First post and first kilt

[vorpallemur]

One last question. I understand a box pleat and a knife edge pleat, but can someone describe a reverse Kingusse pleat?

It's what Utilikilts, and a number of other contemporary kilts are. A traditional kilt has knife pleats, all opening towards the right hip. A reverse Kingussie pleated kilt has knife pleats going towards the back; they meet in the center back, in a box pleat. It's got some advantages over traditional pleating; it's easier to sit in, for one.

[psyopper]

Interesting. Thank you for clarifying this, I had presumed this to be the natural way to make a knife edge kilt, but only shows my ignorance towards traditional kilt making.

It's what Utilikilts, and a number of other contemporary kilts are. A traditional kilt has knife pleats, all opening towards the right hip. A reverse Kingussie pleated kilt has knife pleats going towards the back; they meet in the center back, in a box pleat. It's got some advantages over traditional pleating; it's easier to sit in, for one.

[Pleater]

You got the idea of my suggestion right - you might find that if you want to make something a bit more formal that it requires the pleats to be a bit more sleekit down.

I think that the length of straight stitching required would depend on the type of fabric, some being more compliant than others.

I am a great admirer of the double box pleated kilts produced by Lady Crystal (that might not be spelt right) which look exceedingly neat and wonderfully well made.

The reverse Kingussie kilts I make are perfect mirror images, the left side being as a normal knife pleat, except that I make the centre back pleat twice the depth of the small pleats, and about the same size as the under apron pleat. I find this arrangement suitable for vaulting gates and getting over styles and fences, should that become necessary.

I started out making Kingussie style kilts, but found that the forward facing pleats caught on every bit of vegetation, door and drawer handles - so it was rapidly altered to backward facing pleats even before I knew that was already a preferred option and had a name.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: