Box pleats

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In a four yard box pleated kilt I do *not* cut out any cloth inside the pleats. The reason this is done on a standard eight yard kilt is because otherwise you'd end up with a huge bulk of material there at your back. It would simply be uncomfortable (trust me -- I've tried on a homemade kilt once where the person didn't do this).

With a four yard kilt, though (box pleated or knife pleated) that just isn't neccesary. In fact, leaving the cloth in not only gives you a bit more body, but it also (as Chase said) makes it easier to alter the kilt should you need to in the future.

In a "true" box pleated kilt, there should be little or no overlap in the pleats -- the pleat width should be about 1/3 the size of the sett, which would give you three layers of cloth at any given point in the back of the kilt. Not enough to warrant taking siccors to the cloth!

Aye,
Matt

Do you do four yarders in Irish National, or Henderson? If so how much would it be for a 42 inch waist or 44 inches?