How to explain kilt making to my Brasilian mother in law

**Sylvain** · 25th September 06, 05:04 AM

Pleating to the stripe means you chose a line in the tartan sett and you put this line in the center of the visible part of each pleat.
Pleating to the sett means the visible parts of the pleats show as if there was no pleating at all, that is the non-visible part of the pleat (in the fold) is exactly one, two or three times the width of the sett (that is the distance between repeating designs). There are certainly pictures somewhere.

I found these about pleating to the stripe:
http://blog.albanach.org/2005/11/wha...ipe-makes.html

**Wompet** · 25th September 06, 03:26 PM

The best explanation I've seen is Barb's book.
But, as a backup, here are some links I found:

The last set of directions skimps a little, though.

As for pleating sett versus stripe, here's a picture:

I know Matt has addressed sett vs. stripe in his blog as well, but I can't bring up that page at the moment.

**Southern Breeze** · 25th September 06, 04:03 PM

I'll second the need for Barbs book. I've made one traditional kilt and the book was indispensable. The second thing necessary is patience.

**Alan H** · 26th September 06, 10:42 AM

The only problem is that Barb's book is in English. How's your mother-in-laws English skills?

**Wompet** · 26th September 06, 02:18 PM

You know, when I mentioned Barb's book, I wasn't even thinking of a potential English/Portuguese language barrier. I was only thinking of the diagrams and photographs. My mother (also a talented sewer) had a look at some of them and grasped their meaning without reading the captions or associated text.