"Flash of color" in pleating to the stripe

[Dixiecat]

And "post" would have meant nothing because the Internet hadn't been invented yet.

Well, actually, it had been invented, just not widely known or used.

May I present:





(sorry, couldn't resist. that show cracks me up something fierce!)

[kc8ufv]

Well, actually, it had been invented, just not widely known or used.

May I present:





(sorry, couldn't resist. that show cracks me up something fierce!)

Do the elders of the internet know you have that?

[Dixiecat]

Do the elders of the internet know you have that?

The elders of the internet know who I am!??

[kc8ufv]

The elders of the internet know who I am!??

Of course they do. I just know they are rather protective if it, it's quite delicate.

[Jon Lilley]

Hi Barb,

Thanks so much for sharing this neat trick! But, but, but, I thought we were supposed to avoid the dreaded lawn chair effect at all cost . . . Or, did I just miss the next memo? Is this something you do for dancers? Or, is this just another choice we get to make as kiltmakers?

Slàinte,

Jon

[Pleater]

You can still get a flash of colour with a fairly strong vertical element in the visible pleat - the trick is in chosing which part of the tartan to hide and which to show.

I have a kilt with the visible pleat grey and black, but the folded under fabric is red, white and black, with the red most likely to show.

That flashes.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Barb T]

But, but, but, I thought we were supposed to avoid the dreaded lawn chair effect at all cost . . . Or, did I just miss the next memo? Is this something you do for dancers? Or, is this just another choice we get to make as kiltmakers?

Absolutely it's a choice you can make. A kilt pleated to the stripe will always have some element of horizontality to it. Whether you like it or not depends on your taste. To me, the "lawn chair" starts to show up when there are wide bands with lots of different colored stripes, and I don't like the look of that. But, it's all a matter of personal taste.

[Jon Lilley]

Hi Barb,

Thank you very much for the insight. This memo's coming in loud & clear! I guess I really wasn't that far out of the loop after all. I know that there'll always be a horizontal aspect to every tartan, but downplaying it has always been a mental mission. It's nice to know there is a bit more freedom there after all.

Mòran, mòran taing,

Jon