I make my own kilts, and where I have the option I go for longer lengths so as to have more and deeper pleats, just for the swing and the luxury of it.

I do still have a shorter yardage kilt, which I only wear in the very hottest days of Summer, which is usually about one week of the year.

All the rest are 7 or 8 yards, but in various weights and different materials.

You need to consider the amount of wind you will be experiencing, and if you will be wearing anything over your kilt to stop it flying, or under it to preserve your modesty.

With my lightest cotton kilts I wear a long plaid which can be deployed to control pleats in a mischievious breeze, a 16 oz wool is unlikely to take flight - but a kilt made of 8 yards of 16 oz wool will weigh in at about 4 pounds so it is a serious garment to be wearing in any degree of heat.

I suspect that I would only be able to wear 16oz wool during one half of any year, but I do feel the heat here - on the South coast of England close to sea level, after being raised in the North in the foothills of the Pennines.

If you feel that you have to have a 16oz fabric then it might be wise to go for a box pleated kilt, so as to have around 2 or 2 and 1/2 pounds weight of wool etc. strapped around you.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: