MacDonald Pleats

[xman]

I've been mucking about with my Mac Graphic Converter looking at pleating to the stripe options for my impending kilt purchase, but just can't get a handle on what options will serve the sett best.

Could anyone who is able post pics of their Clan Donald kilt pleated to the stripe and tell me why you chose that stripe? I'd appreciate it greatly.

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[RockyR]

If it's the MacDonald Clanraland, I'd do it to the white stripe.

[xman]

If it's the MacDonald Clanraland, I'd do it to the white stripe.

Clanranald is my primary option at the moment, but I'm wondering if that might be a bit too bold and was looking for some other options.

Interestingly my brother wears a regimental Clan Donald that has military box pleats which he says are not pleated to anything in particular. He's going to send pics so I'll post those when I get them.

[chasem]

personally, I think Clanranald is a little less bold than the standard MacDonald. To my eye, the white lines kind of soften the tartan of all the red.

[ForresterModern]

Most folks feel that the standard MacDonald, having so many prominent but frequent red stripes with no other real dominant stripe, is a difficult on to pleat to stripe, in part becasue of the disappearing stripe phenomenon that occurs when the fell is tapered. Clanranald and Glengarry on the other hand have at least one or more dominant white over checks which can be centered on the pleat well, although the surrounding red stripes, which are still there, will still get lost in the fell with the disappearing stripe phenomenon, just be less obvious. Not that I am saying that pleat a MacDonald to stripe cannot be done, I believe it is done less often becasue of its busy and frequent small red overcheck and the problems that causes in pleating to stripe.

Kiltmakers pipe up here with your opinions, please.

jeff

[Wompet]

MacDonald, Ministry of Defense, regiment unknown, military box pleat:


MacDonald of Clanranald, box pleat:

For this box pleat, my workable choices were the red stripes in the blue, or red in the green. The white was not an option for a box pleat (at least, not one I saw ). I went with the red in blue because it worked best with the yardage I was working with.

[xman]

That's great Wompet!

The Clan Donald looks to be alternating blue and green, yes? Interesting option. One I hadn't considered. Seems bit unweildy with a 9' sett, which is what the samples I have are. You'd either end up with 2" deep pleats or 6" deep pleats. Is there a tag in that? If so, what does it read?

Is that Clanranald in Lochcarron Strome? If it is, I'm guessing the sett size to be near 7".

[slohairt]

MacDonald, Ministry of Defense, regiment unknown, military box pleat:


MacDonald of Clanranald, box pleat:

For this box pleat, my workable choices were the red stripes in the blue, or red in the green. The white was not an option for a box pleat (at least, not one I saw ). I went with the red in blue because it worked best with the yardage I was working with.

I believe the Nova Scotia Highlanders pleat their MacDonald kilts with alternating blue/green.

[xman]

I believe the Nova Scotia Highlanders pleat their MacDonald kilts with alternating blue/green.

I'm still waiting for my brother's pics of his NSH pleats, but that could be the case. I recently found this in a search.

It's also possible that there were a few variations.

Incidentally, I can't see those alternating green/blue pleats being very deep. They must be less than 3", yes?

[slohairt]

Depending on the reveal, probably a bit deeper, about 3.5 inches or so. The repeat on some MacDonald 16-17 oz. Heavyweight I have here is 19 cm (7.5 inches).

Military kilts with shallow pleats are pretty common, especially when made from, say, Black Watch, Gordon, or Hunting Stewart where only half of the sett is used.