pleated to set or stripe????

**Ruanaidh** · 31st August 08, 04:28 PM

I prefer my kilts pleated to the stripe (when possible - not all tartans look good pleated to the line). When pleated to the stripe you can see the sett on the front apron and the contrasting stripes at the rear.

**beloitpiper** · 31st August 08, 04:35 PM

Well I prefer sett, but I still have a few to the strip (WPG Gordon).

**turpin** · 31st August 08, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by Tommy Hunt

Ok what's the lawn chair effect?

If you pleat to the stripe but it's not a dominant line, or you choose the option I showed with a very contrasting tartan you can get an effect resembling the pattern on the old woven lawn chairs

**Tommy Hunt** · 31st August 08, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by turpin

If you pleat to the stripe bt it's not a dominant line, or you choose the option I showed with a very constrasting tarta you can get an effect resembling the pattern on the old woven lawn chairs

Got it thanks.

**Spc. Scott** · 3rd September 08, 05:48 AM

I tend to lean towards pleating to the stripe.

**freddie** · 7th September 08, 01:40 PM

A couple of years ago I intended buying a Henderson tartan kilt and contacted a much respected and top class kiltmakers near Edinburgh to enquire about having this kilt pleated to the stripe. Unfortunately they told me that this couldn't be done 'As Henderson has two differant coloured stripes' (yellow and white), so they could only pleat it to the sett

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I thought this odd at the time, and I bought the kilt in a differant tartan anyway. Well here's proof that the Henderson tartan can be pleated to the stripe, as seen at a Highland Games event in America not so long ago !

**English Bloke** · 7th September 08, 02:48 PM

It depends on the tartan me thinks!! Oh Lawks a mercy... where's Barb T when you need her? We need explanation of the technical process and examples of what sett sizes and colours are best stripe-able and/or sett-able.

And now I'm so confused I'm making up my own language.

**Carolina Kiltman** · 7th September 08, 06:17 PM

Echoing what has already been said, it is a matter of taste, and the tartan. Some tartans when pleated to stripe have the "lawn chair" or "convict"(horizontal stripes) effect. Personally I like the look of the pleated to stripe when the opening of the pleat reveals a contrasting colour!. My most recent kilt, MacLaine of Lochbuie red modern is pleated to sett, although it could have been pleated to stripe. Just personal choice.

**The F-H.C.A.G.** · 7th September 08, 07:43 PM

I hate to repeat what everyone has said already, but you did ask for opinions, right?

I prefer stripe in general, because of the drama of what the reveal will show and the difference between the apron and the back of the kilt, but I agree that there may be some tartans that this just doesn't work for.

Be well,