pleated to set or stripe????

[Tommy Hunt]

Ok what's the lawn chair effect?

[Makeitstop]

I don't like stripes in general, and I prefer symmetry. As such, when wearing tartan, I'd rather have it pleated to the sett. Unfortunately both my tartan kilts are pleated to the stripe. It's not so bad in black watch, but it took a while to get used to wearing my black Stewart, as I felt like a baboon with all that bright red on my @$$.

[Ruanaidh]

I prefer my kilts pleated to the stripe (when possible - not all tartans look good pleated to the line). When pleated to the stripe you can see the sett on the front apron and the contrasting stripes at the rear.

[freddie]

A couple of years ago I intended buying a Henderson tartan kilt and contacted a much respected and top class kiltmakers near Edinburgh to enquire about having this kilt pleated to the stripe. Unfortunately they told me that this couldn't be done 'As Henderson has two differant coloured stripes' (yellow and white), so they could only pleat it to the sett .
I thought this odd at the time, and I bought the kilt in a differant tartan anyway. Well here's proof that the Henderson tartan can be pleated to the stripe, as seen at a Highland Games event in America not so long ago !

[English Bloke]

It depends on the tartan me thinks!! Oh Lawks a mercy... where's Barb T when you need her? We need explanation of the technical process and examples of what sett sizes and colours are best stripe-able and/or sett-able.

And now I'm so confused I'm making up my own language.

[beloitpiper]

Well I prefer sett, but I still have a few to the strip (WPG Gordon).

[turpin]

Ok what's the lawn chair effect?

If you pleat to the stripe but it's not a dominant line, or you choose the option I showed with a very contrasting tartan you can get an effect resembling the pattern on the old woven lawn chairs

[Tommy Hunt]

If you pleat to the stripe bt it's not a dominant line, or you choose the option I showed with a very constrasting tarta you can get an effect resembling the pattern on the old woven lawn chairs

Got it thanks.

[Spc. Scott]

I tend to lean towards pleating to the stripe.