Revisions for The Art of Kiltmaking

[Mark Keeney]

Hey barb there is a kilt for sale on ebay that has the worst pleating I have ever seen. Do you need more bad examples for your book?

Look here http://cgi.ebay.com/MacKENZIE-HIGHLA...em300058069898

Wow that was long it is item #300058069898 if you want to go that route.

[slohairt]

How shameful. "Designed in Scotland" means of course made in Pakistan! I got a headache trying to follow the pattern of the pleats! I doubt that it's 16 oz.

[bubba]

That thing is ghastly

[GMan]

The real sad part about it is that whoever purchases it, will think it is wonderful. We must continue to educate.

[Barb T]

Ouch - it is indeed pretty awful.

Barb

[bunchdescendant]

Yikes!

That one really hurt my eyes!!

Tell me it's a photoshop trick.......

Ray

[AtagahiKC]

Barb - I'm at the study stage of kiltmaking. I'm reading your book and rereading it to make sure I understand the process before beginning. It is an excellent book. I wouldn't try this if it were not available.

That said, I do have some things I'd like to see you cover in your next edition.

1) Fell - According to the instructions, the fell is marked at 1/3 the length. But, in the photograph section (Fig. 7), you point out a fell that is too short and too long.

Since people's buttock location varies so that the apex or point of flaring differs, should one measure the location of the fell as part of the measuring process or leave it to chance? I'm not altogether clear on the magic of the fell.

2) Military kilts - I like the higher waistband of my Cameron Highlander kilt, where it sits just below the ribcage. It really stays put and feels solid, where kilts with lower waistbands do not (I have a big belly and slimmer hips than belly). How does one plan for the higher waistband in the measuring?

3) The Cameron Highlander military kilts have a strange pleating that everyone struggles to describle. I've seen it here and elsewhere described as "cane" pleating. Basically, it each pleat is a three-dimensional checkmark laying on the long side, if that makes sense. Can you cover how to do this, as well? It has excellent swing, so I'd like to reproduce it on kilts in the future.

See here for a picture.

Each pleat has the stripe centered on the small part of the checkmark, if you follow the analogy. Here is the best illustration I can provide. I hope it is understandable. Thanks again for taking on the 2nd edition.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/3...83cf53.jpg?v=0