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    ID this tartan

    My wife got a piece of tartan and I cannot ID it. It has red and white lines in it , parallel to each other in squares and in the square are colours of green, black and brown....very good looking tartan. There used to be a site where all tartans were shown and you could go through each frame. All I could find on sites lately are clicking on alpha letters, which I don't want to do if I can't ID the tartan in the first place. (Sort of like the old adage, how can I look up a word in dictionary if I don't know how to spell it!!) Thanks for any help. Malcolm (I'd send in a photo, but I'm non-tech and my kids aren't home to do it for me!!.....remember, I'm the 18th century reenactor and I"m better with sword and dirk than digital stuff!!)

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    Both the Tartan Finder (on Scotweb) and the Tartan Ferret (on Scottish Tartans Authority) enable you to search for tartans based on colors in the pattern. You just select as many colors as you want, and they kick out a list of tartans that include those colors. You don't need to know the schematic.

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    You might try the scottish weavers for some of the most popular in photos.
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    Or the Tartan Web
    "A veteran, whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve, is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." anon

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    The quickest way to find it would probably be to post a picture here.
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    OK, got it....found it on scottishweavers....Fraser Hunting.....THANKS! Twill make a fine kilt when I get my wife 'round to doing some sewing! Malcolm
    Last edited by Malcolm MacWilliam; 1st October 08 at 10:00 AM.

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    Fraser Hunting is a GORGEOUS tartan. Long one of my favorites.

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