Poll: Kilts made to the stripe or sett

[ChattanCat]

As I recall from the many scholars we have hear, pleating to the stripe was more a design decision made to save cloth as they could get more kilts out the same amount of cloth if they pleated to the stripe. This budgetary decision has become a "convention" that is widely accepted and for those of us who relish the military traditions, it is a feature greatly enjoyed.

I would venture to say that the historical kilts were the great kilts, pleated to the nothing. (Matt, please pipe in) Tough to pleat to the anything when it is gathered in a belt.

[cavscout]

I would venture to say that the historical kilts were the great kilts, pleated to the nothing. (Matt, please pipe in) Tough to pleat to the anything when it is gathered in a belt.

True about pleating to the gather, but I'm referring to the period when the MOD starting having to outfit the Scottish Regiments in matching kilts. Plus, us military types just like straight lines and crisp pleats. The cosmos is in balance

[Pleater]

Having made my kilts so I could adjust them easily as I shrank, pleating to the stripe is what I have chosen mostly, but when I bought a whole bolt of material I had the luxury of too much cloth, and so I can definitely say that the only way to go is buy a 16 yard length of the double cloth and have four different kilts made so as to explore the potential of the pattern.

This is, naturally, not possible yet - but once there are more kilt wearers and tartan weavers, and the price of good tartan cloth comes down - anything could happen.

Though the caber tossing, hammer throwing and other projectile events at the Highland Games will have to be organised with an eye to preventing pigs being knocked out of the sky, or maybe the contestant with the most KO'ed pigs should get a special prize....