Advice on pleating arrangement

[fluter]

I think I'm going to like #1 best, too. Sometime next year, I'm going to try a box-pleat with the Marton Mills Jura in MacGregor of Cardney.

Be sure to look at them from a distance as well as close up. Pin up the fabric, then back up about 20 feet for a "sanity check."

With #2, using the red block, you might be able to pick up half a green stripe on each side and thus get even pleats inside/out. i have not stared at it enough to decide whether I like it. [edit] We might get in trouble with the stripe disappearing in the fell, that way. I've no box-pleat tartan experience, yet.

Without the green, #2 will definitely give you a hint of lawn-chair bum effect. Not bad if the bum in question is fairly narrow, but IMHO not the best choice. I have a Sport Kilt like that...

[ardchoille]

I think I'm going to like #1 best, too. Sometime next year, I'm going to try a box-pleat with the Marton Mills Jura in MacGregor of Cardney.

Be sure to look at them from a distance as well as close up. Pin up the fabric, then back up about 20 feet for a "sanity check."

With #2, using the red block, you might be able to pick up half a green stripe on each side and thus get even pleats inside/out. i have not stared at it enough to decide whether I like it. [edit] We might get in trouble with the stripe disappearing in the fell, that way. I've no box-pleat tartan experience, yet.

Without the green, #2 will definitely give you a hint of lawn-chair bum effect. Not bad if the bum in question is fairly narrow, but IMHO not the best choice. I have a Sport Kilt like that...

Thank you for posting, you've brought up a few things that I didn't think about.. very insightful.

[meinfs]

For a box pleat, I like #1. It's a more natural pleating arrangement for box pleats. #3 is good for knife-pleat to stripe. Nice tartan!

[ardchoille]

For a box pleat, I like #1. It's a more natural pleating arrangement for box pleats. #3 is good for knife-pleat to stripe.

That's a very good point.

Nice tartan!

I totally agree

[ender103601]

personally i like the sett for a box pleat.
but i think #3 would look great with a military box.

[Barb T]

Whether you pleat to the sett or to the stripe with a box pleat kilt largely depends on the size of the sett. If you want the reveal to be 2-3", you need a pleat every 6-9" (3x the pleat reveal). If the sett is somewhere between 6 and 9", you pleat to the stripe. If it's much less or much more, you'll have to pleat to the sett.

[ardchoille]

Whether you pleat to the sett or to the stripe with a box pleat kilt largely depends on the size of the sett. If you want the reveal to be 2-3", you need a pleat every 6-9" (3x the pleat reveal). If the sett is somewhere between 6 and 9", you pleat to the stripe. If it's much less or much more, you'll have to pleat to the sett.

Very good advice, thank you. By the way, I really love your book.. very well done.