I think that Barb T & The Borderer pretty much nailed it on the head. Now here is my tuppence worth; having experienced all of the above conditions, I feed the left strap thru to the buckle, but don't fasten it, then I feed the two right straps thru the buckles. At this point I position my kilt and square it up, and finally, tighten them down. I don't really care what holes are being utilized, just that my kilt it hanging Regulation and comfortable. Now I have to get back to my Intergalactic space travel computations.