Help with pleating to the sett

[Alan H]

I counted four times.....always came up with an extra pleat on the far side of the center stripe. I made drop-dead sure that I didn't chalk in an incorrect pleat edge...nope, I didn't.

I figure if I checked everything that many times I'm probably good to go, so I started. I have nine pleats per sett in this tartan, and should have 31 pleats overall in the kilt. I figure if I'm one pleat off it's not much and will be unnoticeable by anyone.

I've also sewn pleats 6-7-8-9 THREE times to get them straight...*grrr*...but that's OK.

[Kilted Taper]

WOW, 31 pleats! I'll have 25 on this one, and think I had 23 on the Anderson. Last night I threw caution to the wind and just started chalking out the pleats using the red stripe as the center. It's going to be tricky when I get to those white stripes (damn they're tiny). Worse comes to worse I take out some stitching and pleat to the stripe. Already basted the apron edges last night.

I do love a challenge!