First I must confess to tearing out the pleats a total of twice because they just didn't look good. That's 66 pleats sewn to get 22, but the results are well worth it in the fell.
I included a small change pocket in the waistband like the one shown by Oddern here. I will likely try to add an under apron pocket at some point in the next few weeks too.
Here's the kilt, a 6m knife pleat to sett in 16oz. MacDonald of Clanranald Muted. Another half yard would have distributed the sett across the pleats a little bit better, but nobody will likely notice except me.
(pics were taken by Little Man, my 2 1/2 year old son.)
I am thankful to many people here in this community for their help and advice on virtually every issue related to this kilt from where to get fabric to approaching pockets in a kilt and everything in between. You are all wonderful and helpful people. You know who you are. Thank-you.
Unspoken so far is a special gratitude which I wish to express and it belongs directed at the late Sarah Entwistle nee Church, my maternal Grandmother who taught me some rudiments of hand stitching when I was a boy and assisted me with my sewing projects even until I was a young man. She was a kind and caring woman who seemed to spend special attention on my upbringing. Without her early instruction I would likely not be able to achieve these results. Many times in the past weeks my mind has turned to her and those stirred memories of a woman I love still so dearly is an unexpected and beautiful benefit of kilt making for me.
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