Too short?

[Pleater]

I did a fancy stitch on the hem of my new kilt - but it turned out a bit long - no matter, I thought - until I wore it out in the wind and rain. It was soon heavy enough not to fly about - but it was like wearing a ring of sand paper around the knees.

Now it is dry and the hem is cut off - no more fancy stuff, and nothing long enough to catch the back of the knee joint - a little more abraision and I would be needing skin grafts.

Slightly short is far better than even half an inch too long.

It depends on how the waist is formed and backed, but if you wear the kilt it might stretch slightly and settle a little lower.

However...

Reading the description of the length measurement required - I'd have thought the kilt should be rather longer than that. Is it?

Kils are worn higher on the body than hip level, so I would think that the measurement from the hip would be a number of inches too short.