Katsup and Mustard.

[Kilted Cole]

Anne, If you'll notice my Farquharson...every other red has a black border or guard flanking it....barely noticable...but I like the subtle alternations.

[Pleater]

Anne, If you'll notice my Farquharson...every other red has a black border or guard flanking it....barely noticable...but I like the subtle alternations.

That's a relief I thought it was my eyes......

A the P

[Downunder Kilt]

The Australian tartan as worn by the Australian Army is pleated to alternate stripes.

[Barb T]

I imagine you could, if you have a regular repeating set of stripes. Not sure it would work on something like a MacKenzie with one red stripe bisecting every other white stripe square.

True. If, for example, the two stripes in question are the A and B in an ABAC tartan (true of the MacKenzie and quite a few other Black Watch based tartans), then the tartan repeats A B A C A B A C A B A C but the pleats need to repeat A B A B A B A B. There is no way around having pleats that alternate in depth from shallow to deep. This might or might not be acceptable depending on the actual distances.

[Kilted Cole]

true. If, for example, the two stripes you in question are the a and b in an abac tartan (true of the mackenzie and quite a few other black watch based tartans), then the tartan repeats a b a c a b a c a b a c but the pleats need to repeat a b a b a b a b. There is no way around having pleats that alternate in depth from shallow to deep. This might or might not be acceptable depending on the actual distances.

abacabacabac.........00001111000010101011100001001 0110101001010101010101111000001010101 ?

[The farqcom]

I like the look of the alternating stripe! Something to keep in mind for the next round.