The Great Scot tartan vs. Spirit of Scotland tartan?

[shannon]

In my quest to find that perfect purple tartan (say that 3x fast lol), I discovered the Great Scot tartan & it resembles the Spirit of Scotland tartan! Both are from the same mill. What attracts me to this pattern are those 3 purple stripes. It seems that the triple purple stripes on the Great Scot tartan are more vibrant than on the Spirit of Scotland.
IMO the 13oz of "SOS" comparable to the "GS"? The reason I'm concern is I'm using this phone & don't have the capabilities or know how to put them next to each other. I appreciate your opinions.

[rsvpiper]

try getting in touch with either the mill or your chosen kilt maker and order swatches of both then you get to see them in the flesh so to say and compare the colourways

[cable scot]

Ya what he said
A good swatch is always what my grandma used.Or was that a switch?

[xman]

One difference that I notice from the register is that the tartans are not nearly the same size. the Spirit of Scotland tartan is around 11" as registered and the Scotland the Great is about 6". I imagine this will be similar when the mills weave the cloth too.

[shannon]

Confused on tartan size SOS= 11" vs. GS= 6". So does that actually equate to the Great Scot tartan pattern having almost twice the pattern in the same amount of cloth than the SOS tartan which would make the GS pattern seem more pronounced with the triple purple stripes because it actually repeats itself 2x more than the Spirit of Socotland pattern tartan?

[Chas]

Does this help? Both of these are to the same scale.

Great Scot


Fashion tartan from Marton Mills of Yorkshire launched at the 2004 International Gift Fair in Glasgow. 'Designed as a modern multi-purpose tartan that can be worn with pride on any occasion.'



Spirit of Scotland


Designed by Michael King of Philip King Tailoring Ltd, Aberdeen. The design was adopted by the National Trust for Scotland for Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire. Woven by Lochcarron and Strathmore.

Regards

Chas

[shannon]

I was looking @ the Warrior tartan that Steve emailed me as an option but I really dislike the white stripe.... but now seeing pleating variations of the same tartan curious if the white strips can be "hidden"? I appreciate your suggestion.
shannon

[rondo]

Most certainly the vertical white stipe can be burried...horizontal...not so much.
Rondo

[OC Richard]

Here are more purplish tartans!

Arran



Western Isles





Heather Isle



The question arises, are you looking for the nicest purple tartan, or rather for the best tartan which contains purple?

It's precisely this that led me away from Spirit of Scotland and towards Isle of Skye. I love Isle of Skye because it's a lovely tartan full of complex colour interactions (including purple, and three different greens). After weeks of looking at Spirit of Scotland, I decided that from a distance it looks more or less like a solid purple kilt.

[shannon]

I'm interested in "more shades of purple the better" (from lilac to deep purple)... and I've almost decided to have the tartan pleated to the stripe. Another member mentioned that because I dislike the white stripes; that the vertical white stripes could be hidden in this format. I really dislike blue because that's a primary mens clothing color option in the main stream but I do like an accented deep blue with purple.
Appreciate everyone's suggestions in finding that perfect purple tartan!
Shannon