Pleat calculator?

[RockyR]

a 'simple' way to see how it would look done to the stripe is to find a picture of the tartan in question and copy / paste it into MS Paint (or photshop or something like that). Use the 'dotted line box' to highlight a particular stripe and a bit of cloth on either side of the stripe) and COPY.

Then paste, drag, paste, drag, paste, drag, paste, drag, paste... drag each image next to each other so you can stack them up side by side by side to see what it would look like done to that stripe.

[Barb T]

a 'simple' way to see how it would look done to the stripe is to find a picture of the tartan in question and copy / paste it into MS Paint (or photshop or something like that). Use the 'dotted line box' to highlight a particular stripe and a bit of cloth on either side of the stripe) and COPY.

Then paste, drag, paste, drag, paste, drag, paste, drag, paste... drag each image next to each other so you can stack them up side by side by side to see what it would look like done to that stripe.

This works ONLY if you know the size of the sett and if you choose chunks that are typical of the size of the pleats in the kilt you are planning to make. Otherwise, you don't know if what you want is even possible with the tartan in question. And, if there is any taper to the pleats between hip and waist, you need to to take that into account.

I made a detailed post on this in the following thread (scroll about half way down):

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...leating-65640/