4-5 yard kilt good for a first timer?

[Colin]

I am pretty sure setboy was looking for wool for his family tartan, as that was wht he indicated in his first post in the welcome section http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=18704

[Alan H]

Note that there's a significant difference between a four yard, and a five yard kilt in terms of the number of pleats, if it's knife-pleated. While this means something in heaveir weight wool, it REALLY means something in the lighter stuff.

Look at it this way. More pleats (up to about 30 or so) is better, yes? I mean, I'd rather have a kilt with 22 reasonably deep pleats than one with 16 reasonably deep pleats.

OK, if the sett of the kilt is 6 inches, then on the average (this is a generalization, OK?) a five yard kilt will have 6 more pleats than a four-yard will. That is a *significant* difference in appearrance. I have two four-yard poly-viscose kilts and I like them for knocking around and on hot days in the summer. But there's NO WAY they match up, even close, to my five-yard wool/poly blend kilt. The 5-yard is a MUCH nicer kilt.