wider (about 1") as opposed to 3/4", and that there are somewhere around 20 pleats (just few under what is often considered a traditional kilt). But I would suggest no one would ever notice, including many of us here, unless, of course, you point it out. Traditional is more about the number of pleats than the actual amount of fabric because of the aforementioned factors. (At least that's what I picked up reading Barb's wonderful book on kiltmaking.)