[QUOTE=figheadair;Not sure who's going to make my son's kilt, it will probably be 6-7 yd knife pleat. For mine on the other hand I'm working out who to get to copy a 5yd box-knife I have which was made by Bob Martin. No-one I know of over here is interested or capable in the challenge. Sad, but they seem to be stuck in the 'a kilt has 8 yds mindser'.[/QUOTE]

surprised by the 5yd comment - Paul Henry is making me a five yard (well 6 with my waist!) in a Shepherd/Northumberland twill woven specially with undyed British wool - the choice of length in this case arising from the woollen rather than worsted yarn. But I know Paul has just made a five yard box-pleat kilt as it was on the table when I was there.


When you say a 'knife-box pleat' is that what I might think of as a military box? The sort of folded over pleat?