"Flash of color" in pleating to the stripe

[O'Searcaigh]

Wow, what great ideas. ' Can't wait to try them.

[ohiopiper]

Figure this is as good a place as any to ask this.

I'm contemplating another kilt in MacKay tartan. It's predominantly green and overall fairly dark. Is there a good way to pleat this to get a reveal, or is this one not worth the trouble and just stick with pleating to sett?

I may have to spend a while with my current macKay kilt and play with it a bit.

[Barb T]

There are a few photos around of the "Antartic" tartan pleated like this (Ron "Riverkilt" comes to mind) to a really good effect.

Here's my daughter's Antarctica kilt:

[Barb T]

Figure this is as good a place as any to ask this.

I'm contemplating another kilt in MacKay tartan. It's predominantly green and overall fairly dark. Is there a good way to pleat this to get a reveal, or is this one not worth the trouble and just stick with pleating to sett?

I may have to spend a while with my current macKay kilt and play with it a bit.

The only way to be sure is to actually try it out with tartan in hand. But, you won't see a flash unless there's a really striking difference between what you see on the face of the pleat (the reveal) and what is immediately underneath the reveal and hidden unless the pleat opens. And lighter _inside_ the pleat makes a better flash than the reverse.

[piperdown]

The only way to be sure is to actually try it out with tartan in hand. But, you won't see a flash unless there's a really striking difference between what you see on the face of the pleat (the reveal) and what is immediately underneath the reveal and hidden unless the pleat opens. And lighter _inside_ the pleat makes a better flash than the reverse.

What an interesting thread. I have recently ordered the hunting weathered MacIntosh and had it pleated to the yellow stripe as there is a predominant red throughout that I didn't want in the pleats. I cant wait to see if this red will come out when the pleats open.

[Redhawk]

Here's my daughter's Antarctica kilt:

That is such a fantastic kilt Barb. I wanted it before I knew what it was! .. Still do ...

[Dixiecat]

And "post" would have meant nothing because the Internet hadn't been invented yet.

Well, actually, it had been invented, just not widely known or used.

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[kc8ufv]

Well, actually, it had been invented, just not widely known or used.

May I present:





(sorry, couldn't resist. that show cracks me up something fierce!)

Do the elders of the internet know you have that?

[Dixiecat]

Do the elders of the internet know you have that?

The elders of the internet know who I am!??

[kc8ufv]

The elders of the internet know who I am!??

Of course they do. I just know they are rather protective if it, it's quite delicate.