Pleat the kilt?

[ChattanCat]

Ok, the good:
You have wool tartan material.
What is the length of the material? How many pleats do you put in the kilt when you pleat it? What is the sett?

[Barb T]

If you're talking about using the fabric to make a kilt with stitched pleats, what you can do with it will depend on how much yardage you have. If you can split your piece (which I assume is 58" wide or so) to get 2 pieces each 2 yards long and 23-25" wide with a selvedge on one edge of each piece, you can make a 4-yard box pleated kilt. Matt Newsome and I wrote instructions for how to do this, and you find where to download them at

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/m...x.html?t=43498

These instructions are a supplement to The Art of Kiltmaking (which has instructions on making an 8 yard knife pleated kilt), i.e., you need the book for all of the instructions that aren't in the free download because they are the same for both types of kilts. You can buy the book at ttp://www.celticdragonpress.com, or you can just order it from Celtic Croft (I agree - great people!!).

The instructions in The Art of Kiltmaking are for an 8 yard knife-pleated kilt, but I'm guessing you don't have that much tartan (takes 2 pieces each 4 yards long and 23-25" wide).

[NewPiperinNY]

Wow -- that's great -thanks!

[NewPiperinNY]

Ok, the good:
You have wool tartan material.
What is the length of the material? How many pleats do you put in the kilt when you pleat it? What is the sett?

I only tried it a couple of time following the details sent with the material. And that just didn't end well. So I don't know how many pleats or what the sett is... I am pretty clueless..

EDIT -- Ok.. it's a 6 yd, 24 in wide piece of material with a tartan like this


Distance of about 5" between the verticals.