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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Done!
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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]

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:

[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.

[Ryan Ross]

True but then again, bit like us all really.

Touche!


Heck, what could it be... A scrap left over from one of those deals they string between the drones on a set of pipes? The white stripe seems like it's centered pretty carefully.

How large is the piece, I wonder?

[figheadair]

How large is the piece, I wonder?

About 1 x 3 inches.