Quote Originally Posted by Oatmeal Savage
***, that is a gorgeous tartan.
Thank you Bradley and Kevin. When ordering, I chose the 1745 single tramline version. To my eye it had a better rhythm -- a better balance of spaces. I know that may not make sense, but here's a snapshot just the same.


Back on subject though, when you look closely at the two tartans side by side (I looked at swatches side by side when ordering the kilt), you can see the difference. Yet the two versions of the tartans were woven a mere two years apart. My take on it is that weavers simply wove something pretty much like the clan tartan, and variations were either unimportant (less so than now, anyway), OR deliberately woven to be subtly distinct versions of the same tartan.

The point is that I think we're a lot more wrapped up in the exactitudes of tartan counting now than they were when they wore the stuff every day to keep warm.

Regards,
Scott Gilmore