Question about kilt adjustment

[ChattanCat]

Pleater, I would like to see some of your ghillie Kinguisse kilts. Do you have pictures of the pleated sections? They sound very interesting with the knife pleats facing backwards and a box pleat in the center back.

[ccga3359]

Glad you've ordered the book, the author just happened to be the first response to your query BTW. In the mean time you might check out Stillwater kilts for a decent yet inexpensive kilt to tide you over during your weight loss. SWK seems to fit a little larger than so I suggest you order the size down from you. You'll have a good two inches adjustment in the buckles. At our age losing two inches is quite difficult especially with all the kilt (beer) nights.

[way2fractious]

I did find that in dense vegetation, and my back garden, the pleats were caught all the time, so I made them fold the other way round, so the left side is the same as a knife pleated kilt and the right side reversed, and find that slides through most things, and so call it the ghillie Kinguisse style. The centre back is an inverted pleat.

Pleater, I would like to see some of your ghillie Kinguisse kilts. Do you have pictures of the pleated sections? They sound very interesting with the knife pleats facing backwards and a box pleat in the center back.

I've been after Pleater for pics for a long time, too. In the meantime, get a Utilikilt (or pics of one) because they use the reverse (or ghillie) Kinguisse pleating style. As Pleater explained, some of the beauties of this style are that it makes a symmetrical garment, unlike other pleating styles, and it really looks quite good, too.

Here are clickable thumbnails of a canvas kilt I did years ago using this style. These pics aren't great - maybe I can reshoot some.

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