I think that the red lines are on alternate pleats, so each sett is made into two pleats. If you look at the while line lowest on the kilt you can probably make out the 'blank' pleats more easily. I think that the kilt is too large for the wearer, by the way.
I have seen large setts made up so there are alternating red and yellow lines, and when faced with a small sett I did something similar to get one and a half setts into each pleat. With this kilt there isn't an easy division so the maker has done what is probably the best for such a huge set.
Anne the Pleater :ootd:
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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