Twill vs. Tabby

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Purely from a weaving point of view, the two won't have the same hand at all. The twill will drape much better. The larger the threads the more noticible the twill line in the kilt will be. In a plain (tabby) weave, the contrast between the 'marled' areas where two colors cross and the 'solid' areas where a color crosses itself will look different than they do in the twill. That's due to the way that the eye precieves color - the over one floats give an effect like a pointilist painting, while the twill floats over two (or more, depending on what type of twill you are weaving) register more like a painter's brush strokes.

That being said, with the right fabrics, I don't think it will be noticible to the average person at all.