Both types of pleating create a bulky seam. Beyond weaving, fiber structures were created through knotting, twining, plaiting, coiling, pleating, lashing, and interlacing. This form of pleating inspired the "skirt dancing" of Loie Fuller. This omitted finer details such as pleating on pockets. For his dress designs he conceived a special pleating process and new dyeing techniques. This technique involves pleating sections of the cloth very finely and evenly. Both meanings of the word plexus are given as pleating, or braiding. The kurta length is short and there's no pleating anywhere. Ascott modified the title to emphasize the pleasure of collective textual pleating. Since the early 1950s, pleating machines have been available to home smockers. Pleating machines are typically offered in 16-row, 24-row and 32-row widths.