Sett vs. Stripe

[MacWage]

Great job Barb!
That is about the best pictoral I've seen as to the visual difference between stripe and sett pleating.
How about putting THAT in your next edition of your book! It would DEFINATELY be worth many words and explanation. And your right, it makes a HUGE difference in the look of the kilt what finished.
For readers, a box pleat kilt is virtually ALWAYS to stripe, but the bands are about 1/3 of the full repeat for the whole tartan sett. So, a 6 inch center stripe to center stripe converts to a 2 inch facing per pleat. So the center stripe is visually much smaller. For a 22 inch stretch of pleating, that means 22 1" faced knife pleats, or 11 2" faced knife pleats (at the lower part of the fell). Usually an equivalent sized kilt in a box pleat uses 1/2 the tartan material than a knife/side pleat one, largely due to so much less material being eaten up in the pleats. (now, back to topic, as I began to wander off)
Now, I wonder what that would look like in a comparision with the other 2 in the same tartan?!

Out of curiousity, what is the size of that tartan used in the pictured kilts?
Also, please remind us of the correct use of "sett" and "repeat" terminology in measuring a tartan (just for future references that thread WILL get).

Again, those look MARVELOUS! Pieces of beauty, they are.

[Kilted Stuart]

That is a beautiful display of handsewn kiltmaking. It will answer a lot of questions people have on the difference between the two styles of pleating. Some tartans just tell you what it should be pleated too. Some look good either way. I see a lot of people with no idea how different it can look pleated to sett/stripe. It changes the look compleatly.

Kilted Stuart