4yd vs 8yd

**chasem** · 12th October 06, 02:36 PM

I saw some of that material up on ebay a week or so ago. Nearly picked it up myself!

whether or not it is cavan, it's gorgeous

As for 4 vs. 8 yards, 4 yards will have fewer, wider pleats, with less material between the pleats.

However, after finishing my 4 yd macfarlane box pleat, I really like the feel of the four yards, and any I make for myself will probably be 4-yarders from now on, and a 4 yard box pleat looks a little better than a 4 yard knife pleat, to my eye.

**Alan H** · 12th October 06, 02:42 PM

At this point, after wearing a 4-yard poly-viscose kilt... 5-6 yard PV kilts, and 7 yard wool kilt, as well as having made a number of kilts, if I were presented with 4 yards of material, I would make a box-pleat kilt out of it.

In fact, thats exactly what I plan to do in the future when I finally buy my Hall tartan and California Tartan material.

**Kilted Taper** · 12th October 06, 02:46 PM

Are there instructions or a guide to follow for making a box pleat?

**chasem** · 12th October 06, 03:16 PM

Not that I've seen. I followed Barb's book for the most part, with small modifications where necessary.

Gotta head off to work at the moment, but shoot me a PM or something if you want more on how I did it.

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 13th October 06, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by Kilted Taper

Are there instructions or a guide to follow for making a box pleat?

But of course! Check Alan's instruction here!

**way2fractious** · 13th October 06, 09:12 AM

about upcoming box pleat instructions

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=21509

and this older thread with an album of my pics of a box pleat in progress.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=15523

**Kilted Taper** · 13th October 06, 09:22 AM

Thanks for posting the link for those photos. They look great.

**Alan H** · 20th October 06, 04:55 PM

I have to say that my X-Kilt instructions won't work very well for someone who wants to make a 4-yard tartan kilt.

HOWEVER, if you spent $60-$120 on the woolfabric, maybe it would be good to practice once on cheap material before you dive into the nice wool stuff. The X-Kilt is a great practice kilt, and it'll give you the idea of how to make a box pleat kilt.

Make an X-Kilt, then get Barb's book and read it thoroughly. Between the two, you could likely pull off a very nice box-pleat kilt..