Pleated to the stripe

**chasem** · 20th May 05, 01:13 PM

ok now it makes sense. Doc's picture helped a lot.

Beerb, I think I understand what you're saying, but I think if Mike pleats to either stripe, he's going to have a vertical stripe look rather than a horizontal stripe look. I'll have to look at the tartan again.

**chasem** · 20th May 05, 01:22 PM

ok, I looked at it again, and I see what you're saying now, Beerb.

I think if pleated to the white stripes, the white will stand out more than the horizontal darks, and so it will feel more pleated to the whites, with vertical lines rather than the horizontals.

Not sure about the red, I don't know how much the red will stand out from the rest.

**beerbecue** · 20th May 05, 01:57 PM

To make it more clear what I am describing, I doctored these up..... The horizontal pattern will differ greatly depending upon the colors in the tartan, but I think the gist of what I am saying comes through.......

To the red stripe:

To the white stripe:

The horizontal pattern is much more evident when pleated to the white stripe. That was all I was saying - and yes, they do look VERY different....

**beerbecue** · 20th May 05, 02:01 PM

Here is the same tartan, Sutherland Modern, from a different manufacturer, showing again the difference....

To the red stripe:

And to the white stripe:

To the white is much brighter, much greener, the horizontal is much more evident..... just due to the contrast.....

Now I just hope my bandwidth on my personal page holds up!!!!

**chasem** · 20th May 05, 03:07 PM

Yeah, I see what you're saying. I agree that the white looks a little more crisp. Though I would think that the pleats would be a little thinner, showning more white than green. Am I wrong?

**Mike S** · 20th May 05, 06:28 PM

Thanks to all for the time and energy put into your responses, I'm certainly glad I joined this forum.
I had intended to pleat to the white lines of the sett, and the illustrations posted further reinforce this decision. I agree that it looks much better over all. Cheers and thanks again.

**GMan** · 20th May 05, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by Mike S

Thanks to all for the time and energy put into your responses, I'm certainly glad I joined this forum.
I had intended to pleat to the white lines of the sett, and the illustrations posted further reinforce this decision. I agree that it looks much better over all. Cheers and thanks again.

Mike now you know why this is the special place it is, everyone pitches in.