Kilted Royal Visit to Scottish Borders Textiles

**creagdhubh** · 12th June 13, 01:42 PM

Here's a brief video (that actually works in the US) of the event as well. What a beautiful/striking tartan in the sunlight!

http://www.hawick-news.co.uk/news/lo...wick-1-2963810

Cheers,

**OC Richard** · 13th June 13, 04:31 AM

Nice video! The Prince is great at "working the crowd" there, warm and friendly.

Donald C Stewart seems to have been something of a fan of that tartan, of which he writes:

Many patterns bear the name Stewart or Stuart, few indisputably ancient. The most distinctive is Old Stewart. This is quite unlike any other tartan; it is subdued in colour but rich in effect. It belongs rather to the Stewarts of the Western Highlands, but was early accepted as the Clan Stewart tartan.

I have Stewart ancestors but I've never owned a Stewart kilt. That tartan the Prince is wearing is amazing. Yet another kilt to put on the Jones List.

**creagdhubh** · 13th June 13, 05:11 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Nice video! The Prince is great at "working the crowd" there, warm and friendly.

Donald C Stewart seems to have been something of a fan of that tartan, of which he writes:

Many patterns bear the name Stewart or Stuart, few indisputably ancient. The most distinctive is Old Stewart. This is quite unlike any other tartan; it is subdued in colour but rich in effect. It belongs rather to the Stewarts of the Western Highlands, but was early accepted as the Clan Stewart tartan.

I have Stewart ancestors but I've never owned a Stewart kilt. That tartan the Prince is wearing is amazing. Yet another kilt to put on the Jones List.

HRH Prince Charles is a master at working crowds and rightly so, he's been doing it for such a long time! I agree, the Stewart Old Sett is amazing indeed! I have seen it several times before, but I still can't get over how beautiful it is. In my opinion, the sett is perfect and the colours are absolutely gorgeous. You know, if I ever decided to step outside of the traditional realm of wearing only Macpherson (or Chattan) tartans, a kilt in the Stewart Old Sett colours and sett size, just as HRH wears, would be my first and only choice! I am in love with that tartan.

A few more of HRH the Duke of Rothesay wearing the Stewart Old Sett in the ancient hue:

Cheers,

**creagdhubh** · 13th June 13, 05:43 AM

The Stewart Old Sett also looks very smart in the other two (modern and weathered) colour schemes offered in the Lochcarron Strome (heavyweight) range.

Ancient

Modern

Weathered

**sailortats** · 13th June 13, 06:04 AM

I have the Stewart Old sett in the modern colors. I am wearing it in my avatar pic and you can see it a little better in the pic below. In the sunlight it is really a beautiful tartan however it does not photograph that well. The subtle difference between the blue blocks of color and the green blocks of color are hard to see in the photos but really noticeable in sunlight.

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**creagdhubh** · 13th June 13, 06:13 AM

I think this would be a lovely tartan to have the sett purposely enlarged some too. Like David did with his Matthew Newsome made, MacMillan kilt.

**creagdhubh** · 13th June 13, 06:20 AM

Originally Posted by sailortats

I have the Stewart Old sett in the modern colors. I am wearing it in my avatar pic and you can see it a little better in the pic below. In the sunlight it is really a beautiful tartan however it does not photograph that well. The subtle difference between the blue blocks of color and the green blocks of color are hard to see in the photos but really noticeable in sunlight.

I think this tends to happen quite often with the modern colour scheme in many different tartans - especially setts with blues and greens right next to eachother. This happens with the blocks of blue and green on my Macpherson red modern kilt; you can barely tell the difference between the two unless you look at the tartan in direct sunlight! For this reason, I think the Stewart Old Sett in the ancient colour scheme, or even tweaked a wee bit by having it woven in Wilson's of Bannockburn colours, would be most ideal.

**sailortats** · 13th June 13, 06:33 AM

Actually Kyle, the sett is quite large as it is. It is 7 1/2" square. It is comprised of 4 squares within the triple red lines. If you look closely you will see that 2 of the squares are slightly larger than the other two. And also the black striping is different between the 2 squares on the right and the 2 squares on the left. Chech out the first full 4 squares on the lower right in my pic and you will see what I mean. The only problem in that pic is you can't tell which squares are green and which are blue.

**creagdhubh** · 13th June 13, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by sailortats

Actually Kyle, the sett is quite large as it is. It is 7 1/2" square. It is comprised of 4 squares within the triple red lines. If you look closely you will see that 2 of the squares are slightly larger than the other two. And also the black striping is different between the 2 squares on the right and the 2 squares on the left. Chech out the first full 4 squares on the lower right in my pic and you will see what I mean. The only problem in that pic is you can't tell which squares are green and which are blue.

I was thinking that the sett already looks quite large, which is one of the reasons why I like the tartan so much. I just wasn't sure actually how large it was.