More Pleats or Deeper?

[xman]

I'm looking hard at my new MacDonald of Clanranald muted tartan cloth for pleating and can't quite decide what to do. Normally I would lean to pleating to the stripe, but the attractive interplay between the Blue and Green seems to get lost when they're not presented together to my eye. That leaves pleating to the sett which limits my preferred options to two for this 6ish yard kilt.

1. 18, 1+" wide, 3+" deep pleats pleated properly to sett
2. 24, 3/4" wide, 2¼" deep Short,/Inverse pleats, what has been called pleated "to the Cheat", (SIC pleats)

option 1, sett pleats ................ - ........ option 2, SIC pleats

There is virtually no difference in the yardage between the two options and I quite like them both aesthetically so I thought I'd put it to the rabble here. For the technical function of wearing said pleats alone, which should I choose, more shallower pleats or fewer deeper pleats, and why?

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