12 inch sett!!

[Pipersson]

When I had my Smith ancient colors kilt made, I opted to have it pleated to the red stripe. It's a large sett, but perhaps not quite the scale of yours. As you can see in the photos below, the red stripe appears only ONCE on the front of the kilt. Consequently, this kilt has DEEP pleats and some heft to it!

I think pleating to every other stripe might be an option, and would make a striking kilt.

What fabric was used for your kilt?
The Lochcarron Smith ancient uses a smaller sett than for example Marton Mills.

[ShaunMaxwell]

Mine is Marton Mills.

[Pipersson]

So is mine... :-)

[OC Richard]

Good point, the back of the kilt would be almost all blue if pleated to the blue.

But... I really like blue!

[Pipersson]

And the blue is quite pale in ancient colours...maybe it won't be recognizable stripe...
Smith is often called Gow hunting but this is not quite correct.
Smith has a azur blue line which is a dark blue in the original Gow hunting. Maybe this would be better to be pleated to the blue stripe.