Boxed knife pleats!?

[Nick]

I like it. Living in the cold climes I do, I'd certainly buy one with pleats such as those.

[Pleater]

I have made a stacked pleated kilt - it works well as you can get an ordinary box pleat at the hem which gradually becomes a stacked pleat of five layers at the waist.

I used a cotton fabric and normal box pleats looked too stingy. The supression required for the waist worked out to be just the right slant to convert between the types of pleat. The kilt is not sharply pleated so the hem does not flare, but it is quite three dimensional. It might not pack well, though being cotton it could just be rolled up and ironed before wearing.

[GlassMan]

For some reason that "rolled pleat" really catches my fancy. Any idea of where I can see pics of that in an actual kilt?

[RockyR]

For some reason that "rolled pleat" really catches my fancy. Any idea of where I can see pics of that in an actual kilt?

Phil... while I have no idea of where you can see it in a kilt, I REALLY don't think it would make a good kilt. Notice that the layers are ROLLED back over on themselves (hence the name). The pleats would fight themselves to open and I believe (IMHO) that they wouldn't close correctly. The "swish" wouldn't be there.

[Pleater]

The pleats pictured are VERY SIMILAR to Rolled Pleats. As far as I know, they are called "Stacked Pleats". That's the kind of pleats that Kelly and I did for the "Madonna Kilts" for her re-invention tour. They swing well on BOTH directions which is what she needed on stage in a dancing routine.

I think I saw the routine - the kilts were rather long and had an unfortunate tendency to look like the mantle of a jellyfish as the hem hit the floor and folded under the expanding pleats. Very skirt-y, I'm afraid.

The kilts did look to be good quality, and they did swish, but I did think they would have been a lot better shorter - though that would have been more revealing - no that would have been a lot better too.

[longshadows]

Rocky,
thanks for TOTALLY blowing my mind with that link. having a basic understanding of the knife & box pleats to start to consider the DOUBLE BOX & ROLLED pleats is a bit staggering.

Sorry for being the doufus this morning, and ask the question... no, not "that question!" Can someone give a "quick and dirty" definition of the most common pleats to be had.

We've learned here about the military box/rolled pleats, but what's the difference between a knife and a box pleat? Why is it called a "knife" pleat?

Thanks and I hope everyone will have a great Sunday!

[millar]

Check out Matt Newsomes website for the difference between the two pleatings http://kilts.albanach.org/details.html