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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Keeney View Post
    OK, I don't know much about making kilts other than what I have read in Barbs wonderful book, but what about splitting one of the blue stripe between the yellow stripes. one yellow stripe next to the edge of one pleate and two yellow stripes in the other.

    That would be an OK solution of this weren't a central (pivot) element. Technically, a central (pivot) element is supposed to be centered in a pleat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barb T. View Post
    That would be an OK solution of this weren't a central (pivot) element. Technically, a central (pivot) element is supposed to be centered in a pleat.

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    Hmm, I see, there are two pivot elements, the yellow and the red stripe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChattanCat View Post
    Hmm, I see, there are two pivot elements, the yellow and the red stripe.
    w
    True - most tartans have two pivots. The Bell is an AB tartan, so both A (the block with the triple yellow at the center) and B (the block with the red stripe at the center) are pivots. I've shown it below by spacing - you can see the same sequence on each side of the space:

    ABA B ABAB A BABAB

    Even an ABAC tartan (such as the Black Watch) has two pivots. I've shown them below by spacing:

    ABA C ABACA B ACABAC

    Barb

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