Ok Y'All-
So I need help with determining pleat size. TAoKM has a whole part in determining this and I'm confused. My next attempt is going to be with tartan. I've scored on ebay for 100$ a piece of 3.5 meters DW regimental weight material by Robert Peebles. It even has a NATO stamp on the Tag, so this should be a really good piece to try my first real attempt. With my solid color kilts, there was no striping or sett to make a determination. Not knowing how to correctly us e pleat size formula was an issue with each kilt.

So please help me to understand how this works. I haven't received the tartan yet, so I can't measure the sett- but its military sett Mackenzie. Maybe someone out there might have the measurements. Here's a pic of what i won-

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting


So 3.5 meters=8 yards. My waist is 42, hip is 46. I've decided to do a waist spit of A:22,W:20 and a hip split an even 23/23 (Does that sound OK)

Using this, how do I determine pleat size? Thanks-Josh