Photos of County Kilkenny tartan?

[ronstew]

I thought it would be nice to get the wife a kilted skirt in the tartan of her ancestral home, County Kilkenny, Ireland. If I remember correctly, these are a recent invention of House of Edgar. I can't seem to get the HoE web site to produce an image of the tartan, and I am hoping for something that shows a few repeats of the pattern.

HoE tartans page: http://www.houseofedgar.com/acatalog/Tartans.html
The drop menus don't do anything for me.

Anybody have a photo of a bolt of this fabric?

[macwilkin]

Try:

http://www.district-tartans.com/kilkenny.htm


Cheers,

Todd

[pdcorlis]

Great mill but a very dumb site - try going to:
www.district-tartans.com
Use the tartan search feature on the left and look at the Irish county tartans - they are House of Edgar.

[ronstew]

From www.district-tartans.com:


Looks pretty nice. I find I have a hard time extrapolating from a tiny swatch to a whole garment, but I think this one has promise. The design is only eleven years old - even newer than I thought.

It's not the nicest Irish tartan - I think that goes to Co. Cavan.

Not hanging around Xmarks much lately, so I must have missed the introduction of district-tartans.com and the associated book. Neat site by Messrs. Newsome & Bullman.

[ronstew]

A little work with Paintshop, and voila:



Yeah, that's workable. It has spring summer and fall in it, to my eye.

Thanks for the link, fellows.

[Tattoo Bradley]

Looks like it would make a fine garment. I guess you'll just HAVE to have a kilt in it... you know... so that you can match the Mrs.

[RakesOfMallow]

I have a kilt made up in this exact tartan...only problem is it does not come in anything heavyweight. If I feel ambitious, I'll get a picture and post it...I'll just need to find my digital camera in my very "organized" desk. You may want to say a prayer.

Regards,

Tom

[ronstew]

I would be grateful if you could post that, Tom. Lightweight fabric would be fine for her skirt, and my wish list is already long enough.....

[ronstew]

I have recently received a plain brown envelope containing these pictures of a kilt in County Kilkenny.





Isn't that a fine-looking tartan? The subject tells me that when he has his ensemble together he will post more pictures.

[RakesOfMallow]

Here are some much better pics of the kilt...I didn't even have it on correctly in the above pictures (yeah it was me)

I'm still awaiting my matching flashes and 5 button vest...more to come at a later date. Next time I promise I'll iron my shirt and fix my tie, but I was in a hurry not to be late to piping lessons (I didn't wear the kilt).