Quote Originally Posted by zazenkilter View Post
was there a reason that the colour in the waist band on your kilt does not match the blue in the sett over your light pinkish or salmond colour? Thanks for your thoughts...
Not entirely sure what you're asking, but I'll take a stab. If I'm way off the mark, ask again and explain a little more. I assume you're asking why the top band doesn't match the kilt in the pleats. Because the top band is cut from a single strip of tartan, the sett in the top band will only match the kilt where the sett is a perfect match. A kiltmaker starts the top band strip at the apron side, where it can match perfectly. Where the top band extends into the pleats, it will only be by sheer accident that the pleating will reproduce the sett perfectly across the pleats and allow matching the top band. In the case of the kilt in the example, which is pleated to the stripe, each pleat has the same stripe. Consequently, the top band can't match this (i.e., the strip for the top band will not consist only of the stripe chosen for the pleats).

Is that what you were asking?