Mikilt. I am not a kilt maker, but I have been experimenting with an almost 5yd-ish small sett tartan. I found I can pleat to almost any option I want with the caveat being what the Wizard has said - the size of the pleat. As the outer distance of the pleat shifts to accept the pleat option to the hip measurement, the depth of the inner pleat can vary considerably. I was surprised by the variation - there seems to be no "common" pleat depth throughout the options. So, it is what it is... have to plan around the sett and pleating option to determine if you can accomplish what you want with ~5yds

I did manage - purely on measurement - a mock-up to make a knife pleat with a decent depth that would have fit ...but the pleating looked horrid. I must say the exercise in multiple pleating was highly valuable education. While paused, I've not given up on the project yet