Enlarged Sett

[Spartan Tartan]

Good point, Richard.

Scaling that image gives sett sizes of only ~3.5" for the 'too small', and ~9.5" for the 'just right'.

So... a question for the kilt makers reading this- Is a sett size of 9" to 10" workable for (a) pleating to the stripe, and (b) pleating to the sett?

Using Barb's calculations above, a 9" sett should give 22 pleats (198/9=22) if 5.5 yards are used in the pleats.
My 16oz Macpherson kilt has 25 pleats, so if I was looking to create a kilt in my own design of tartan with a 9" sett, I could either settle for 22 pleats, or have the kilt made with a bit of extra fabric to give 25 slightly deeper pleats. I'd need 6.25 yards instead of 5.5 (25*9=225")

A 10" sett gives me only 20 pleats, or I can use ~6.95 yards of cloth (250") to get my 25 pleats.

Given that Dalgleish's cloth is 15oz, not 16oz, this might be a reasonable way of gaining a little extra swish, no?

I absolutely love all this math talk... ahhhhhh...

Oh, and I really am excited to see what the final outcome turns out to be.