Pleating Army tartan to stripe

**Barb T** · 22nd January 07, 08:11 AM

The tartan in the picture is not the US Army tartan.

B

**arrogcow** · 22nd January 07, 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by Barb T.

The tartan in the picture is not the US Army tartan.

B

No it's not (in theroy it is Cameron). It is a military tartan that looks like it has been pleated to stripe without a strong vertical line (i.e. how I originally asked about pleating).

Adam

**Barb T** · 22nd January 07, 10:30 AM

ah - sorry. I misunderstood your post.

Barb

**cloves** · 23rd January 07, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by arrogcow

Two things
1st people keep saying the brown stripe, which stripe is that? Ain't no brown that I can see.

Adam

The one I meant as brown is really more a tan or khaki color. It's the palest vertical stripe.

**arrogcow** · 24th January 07, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by cloves

The one I meant as brown is really more a tan or khaki color. It's the palest vertical stripe.

Which actually leads me to ask, "Can someone tell me exactly what the sett (and colors) are. In making my jpg, I did the best i could using the software (though the color selection is limited), but I had to guess on what some of the colors were, and the number of threads of each.

I need a tileable pic so I can print out a full sheet to play with (I want to see what actually pleating it different way looks like, not just on the computer), but the only examples I have found are real shots of the tartan, and I can't get it to tile right. Additionally, all the examples I have seen are shots of a wool swatch, except for the example on the Sport Kilt site.
http://www.sportkilt.com/departments...rmy_Tartan.cfm
What does SK make their kilts out of PV or acrylic? If the PV Rocky is getting is as light as SK's then than makes this a whole other ballgame (for instance pleating to the blue).

Adam

**RockyR** · 24th January 07, 02:48 PM

SK uses Cotton Poly or acrylic. They do NOT use PV to my knowledge. If they say they DO use PV, then they use someone other than MM's teflon Coated PV, so I can't speak to the quality.

**Navyguy** · 19th January 07, 01:03 AM

Well if you have to get an "Army" tartan, vice Navy then go with the yellow stripe. It looks nice.

**Planopiper** · 19th January 07, 06:37 AM

I have seen some kilts pleated to no verticle line so it just ends up looking like horizontal bands across the back. It can be an interesting effect, I guess, with the right tartan, but it hasn't looked too good on the ones I've seen, imhbao.

**turpin** · 19th January 07, 07:34 AM

I'd be guided by Matt and Rocky's advice. I have a Gordon Modern pleated to the stripe (see avatar). It's similar to the Army tartan in that the base tartan is Black Watch, therefore dark, with a dominant yellow stripe in the green. I love the way the pleats look different than the apron. Th eIsle of Sky, on the other hand, has the muted colors and with sufficient color differences to pull off the "stripeless" pleat, and the horizontal light grey/white line is not nearly as dominant as the double yellow of the Army Tartan. Suggestion: go with the yellow stripe for the Army Tartan, and pick a tartan for your next kilt that will pleat well in the other fashion.

**arrogcow** · 19th January 07, 06:43 PM

I'll probably end up pleating to the yelllow stripe, but I still kind of like the idea of how I originally described pleating. Yes it would look almost like a solid color kilt with 2 (3) horrizontal yellow stripes, but as soon as you move all the yellow would flash. Still trying to figure it out.

Adam