Single Box Compared to Double Box pleat in Yardage?

[Colonel MacNeal]

How does it compare to Knife Pleat? Comparable yardage?

[thescot]

How does it compare to Knife Pleat? Comparable yardage?

I think about the same as comparing apples and oranges.

Knife pleats, when done on a tank, are very deep and set up to repeat the sett--unless it's pleatd to the stripe. The the pleats are still very deep . . .

"Casual" kilts are usually knife pleated, but the pleats may not be as deep as a tank, and there maybe fewer pleats, thereby requiring less material. Of course, the actualy thread count in the sett comes into play since pleating requires a certain repeat of something, sett or stripe.

This is all very confusing to describe.

Uh, the blox pleats are just that. The crease is on both sides of the material and the tend to be stacked up across the back of the kilt giving the impression of a smooth piece of cloth rather then pleats, and, therefore, less material is required to make a nice kilt. The museum in Franklin, North Carolina has some very nice examples of box pleated kilts which are quite old, so this is not actually a new innovation.

I am so confused now--as I'm sure you are--that I think I should just stop and lie down for a bit.