Was "The Hand-Crafted Contemporary Kilt" ever made available?

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There is a large pleat at the edge of both the aprons on my kilts.
I thought that there would be on most kilts - I got hold of kilt making instructions many years ago now and although it was for a standard kilt, there were double sized pleats at the edge of both aprons, on one side it was an extended pleat and on the other I think an inverted box pleat. I can't remember now if there was a gap between the edges of the folds or not. It could have been either >< or > < or it might have been the first at the waist and the second at hip level.
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My USA Kilts casual kilt only has a deep pleat on the left side. The right side has standard depth knife pleats right up to the under apron.
But, their casual kilt is designed to make kilts more accessible by reducing cost. So, I suppose it's not surprising they'd eliminate a deep pleat where it's not strictly necessary.

Ending the row of knife pleats with a reverse box pleat, with one side elongated into a deep pleat, seems like it would work perfectly.
I had to sit down with a length of tartan and pleat it to visualize what was going on.
It's kind of like a single deep knife pleat going the opposite direction from the others.
I'm probably putting the cart before the horse by worrying about pockets before I've learned kilt design. But, I like to have a vision of where I'm trying to go before I set off, so I can chart a proper course.
Thank you for the added detail about the spacing of the pleat. What you described makes sense, and will probably stop me from fretting when I get to that point.

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The centre back pleat of the reverse Kingussie style seemed logical as I used to ride a bike back then. It is a >< inverted box pleat. I matched the pattern - the join in the fabric was not always in the centre of the pleat - rather than lose any fabric I just joined up what I had and created a box pleat with equal folds.
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Even in my home, I'm surprised how often I graze something on my right side, and the knife pleats grab it.
The symmetry of reverse Kingussie also appeals to me.
But, I worry about the reverse box pleat being off center.

If the box pleat is perfectly centered when the straps are in the center hole, and the straps have a typical 3.5 inch range, then that's 1.75 inches each direction the straps can move. The outer apron remains centered, so the pleats move half the distance of the width change.
Therefore, the box pleat would be 0.875 inches (2.22 cm) off-center when the straps are worn in either the tightest or the loosest hole.
Hmm...
In my head, that sounds simultaneously like a very small, and a very large amount.

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Making the pocket from soft material might not actually disguise it. I'd be more inclined to use something which would not deform to show the outline of the contents, on the outside of the pocket, certainly, and to make a pocket bag with an expansion strip - it might be called a gusset, around it.

On the right hand side you could fix the pocket within the deep pleat or have a pocket hanging between the aprons - or both - as long as the under apron was wide enough to allow for safe access to it. I was thinking of a situation where you might want to have documents, tickets, booking forms - a significant amount of money, really secure, when you needed to have them really secure but also accessible.

Anne the Pleater

Hmm, good points. I need to think about that.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts with me!