Tartan of the Month - Feb 12: what do you see

[figheadair]

Ok then. Here's something with an interesting story. Make the most of it as I'll be away for much of net month and so will probably not post anything until April.

[Kilted Karl]

I know very very little about tartan as of yet but I want to learn. So I will go first and make a fool out of myself and learn something. the photo is a bit blurry but I will do my best.

#1 The right hand edge was not ripped but cut.
#2 It looks like there is a selvage or sewing on the top and bottom. I can not tell exactly what it is.
#3 I am not sure but there could be a line of chain stitching on the right side to keep it from fraying as well, or it could be the beginning thread of a darker stripe.
#4 The selvedge edge seems to be very uneven and the tartan looks distorted.

That is all I can see so far.

What have I got wrong?

Your Obedient Servant,

Karl :ootd:

[piperdbh]

It's a piece of a blanket lying on a piece of a box.

[figheadair]

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[Ryan Ross]

Mods - something went wrong in the title and I cannot seem to correct it. Can you remove 'You are subscribed to this thread' please.

I thought that was to act as some sort of semi-subliminal message... it may have worked that way on me, truth be told.


At any rate, the top and bottom don't look like a selvage, to me, and the dark thread on the right edge seems to follow the lines of the tartan so well that I figure it isn't some kind of stitching; from this image, I think the piece is from the center of the cloth.

Since I don't know too much about this sort of thing either, I'm just guessing... the colors are faded a bit, perhaps? And when it was new, it was a bit more bold?

Heck, I don't know... just killing some time to let my hands rest from knitting, really. ith:

[figheadair]

Since I don't know too much about this sort of thing either, I'm just guessing... the colors are faded a bit, perhaps? And when it was new, it was a bit more bold?

True but then again, bit like us all really.

[figheadair]

It's a piece of a blanket lying on a piece of a box.

A box? Off the to the opticians je suggest

[figheadair]

I know very very little about tartan as of yet but I want to learn. So I will go first and make a fool out of myself and learn something. the photo is a bit blurry but I will do my best.

#1 The right hand edge was not ripped but cut. Yes
#2 It looks like there is a selvage or sewing on the top and bottom. I can not tell exactly what it is. Good - Sewing
#3 I am not sure but there could be a line of chain stitching on the right side to keep it from fraying as well, or it could be the beginning thread of a darker stripe. Well it's some sort of non-weaving strictch certainly but hard to say exactly what its purpose was
#4 The selvedge edge seems to be very uneven and the tartan looks distorted. What selvedge?

That is all I can see so far.

What have I got wrong?

Your Obedient Servant,

Karl :ootd:

[Kilted Karl]

I know very very little about tartan as of yet but I want to learn. So I will go first and make a fool out of myself and learn something. the photo is a bit blurry but I will do my best.

#1 The right hand edge was not ripped but cut. Yes
#2 It looks like there is a selvage or sewing on the top and bottom. I can not tell exactly what it is. Good - Sewing
#3 I am not sure but there could be a line of chain stitching on the right side to keep it from fraying as well, or it could be the beginning thread of a darker stripe. Well it's some sort of non-weaving strictch certainly but hard to say exactly what its purpose was
#4 The selvedge edge seems to be very uneven and the tartan looks distorted. What selvedge? The Sewing on top and bottom I mean

That is all I can see so far.

What have I got wrong?

Your Obedient Servant,

Karl

Well.
The tartan seems distorted. The top and bottom seem to be as well but even more. So where the top and bottom ripped or cut?

The piece also must have been cut from somewhere in the middle of the cloth as there is no selvage.

Whoever did the sewing on it seemed to want a long thin piece that needed to be finished on the edges. But a one inch wide piece? Not a sash, perhaps a garter tie?

The left side looks as if it might be torn instead of cut?

Some parts of the weave also seem to be uneven.

Am I on the right track Mr. Holmes? ith:

Your Obedient Servant,

Karl :ootd:

[figheadair]

Well.
The tartan seems distorted. The top and bottom seem to be as well but even more. So where the top and bottom ripped or cut? Cut I'd guess.

The piece also must have been cut from somewhere in the middle of the cloth as there is no selvage. Well not from the edge anyway.

Whoever did the sewing on it seemed to want a long thin piece that needed to be finished on the edges. But a one inch wide piece? Not a sash, perhaps a garter tie? Perhaps not

The left side looks as if it might be torn instead of cut? No, I reckon it was cut too.

Some parts of the weave also seem to be uneven. And so?

Am I on the right track Mr. Holmes? ith: On a track right enought. Keep going and find out