very narrow color blocks

[OC Richard]

Not a kiltmaker, but I will say that I always prefer pleating to a line or pleating to a block over pleating to the sett.

There are two things I like about pleating to a line or block:

1) It gives you two different "looks" in the same kilt.

2) It follows the principle of Form Follows Function.

As I've often said, I do recognise that there are certain tartans the effect of which is dependent on being able to see all the colours in their normal proportions, where IMHO no pleating other than pleating to the sett looks good.

With Hollyrood, pleating to the blue block seems to naturally present itself. Seems to me that pleating it to all those lines results in busy pleats.

With my Isle Of Skye it's cheating in a way, at first glance it appears to be pleated to the block but the blocks have subtle lines in them. I saw somebody else wearing an IOS pleated that way, it's my favourite approach to pleating this tartan, perhaps because it best maintains the tartan's colour-balance.