Stewart Hunting pleating advice

[Mikilt]

I have saved my pennies (literally) and I am going to buy another new kilt! Huzzah!

I am considering the Stewart Hunting tartan. Is it correct that it's asymmetric? How does this affect pleating options?

Thanks in advance!

Michael

[Aspiringloser]

It is asymmetric. The alternating yellow and red stripes is how this one is usually pleated.

[Mikilt]

Aha! I just found this thread which answered my question!

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...stewart-53882/

[MacGumerait]

Mikilt ,

I was just about to send you that link . I've always liked Stewart Hunting pleated like post # 10 in that link .

Cheers , Mike

[kiltedwolfman]

I have my Stewart Hunting box pleated to the alternating stripes, as pictured here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...8830567&type=3
Pleating to the alternating stripes is very common, especially since the sett is very large making pleating to the sett a rather fabric consuming venture ( unless you went with pv )

[Aspiringloser]

Seems to me that choosing a center front stripe would be the toughest since it's asymmetric.

[Chas]

Pleating to the alternating stripes is very common, especially since the sett is very large making pleating to the sett a rather fabric consuming venture ( unless you went with pv )

I don't understand. Surely, the amount of fabric will be the same, regardless of the type.

The distance from Ottawa to Vancouver is the same if your car is diesel engined, petrol engined, or some kind of hybrid.

[Spartan Tartan]

I don't understand. Surely, the amount of fabric will be the same, regardless of the type.

The distance from Ottawa to Vancouver is the same if your car is diesel engined, petrol engined, or some kind of hybrid.

Perhaps PV has a smaller sett due to lighter weight material?

[Pleater]

Pleating to the set is usually achieved by having one sett for each pleat.

Where the sett is very large the amount of material required to make a good number of pleats could be quite large too.

With some tartans it is possible to find the required element of the pattern at less than one sett away so as to reduce the amount of fabric required, though when viewed from the inside it might look rather irregular as the pleats are different sizes. That doesn't affect the way the kilt looks when worn, it is just a compromise to get it to look right without requiring wheels due to the weight.

I have got a kilt in progress which has a sett size which is a bit small so I have used alternate stripes to get one and a half setts into each pleat. Two setts per pleat would have been too large, the pleats had a lot of fabric in each one and a reveal which was so wide it showed contrasting bands of colour at the edges which was not a pleasing look.

Some kilts seems to require a little original thinking to get the pleating to look right.

An asymmetric tartan should not affect the pleating, just how the fabric is bought - I have read that some mills will supply it as continuous lengths of half width material so as to prevent problems, and just recently saw where the tartan is reversed each side of the middle of the cloth so as to make it possible to cut and join from a length of double width cloth. Once you have your kilt length sorted then the pleating is a separate issue .

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[sailortats]

I have a Stewart Hunting (ancient) pleated to the red stripe. The red stripe is also centered on the front apron.
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