"Pressing" issue. I hope the mods don't kill this thread for the punnery :-P

I got Barb's awesome book for Christmas, and after flipping through it for about an hour I came across the end ssection where it talks about the proper pressing of a kilt. It showed a picture of a properly pressed kilt with nice straight pleats hanging even, and a picture of a kilt with the pleats hanging in bunches...

My kilt looks like the second picture...and has for awhile...

I hadn't realized that the pleats needed to be perfectly parallel while ironing...and according to the book, it is very hard to correct a mis-pressed kilt once the deed is done. And it has been done several times.

So. My question is this. I'm not much at stitching, and I'd rather not baste the pleats in every time I need to iron the kilt. So can I use a plethora of pins? Should I use a yardstick to make sure the pleats are aligned right before ironing? Answers to these questions and any other helpful hints are more than greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.