I counted four times.....always came up with an extra pleat on the far side of the center stripe. I made drop-dead sure that I didn't chalk in an incorrect pleat edge...nope, I didn't.

I figure if I checked everything that many times I'm probably good to go, so I started. I have nine pleats per sett in this tartan, and should have 31 pleats overall in the kilt. I figure if I'm one pleat off it's not much and will be unnoticeable by anyone.

I've also sewn pleats 6-7-8-9 THREE times to get them straight...*grrr*...but that's OK.