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....