Hey, all.

As one of the VERY few kilties living in Bozeman (I haven't seen any other in, well, years) I have zero opportunities to see how kilts swing. Tough to look at my own swing while walking, you understand. (Whoa, the double-entrendre there is entirely unintended.)

I'd like to make another kilt, this time hand-sewn with nice heavy wool in an attractive tartan (Skye, perhaps!), and I want to make either a kinguisse or reverse kinguisse. I don't know which I want to make, but the answer will be determined by the answer to this question: On a conventional knife-pleated kilt, which way do the pleats "swing better"? Do they swing better to the left? Or do they swing better to the right?

My thought is that I can take advantage of the optimum swing-side by making a kingussie or reverse, and then I'll get great swing in both directions.

Looking forward to your opinions!


boB