New tartan design tool feedback

[figheadair]

Without wishing to appear negative, you did ask, and I'm a weaver so understand the technicalities better than most.

Whilst fairly simple to use, I find it quite slow and ponderous but there again, I have access to a faster programme, not that it doesn’t have its limitations too.

I do not see the point in offering people different weaves as a) often they will not understand the terms, and b) they will not understand the differences in the cloth, for example twill verses plain weave.

A cloth woven in a 2/2 twill is structurally the most stable cloth which is why it was traditionally used for most tartan, for denim and other hard-wearing materials. Why would you want to offer a plain weave or basket weave? And it is really suggesting that they could have cloth woven in a 3/3 twill?

The biggest area for development is the graphics themselves. The plain weave and basket weave are represented the same, just in different sizes, whereas they are structurally different. Similarly, the herringbone graphic is wrong in that the weave does not reverse back and forward as a true herringbone does.



This graphic shows a 2/2 twill that transitions into a true herringbone.