Well, You'll not find it among any kiltmaker's options, that's for sure. The tartan is MacCreary, which, as far as I can tell exists only in the Tartan Authority's database. They show it like so:
Barb Tewksbury had it woven for my next kilt, which she is in the process of making right now.
Seeing as how I don't have much of a clan affiliation, and it's important to some people that we have a connection to the tartan(s) we wear (setting aside the multiple tartan debate), I dug deep into my family tree and found a McCrary five generations back: my father's father's father's father's mother. Going purely on armchair genealogy and nothing more than speculative conclusions about the origin of the name (for there those particular roots have been pruned), I decided I liked the tartan well enough to have it made up and made into my second Tewksbury "tank."
And at last I will be able to say to the kilt police, "Why yes, I do have [surname] here on my father's side!" I'm not obligated to say how tenuous the connection is, am I?
So, I know it's not a tartan for everyone - which is really sort of the point. It's not easy being me, ya know!
Regards,
Rex.
Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende
Well, You'll not find it among any kiltmaker's options, that's for sure. The tartan is MacCreary, which, as far as I can tell exists only in the Tartan Authority's database. They show it like so:
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