Some of you may have seen the Dundhuin tartans, a set of four registered a year ago by Andrew Fotheringham.
I have never met the gentleman, but since my Scottish connection is through the Fotheringham family and the Clan Lindsay to which it belongs, I dropped him a line this week and received in return three pictures of the kilt he has had made in the original sett, just called Dundhuin.
For the record, the tartans he designed are called Dundhuin, Dundhuin Dress, Dundhuin Gold and Dundhuin Hunting. Fotheringham was inspired to design them in memory of his partner, a Welsh lady who died in 2009 and had lived in a house called Dundhuin (he explains that the house was named because, as a retired man, he is “done doin’ ” all sorts of things that he did as a working man).
So far he has had enough material woven to make four kilts: two men’s kilts in Dundhuin, and two women’s kilts in softer, more feminine shades of the same tartan. The women’s kilts, he tells me, are worn by nieces of his late partner, young women who live in Wales and who have worn their kilts to Wales-Scotland matches at the Millennium Stadium.
First the Dundhuin tartan, which bears a passing resemblance to Lindsay Modern (the clan tartan):

Then Dundhuin Dress:

Dundhuin Gold:

And finally Dundhuin Hunting:

Now the three shots of the kilt:



I feel this is a fine tribute to the woman he loved.
Regards,
Mike