I have just been made chairman of our Caledonian Society's committee to design and have woven and ultimately purchase uniform kilts for our pipe band which has been a "mixed kilt" band since its inception.
I have a number of good tartan designs (at least in my opinion), but when our group meets, we need to be able to consider what they will look like when pleated to stripe. (We will NOT pleat to sett.)
Most of the sett sizes are upwards of 8", some are closer to 9". I've seen various formulas in searches here about how to measure, but I'm still a little confused as to how they work. This can be worked out with the weaver and kilt maker, but before choosing a design, we want an idea of how it will look when pleated to stripe. As I wear a 4 yard box pleat, my idea of pleats are a bit larger than an 8 yard knife pleated kilt.