Duke of Edinburgh Tartan

[figheadair]

Would you consider pleating it to the double black strip on blue even if it doesn’t repeat as often like the black strip on green does?

That would mean the pleats would be twice as deep, probably too deep.

[OC Richard]

Would you consider pleating it to the double black strip on blue even if it doesn’t repeat as often like the black strip on green does?

Like Peter said if you only do the black line-pairs that are centred on every other blue block you would have twice as much cloth gobbled up in the pleats.

On the other hand, every other blue block has two black line-pairs at the sides, and one of these side-pairs could be alternated with the centre-pairs, though it might mean putting the black line-pairs a bit offset on each pleat. That would depend on how wide the pleats are on the outside.

The pleats would look the same on the outside, but on the inside you could see that the pleats alternate between two slightly different depths.

An offset thing like that was done on my Hunting Stewart kilt. That tartan has a double-size sett which is challenging to pleat to the stripe and keep all the pleats looking the same. The kiltmaker found a stripe that repeats almost evenly, and on the outside the pleats all look the same. But inside you can see that the pleats alternate between two depths.