Hello all -

Are there certain tartans that are "supposed" to be pleated to the sett vs the stripe? I'm making a kilt for my husband out of MacAlister tartan, which is much busier than many. He was leaning toward pleating to the darker blue stripe, however we ran across someone saying that it should really be a single stripe against a solid background, and this would have a thin white stripe down both sides of the blue, against a red background.

So I guess my questions are:
1)In pleating to the stripe, is there technically supposed to be only a single stripe showing on each pleat?

2) Depending on the answer to the above question, what are your thoughts/opinions about a busy tartan pleated to the stripe vs the sett?

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