Quote Originally Posted by KnittedReenactor View Post
I believe hard tartan is a fabric which has not completed the finishing process. Ie- not stretched, scoured, nor treated; essentially as it came off the loom.
Saxony- just a guess- would be fully processed fabric, probably using synthetic dyes. It mentions a direct comparison to natural dyes and the hard tartans.
From my recent Highlands visit, I understood 'hard' tartan to be the 'now lost' technique of weaving, which made the cloth almost waterproof? I stand to be corrected/educated of course.